Selected Collection
Signed Items by Merton
45 records, showing 50 per page
Record Number
521
Reference Type
Artwork
Picture
Year
1967
Title
Original Ink Drawing by Merton / signed
Notes
This drawing originally appeared in Voyages Magazine, number 1, fall 1967, page 57 (which I also possess) as part of a portfolio of Merton drawings. The original owner was a Jesuit priest, William Dolan Fletcher, S.J., who wrote books on a number of artists such as John Taylor Arms.
Label
USA
Type of Work
Original black ink drawing on 8 1/2 x 11" sheet. Signed and dated by Merton. Recently framed behind museum glass and archival matting. Short Title: Original Ink Drawing by Merton / signed
Record Number
2387
Reference Type
Book
Year
1966
Title
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - signed Place Published: Garden City, NY
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Number of Pages
128 pages.
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed by Merton Short Title: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket. This signed book was received with gratitude (December 30, 2013) from the private collection of Paul Turner Harris, who was a Merton admirer and personal friend of Dorothy Day and Catherine Doherty.
Label
NSU
Record Number
2370
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
The Solitary Life / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccion
Number of Pages
21 pages
Edition
First limited edition - signed, #44/60. Short Title: The Solitary Life / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket. Opus 16 - copy #44 of only 60 copies, signed by Merton. Handprinted in red and black by Victor Hammer using his American Uncial type; the title-page is set in his Andromaque typeface, and was the first use of that type.
Label
NSDL
Record Number
2365
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
What Ought I To do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the collection in Migne's Latin Patrology Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
35 pages
Edition
First private limited edition printing (#4/50) - signed by Merton. Short Title: What Ought I To do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the collection in Migne's Latin Patrology
Notes
Cloth in dust jacket; limited edition - copy no. 4 of 50. Handprinted by Victor Hammer using his American Uncial type, and printed in red and black. Signed by Thomas Merton on the free endpaper.
Label
NULSD
Record Number
2298
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny: An Essay by Thomas Merton / signed Place Published: Trappist
Publisher
The Abbey of Gethsemani
Number of Pages
62
Notes
Cloth in cellophane wrapper over boards. Inscribed by Merton on ffep: '+ for Brother Tescellin - Many thanks for the book + your suggestions - I am scared to write about Mary - not good enough yet. Pray - someday she will let me. In Christ Our Lord F. M. Louis Merton O.C.'. The recipient is likely Cistercian monk, Brother Tescelin Maxam (1903-1960), who asked Merton to write about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Ref. Loome.
Label
NUS
Translator
Lima, Sister Rose of Short Title: The Christmas Sermons of Bl. Guerric of Igny: An Essay by Thomas Merton / signed
Record Number
2290
Reference Type
Book
Year
1951
Title
The Ascent to Truth - signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Number of Pages
342
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed by Merton and Dom James Fox Short Title: The Ascent to Truth - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; this item is inscribed and signed by Merton and Dom James Fox (Abbot of Gethsemani at the time). Merton inscribes, "To Rev. Mother M. Carmelita O.S.B., with my prayers and best wishes. In Jesus and Mary, F.M. Louis O.C.S.O", while Fox writes, "To dearest Mother M. Carmelita O.S.B., Courage, grit, love, trust, in gratitude and with affection and an assurance of prayer, Dom James Fox O.C.S.O., Abbot of Gethsemani". Fox also stamped the words "All for Jesus thru Mary with a smile" above his signature (which he commonly did). The recipient of this book may have been Mother M. Carmelita Hartman, who in the early 1930s, was Superior General of the then newly formed Union of the Sisters of Mercy in America. (Ref. Loome)
Label
NSUY
Record Number
2267
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope
Notes
Single page typed letter signed; with 7 lines of text on Gethsemani letterhead accompanied by hand addressed envelope (also with Gethsemani letterhead). In the letter Merton speaks of passing along the recipients request for certain books to the bookstore and also forwards Victor Hammer's address for follow-up on one of their limited edition collaborations. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NSUE
Date
November 8 Short Title: Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope
Record Number
2268
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1967
Title
Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (signed)
Notes
Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (1967). One sheet, 2 sided and signed by Merton. Merton sent these mimeographed letters to his friends and acquaintences to account for the fact that sending indivudual Christmas greetings would be impossible due to the volume of acquaintences he had. In the mimeograph he speaks of his sorrow at the passing of friends Victor Hammer, Ad Reinhardt and John Slate. he also speaks of the renovated Abbey Church, difficulties with the volume of correspondence he receives, religious renewal and even comments on the Beatles. He also speaks of faith as being a lonely virtue, and of love as something that needs to be given as well as received. This item came with a collection of items from David Semon, who corresponded with Merton during the late 1960s. This item came to David Semon directly from Merton.
Label
NSUM
Pages
One sheet, 2 sided.
Type of Work
Mimeograph Short Title: Original mimeographed Advent-Christmas letter (signed)
Record Number
2174
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
The Tears of the Blind Lions - signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
32
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Tears of the Blind Lions - signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Merton as "F. M. Louis".
Label
NUS
Record Number
2175
Reference Type
Book
Year
1966
Title
Redeeming the Time - signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns and Oates
Number of Pages
187
Edition
First soft cover edition - signed by Merton Short Title: Redeeming the Time - signed
Notes
Soft cover; this item was inscribed by Merton to Bruno Schlesinger who was a professor at St. Mary's College in Indiana. Merton and Schlesinger correspondences are published in Hidden Ground of Love. This item was purchased from Schlesinger's daughter, Mary (whose hand-written note accompanies the book).
Label
NUS
Record Number
2176
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
What Ought I to do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the Collection of Migne's Latin Patrology Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Edition
First hard cover limited edition - #27/50. Short Title: What Ought I to do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the Collection of Migne's Latin Patrology
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Merton; Opus XV; #27 of 50 numbered copies printed in red and black on Japanese Hosho paper in in Hammer's American Uncial. The elaborate dust jacket has text printed in Latin with a two- color, 9-line, initial letter 'E' cut in brass by Victor Hammer. "Victor Hammer Artist and Printer" p. 147. Prospectus laid in.
Label
NUSDL
Record Number
2132
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
New Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
297
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: New Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket, inscribed and signed by Merton, "+ for Mother Mary Clark, rscj, With cordial good wishes in xt our Lord. Fr Louis Merton". RSCJ stands for the "Religious of the Sacred Heart" which is derived from the French "Religieuse du Sacré Coeur de Jesus". This is perhaps Mary T. Clark, a leading Thomist and also a renowned scholar on Augustine.
Label
NSU
Record Number
2087
Reference Type
Book
Year
1947
Title
Figures for an Apocalypse / signed Place Published: Norfolk
Publisher
New Direction
Number of Pages
111
Edition
First hard cover printing. Short Title: Figures for an Apocalypse / signed
Notes
Black cloth and dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Merton, "In Corde Jesu, F.M. Louis OCR". Merton signed some of his books with his Monastic name "Louis" and also used the blessing "In Corde Jesu" (In the heart of Jesus) and "OCR" (Order of Cistercians - reformed - research). He used a similar method of signing, for example, in the book, "Thomas Merton and James Laughlin - Selected Letters" (see page 38). A rare and interesting find, coming originally from the significant collection of a Merton collector.
Label
SUO
Record Number
2080
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1936
Title
Original hand-written letter (#2) by Thomas Merton with envelope Place Published: Douglaston, L.I., NY.
Notes
This is the second of two relatively early original letters from Merton, signed "Tom", to Alfred Hailparn, his co-editor of the 1937 number of THE 1937 COLUMBIAN, the Columbia University yearbook (see "Original hand written letter (#1) by Thomas Merton with envelope" for the other). This one concerns solicitations of advertisers for the yearbook: "...we are more earnest in getting prospects lined up than hopeful of getting any signatures on the dotted line as yet ... we are each going to work independently on a bunch of prospects that appear good to us ...." He inquires about the possibilities of making connections through Hailparn's father: " ... Far from being a question of advertising out of charity it would show certain advantages -- college men drink a lot of beer! ...". This letter and the other are accompanied by the 1937 edition of The Columbian yearbook which was edited by Merton and Hailpern (with two others) and prominently features Merton in text, photos and cartoons (approx. 30 appearances in all). See "Original 1937 The Columbian Yearbook" for details.
Label
USE
Date
August 20
Pages
Single hand-written sheet on personal letterhead - written on recto and verso.
Type of Work
correspondence Short Title: Original hand-written letter (#2) by Thomas Merton with envelope
Record Number
2079
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1936
Title
Original hand-written letter (#1) by Thomas Merton with envelope Place Published: Douglaston, L.I., NY.
Notes
This is the first of two relatively early original letters from Merton, signed "Tom Merton" to Alfred Hailparn, his co-editor of the 1937 number of THE 1937 COLUMBIAN, the Columbia University yearbook (see "Original hand written letter (#2) by Thomas Merton with envelope" for the other). Intending to get a head start on yearbook production, Merton writes: "First & most important: tell Anne ____ to go to hell. It is too late now as we have signed up with White. I'm sorry you didn't get the card ... I took White's man along & got a number of swell shots around the place. Just wait until you see them! Furthermore I am going to make another trip up there with him & get a lot more: I want plenty of pictures of campus in the book & there are lots of swell old cuts too ... I am working 8 hours a day up at Radio City these days so I have not had much time to scout around myself. However - the time will come. As to engravers - they can wait ....". This letter and the other are accompanied by the 1937 edition of The Columbian yearbook which was edited by Merton and Hailpern (with two others) and prominently features Merton in text, photos and cartoons (approx. 30 appearances in all). See "Original 1937 The Columbian Yearbook" for details.
Label
USE
Date
June 18
Pages
Single hand-written sheet on personal letterhead - written on recto and verso.
Type of Work
correspondence Short Title: Original hand-written letter (#1) by Thomas Merton with envelope
Record Number
2059
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1930s
Title
Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope Place Published: New York
Notes
Single sheet letter on Columbia Review letterhead. This letter comes originally from a collection of pieces by Mr. Robert MacGregor (New Directions staff member) to James Laughlin, publisher of New Directions. The envelop is addressed to Mr. George Freimarck and has typed on the back Merton's typed home address scratched out (presumably Merton no longer lived there at the time of sending) as "Tom F. Merton, 50 Rushmore Avenue, Douglaston, L. I., N. Y.". The letter partially reads as follows: "COLUMBIA REVIEW: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/ 405 JOHN JAY HALL ROBERT LAX editor ARTHUR ZAMPELLA BARRY ULANOV associates Dear George: ... I have been writing book reviews for the Herald Tribune 'Books', and for the Nation, and also doing free lance cartooning. I am taking my M.A. and writing a thesis on the Aesthetic Ideas in William Blake... Sincerely, Tom Merton " ( signed in dark blue ink with a period at the end and underlined).
Label
US1E
Type of Work
Single sheet (TLS) with original addressed sending envelope. Short Title: Original letter (TLS) by Thomas Merton in envelope
Record Number
2057
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1966
Title
Original letter (TLS) signed by Merton Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
Single sheet in folding cloth slipcase. To an unidentified "Dear John" [not John H. Griffin], in response to receipt of his poem and other matters. The poem "... has a nice feeling about it, lively, informal, casual but effective. The only criticism I would make is that your rhythm is monotonous. You need to learn how to break it up, vary it, change pace, pick up again and so on. That will come with reading of poetry and more practice. Hope your article got in Jubilee. It is a good idea to write. Don't be surprised if the first few times you don't immediately click, and don't expect all the editors to come a'runnin' right the first day. It takes time." In response to a query about his back, he replies that it is better but he has bursitis in his elbow, and "I hope it will pass off and I will be able to get back to some wood chopping." He mentions sending on a few things, include a Vietnamese translation of Seeds of Contemplation, noting "As to the Bibliography, don't rush. That is an ongoing project I believe!..." Merton closes: "God be with you always, in Christ, Tom Merton." From the collection of the James S. Copley Library, acquired as an element in a large private treaty joint purchase by William Reese Company and James Cummins Booksellers.
Label
USE
Date
August 26
Pages
One-half page, on quarto sheet of Abbey of Gethsemani stationary
Type of Work
TLS Short Title: Original letter (TLS) signed by Merton
Record Number
2001
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
New Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
297
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: New Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth with gold and silver design on off-white dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Merton, "for Paul K T Sih (?) a cordial remembrance of your visit to Gethsemani - in xt Thomas Merton".
Label
S
Record Number
2499
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
No Man is an Island / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & Company
Number of Pages
264 pages
Edition
H.2.62 (presumeably the 1962 edition) Short Title: No Man is an Island / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; inscribed and signed by Thomas Merton on the first free endpaper: "To Phil Schuler with best wishes, Fr. Louis". Louis was Merton's monastic name and was used frequently by him rather than his birth name.
Label
NS
Record Number
1547
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
Hagia Sophia / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
8
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Hagia Sophia / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Merton; limited edition - Opus 17, # 41/69. On the dust jacket (magnani paper) there is printed a passage from Proverbs beginning with a two-color initial letter "S" cut from brass by Victor Hammer. The Engish translation of this Latin passage is written interlinear in red. This copy came from the collection of the art historian Ulrich Middeldorf, who was a friend of the Hammers and wrote about Victor Hammer's artwork on numerous occasions, including a contribution to Carolyn Hammer's 1981 biography of her husband.
Label
DSL
Record Number
2489
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: Norfolk, CT
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First cloth signed limited edition - 1/100 Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket in slip case; limited edition 1/100 and signed by Merton.
Label
NLSU
Record Number
1069
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
Original Child Bomb / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Original Child Bomb / signed
Notes
Cloth in cellophane wrapper; limited edition 1 of 500; signed by Merton.
Label
SO
Record Number
1073
Reference Type
Book
Year
1954
Title
The Last of the Fathers / signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
123
Edition
First British hard cover edition - signed by Merton. Short Title: The Last of the Fathers / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; item obtained from British admirer of Merton who made a personal pilgrimage in the 1950's to Gethsemani to meet with Merton. Four signed books resulted from that meeting and are now housed in this collection.
Label
SU
Record Number
1074
Reference Type
Book
Year
1954
Title
Bread in the Wilderness / signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
140
Edition
First British hard cover edition - signed by Merton. Short Title: Bread in the Wilderness / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; item obtained from British admirer of Merton who made a personal pilgrimage in the 1950's to Gethsemani to meet with Merton. Four signed books resulted from that meeting and are now housed in this collection.
Label
SU
Record Number
1075
Reference Type
Book
Year
1958
Title
Thoughts in Solitude / signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
101
Edition
First British hard cover edition - signed by Merton. Short Title: Thoughts in Solitude / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; item obtained from British admirer of Merton who made a personal pilgrimage in the 1950's to Gethsemani to meet with Merton. Four signed books resulted from that meeting and are now housed in this collection.
Label
SU
Record Number
1076
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
Elected Silence / signed Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
381
Edition
Third British hard cover printing - signed by Merton. Short Title: Elected Silence / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; item obtained from British admirer of Merton who made a personal pilgrimage in the 1950's to Gethsemani to meet with Merton. Four signed books resulted from that meeting and are now housed in this collection.
Label
SU
Record Number
1038
Reference Type
Book
Year
1964
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Number of Pages
429
Edition
Later "AA.10.64" black cloth edition - Signed by Merton. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket, signed and inscribed by Merton, "To Milton ----- Cordially yours Tom Merton".
Label
7SU
Record Number
954
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
What Ought I to do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the Collection of Migne's Latin Patrology Place Published: Kentucky
Publisher
Stamperia Del Santuccio
Number of Pages
30
Edition
First hard cover limited edition - #34/50. Short Title: What Ought I to do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers from the Collection of Migne's Latin Patrology
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Merton; Opus XV; #34 of 50 numbered copies printed in red and black on Japnnese Hosho paper in in Hammer's American Uncial. The elaborate dust jacket has text printed in Latin with a two- color, 9-line, initial letter 'E' cut in brass by Victor Hammer. "Victor Hammer Artist and Printer" p. 147.
Label
ULDS
Record Number
927
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1947
Title
Figures for an Apocalypse / signed Place Published: Norfolk
Publisher
New Direction
Number of Pages
111
Edition
2nd hard cover printing Signed and inscribed by Thomas Merton and James Fox (Merton's Abbot at the time). Short Title: Figures for an Apocalypse / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket. This item was inscribed and signed by Merton and James Fox (Merton's Abbot at the time). Merton writes, "with my prayers + best wishes in Jesus and Mary, Fr. Louis" (his religious name). Fox writes, "With gratitude and a rememberance in our prayers and sacrifices, fM James Fox" which is rubber stamped "All for Jesus through Mary with a smile" between his name and the inscription. This item is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Label
SUOY
Record Number
870
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1964
Title
Notes by the Artist for an Exhibit of His Drawings / signed Place Published: Louisville, Kentucky
Publisher
Spalding College
Number of Pages
Two folded sheets stapled inside oversized folded deckle edged (front cover) sheet.
Edition
First limited soft cover edition / signed by Merton. Short Title: Notes by the Artist for an Exhibit of His Drawings / signed
Notes
Soft cover; statement on title page reads, "These notes were written expressly to accompany a showing of 26 drawings first displayed privately on November 13, 1964, at Catherine Spalding College, Louisville, Kentucky." This item is stated as a "Limited Edition" and is signed by Thomas Merton.
Label
SLU
Record Number
868
Reference Type
Book Section
Picture
Year
1946
Title
The Trappist Abbey: Matins / Our Lady of Gethsemani / signed
Publisher
The Modern Library
Notes
Signed poem by Thomas Merton. Single leaf (pages 419 and 420) with heading "Modern Poetry *Thomas Merton*" and the title on page 420 and the poem "Lazarus" on page 419 (under the heading "Capetanakis"). Signed by Merton at the bottom of page 420 and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. This item is part of the Modern Library's "A New Anthology of Modern Poetry, revised edition" - 1946 (also in this collection).
Label
SU
Pages
Single leaf (page # 419 and 420). Short Title: The Trappist Abbey: Matins / Our Lady of Gethsemani / signed
Book Title
A New Anthology of Modern Poetry / Revised Edition Place Published: New York
Record Number
813
Reference Type
Manuscript
Picture
Title
Original letter (TLS) signed by Merton Place Published: Trappist, KY
Notes
One typed paragraph on a single sheet of paper, addressed "Dear Rev. Father" and signed by Merton in ink ("F.M. Louis"). The note regards a 33 page typed manuscript (accompanying Merton's letter) which tells the "Fatima story". On the last page, following the sentence "(Part IV follows)" is the hand written note "in next mail". Merton praises the authors efforts but kindly rejects it as publishable by Gethsemani.
Label
SE
Pages
34 Description of Material: TLS Short Title: Original letter (TLS) signed by Merton
Record Number
764
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1965
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First hard cover edition - signed. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu / signed
Notes
Cloth in dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Merton "for ---- + ---- cordial good wishes, Thomas Merton ----- 1966".
Label
S
Record Number
689
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1953
Title
Action and Contemplation in St. Bernard / Signed Place Published: France (and Brazil)
Publisher
Collectanea Ordinis Cisterciensium
Number of Pages
38
Edition
First soft cover edition - Signed by Merton. Short Title: Action and Contemplation in St. Bernard / Signed
Notes
Soft cover; not published in the US as a book but translated as "Martha, Mary and Lazarus" in France; this is an offprint of the total article. It is inscribed and signed, "To Father Barnabas Mary with kind regards - in Jesus xt - Fr. Louis". The booklet names Louis Merton as author. The booklet was not printed on acid free paper, therefore, the signed intro page and blue cover has been deacidified and sealed in plastic.
Label
S
Record Number
541
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1949
Title
Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: Norfolk, CT
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
201
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth in dust jacket in slip case; signed by Merton; limited edition - 1 of 100.
Label
SL
Record Number
540
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1960
Title
The Solitary Life / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia Del Santuccio
Number of Pages
21
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition - #16/60. Short Title: The Solitary Life / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Merton; limited edition - opus 16, copy #16/60. Handprinted in red and black by Victor Hammer using his American Uncial type; the title-page is set in his Andromaque typeface, and was the first use of that type.
Label
DSL
Record Number
539
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1962
Title
Hagia Sophia / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
8
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Hagia Sophia / signed
Notes
Cloth; signed by Merton; limited edition - Opus 17, # 28/69. This item has a variant cloth binding while is internally unchanged. Laid in is a proof of an engraving from the Victor Hammer collection titled, "Hagia Sophia and the Young Christ" (unfinished state). This engraving looks to be a proof for the 1978 edition of this item that includes this frontispiece engraving. This item was received with deepest gratitude from the personal collection of William H. Shannon.
Label
DSLA
Record Number
523
Reference Type
Manuscript
Picture
Year
1968
Title
Monks Pond #1 / mimeograph, signed Place Published: Privately printed at Gethsemani (Trappist, Kentucky)
Notes
1st of 4 soft cover mimeographs; fine condition and signed by Merton; limited to approx. 150 copies and mostly spread among friends.
Label
SM
Date
Spring
Pages
57
Type of Work
Partly printed, partly mimeographed, with photographic illustrations. Collection of material devoted to poetry and some unusual prose. Short Title: Monks Pond #1 / mimeograph, signed
Record Number
507
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1957
Title
The Tower of Babel / signed Place Published: Norfolk
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover, numbered, signed, limited edition. Short Title: The Tower of Babel / signed
Notes
Cloth in slip case; signed by Merton and contains woodcuts by the famed German artist Gerhard Marcks; limited edition - 231/250.
Label
SL
Record Number
510
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1966
Title
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Number of Pages
328
Edition
First hard cover edition. Signed by Merton. Short Title: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Merton, "For Archbishop Pocock congratulations on the congress! Thomas Merton
Label
S
Record Number
511
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1962
Title
Original Child Bomb / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover, signed, limited edition. Short Title: Original Child Bomb / signed
Notes
Cloth in cellophane wrapper; limited edition 1 of 500; signed by Merton.
Label
SOL
Record Number
512
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1962
Title
Original Child Bomb / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First soft cover edition. Signed by Merton. Short Title: Original Child Bomb / signed
Notes
soft cover; inscribed by Merton, "To Jim cordially Tom Merton". Jim is known to be Jim Hollaway, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Berea College (from Andrew Franklin, Chestnut Street Bookshops).
Label
SO
Notes
Cloth; this items is inscribed and signed by Merton, "For the Poor Clares, Very cordially in our Lord in union of prayer. T. Merton
Label
NS
Record Number
1077
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
Gandhi on Non Violence: A Selection from the Writings of Mahatma Gandhi / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
82
Edition
First soft cover edition - signed and inscribed by Merton. Short Title: Gandhi on Non Violence: A Selection from the Writings of Mahatma Gandhi / signed
Notes
Soft cover; this item is signed, "Best wishes Thomas Merton"; from the personal library of Bekir E. Arpag and Sallie M. Arpag who were longtime members of the Rochester Folk Art Guild, a Gurdjieff work community in Middlesex, New York and who were friends of Victor and Carolyn Hammer. Laid in is a postcard to the Arpags from "Bob and Mary".
Label
US
Record Number
2407
Reference Type
Pamphlet
Year
1956
Title
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus / signed Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Number of Pages
French-folded. 8 pages with 4 printable.
Edition
First soft cover limited edition (1 of 54) - inscribed and signed by Merton. Short Title: Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus / signed
Notes
Soft cover; this is a prayer printed on one sheet, French-folded, to make four printable pages (8 total). This copy is inscribed by Thomas Merton: "Very gratefully and with the promise of special prayers in Christ Our Lord/ Fr. Louis Merton." Merton took the name Father Louis on entering the Abbey of Gethsemani. OCLC/Worldcat locates only two confirmed copies, none signed. According to a note by Carolyn Reading Hammer, wife of Victor Hammer, 54 copies were printed - of which Merton received 50 copies and Hammer retained four (info retrieved from Worldcat). This item is not listed in Dell'Isola, but is item 2.836 in Breit and Daggy and is listed in the title finder of Burton's bibliography. The only other place where it has been published is in Convivium 2 in Italian as "Preghiera al sacro cuore". An exceptionally uncommon Merton item.
Label
NUDSL