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Record Number
2540
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu / offprint
Journal
The Mountain Path
Notes
Soft cover; offprint of this excerpt from Way of Chuang Tzu - unique in that it has not been previously noted by bibliographers and is the earliest addition to a periodical of this text. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Label
NPM
Date
April Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu / offprint
Pages
Pages 102-105
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
283
Reference Type
Book
Year
1992
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: Boston
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Number of Pages
240
Edition
First Shambhala Pocket Classics soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
775
Reference Type
Book
Year
2004
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: Boston & London
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Number of Pages
188
Edition
First Shambhala Library Edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
942
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: London
Publisher
Unwin Books
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First British soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
882
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: London
Publisher
Unwin Books
Number of Pages
159
Edition
Uncorrected proof soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover; uncorrected proof edition.
Label
R
Record Number
1020
Reference Type
Book
Year
1969
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
892
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
Second printing soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
672
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
248
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
91
Reference Type
Book
Year
1965
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
1204
Reference Type
Book
Year
1995
Title
The Way of Chuang Tzu Place Published: Tunbridge Wells
Publisher
Burns and Oates
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First Burns and Oates soft cover edition. Short Title: The Way of Chuang Tzu
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1132
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
The Way of St. Basil Place Published: Kansas City
Publisher
Credence Cassettes Short Title: The Way of St. Basil
Notes
Cassette; the voice of Thomas Merton recorded live at Gethsemani.
Label
V
Record Number
1308
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1999
Title
The Whale's Belly / Thomas Merton's Priesthood
Journal
Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume
Vol 34, #4
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
T
Pages
Pages 501-528 Short Title: The Whale's Belly / Thomas Merton's Priesthood
Record Number
1488
Reference Type
Book Section
Year
1950
Title
The White Pebble
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The White Pebble
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; contains the stories of how Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Avery Duller, Jocelyn Toynbee, Raissa Maritain etc found Christ - in the Catholic church.
Pages
Pages 233-250
Book Title
Where I Found Christ Place Published: Garden City, NY
Record Number
2185
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1968
Title
The Wild Places
Journal
Catholic Worker
Volume
Vol 34
Notes
Newsprint - price 1 cent. This is the first publication of the article in a periodical. This issue includes an article by Dorothy Day.
Label
NO
Date
June Short Title: The Wild Places
Pages
Pages 4, 6
Record Number
1544
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1944
Title
The Winter's Night; Ash Wednesday; The Regret; Ariadne; Some Bloody Mutiny; The Greek Women
Journal
Quarterly Review of Literature
Volume
Volume 1
Notes
Soft cover; all Merton poems of this item are their first appearances in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Winter Short Title: The Winter's Night; Ash Wednesday; The Regret; Ariadne; Some Bloody Mutiny; The Greek Women
Pages
Pages 76-80.
Record Number
1277
Reference Type
Book
Year
1999
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert / Chinese language edition
Number of Pages
77 Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert / Chinese language edition
Notes
Soft cover; Chinese language edition.
Label
F
Record Number
2597
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert / Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
83 Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert / Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket. 'The Wisdom of the Desert has been designed by Giovanni Mardersteig, one of Europe's leading typographers, set in his Dante type and printed by him at Verona'. Green quarter cloth gilt, printed patterned paper to boards. Printed on hand-made paper, possibly rag, by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona colophon to rear. Yellow endpapers. Top edges red. Bound by G & J Kitcat of London.
Label
N
Record Number
1495
Reference Type
Book
Year
1994
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: Boston & London
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Number of Pages
148
Edition
First Shambhala "Pocket Classics" soft cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
776
Reference Type
Book
Year
2004
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: Boston & London
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Inc
Number of Pages
191
Edition
First Shambhala library edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
1285
Reference Type
Book
Year
1997
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: Kent
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
128
Edition
First Burns & Oates soft cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Soft cover; contains all three of 1. The Wisdom of the Desert, 2. The Protreptikos and 3. The Spiritual Father in the Desert Tradition.
Record Number
2481
Reference Type
Book
Year
1974
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: London
Publisher
Sheldon Press
Number of Pages
81 pages.
Edition
First Sheldon Press hard cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; first Sheldon Press hard cover edition.
Label
N
Record Number
919
Reference Type
Book
Year
1974
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: London
Publisher
Sheldon Press
Number of Pages
81
Edition
First Sheldon press soft cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
40
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1961
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
81
Edition
First UK hard cover edition. Review Copy. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; review slip laid in.
Label
TR
Record Number
1576
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
81
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1017
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
81
Edition
First ND soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover.
Translator
Merton, Thomas Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Record Number
272
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
81
Edition
27th printing soft cover edition.
Notes
Soft cover.
Translator
Merton, Thomas Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Record Number
39
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1960
Title
The Wisdom of the Desert Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
81
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Wisdom of the Desert
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
T
Record Number
1633
Reference Type
Audiovisual Material
Title
The Wisdom of the Mystics / An Introduction to Thomas Merton Place Published: New Jersey
Publisher
Fisher Productions
Notes
VHS; 25 minute introduction to the ideas and insights of Thomas Merton.
Label
V
Extent of Work
VHS Short Title: The Wisdom of the Mystics / An Introduction to Thomas Merton
Record Number
1469
Reference Type
Book
Year
2002
Title
The World in my Bloodstream / Thomas Merton's Universal Embrace Place Published: Monmouthshire
Publisher
Three Peaks Press
Number of Pages
197
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The World in my Bloodstream / Thomas Merton's Universal Embrace
Notes
Soft cover; essays originally delivered at the 4th General Meeting and Conference of the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland at Oakham School.
Label
B
Record Number
2541
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1966
Title
The Zen Koan / offprint
Journal
The Lugano Review
Volume
Volume 1/5-6
Label
NPM
Pages
Pages 126-139 Short Title: The Zen Koan / offprint
Abstract
Soft cover; offprint of this review of The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau; first publication of this essay in a periodical. This item is a part of a group of over 30 original mimeographs and offprints purchased from Merton bookdealer Jeannette Cantrell who received them from monk of Gethsemani Tom Zele. This group of items were obtained by Zele during the 1960s while living alongside Merton at the monastery.
Record Number
1752
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1966
Title
The Zen Koan; Dialogue About the Hidden God (by Nicholas of Cusa, translated by Merton from Latin)
Journal
The Lugano Review
Volume
Volume #1
Notes
Soft cover; these are the first appearances of these articles in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Summer Short Title: The Zen Koan; Dialogue About the Hidden God (by Nicholas of Cusa, translated by Merton from Latin)
Pages
Pages 126-139 and 67-70.
Record Number
313
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1964
Title
The Zen Revival
Journal
Continuum
Volume
1
Notes
Soft cover; first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Winter Short Title: The Zen Revival
Pages
523-538
Record Number
1892
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
The Zen Revival Place Published: London
Publisher
The Buddhist Society
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Zen Revival
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1636
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
The Zen Revival Place Published: London
Publisher
The Buddhist Society
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Zen Revival
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
403
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
The Zen Revival Place Published: London
Publisher
The Buddhist Society
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Zen Revival
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
404
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1971
Title
The Zen Revival Place Published: London
Publisher
The Buddhist Society
Number of Pages
20
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: The Zen Revival
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
U
Record Number
1616
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1977
Title
Theology and Mystical Experience in Thomas Merton
Journal
Cistercian Studies Quarterly
Volume
vol 12
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
T
Pages
Pages 225-231. Short Title: Theology and Mystical Experience in Thomas Merton
Record Number
687
Reference Type
Artwork
Picture
Year
2003
Title
There is no Sickness in the World... Place Published: St Catherines, Ontario
Publisher
Blind Pig Press
Notes
Limited edition broadside; #4/40 followed by initials "gs"; framed behind archival material. Broadside reads, "There is no sickness in the world that can be cured by Propaganda - Thomas Merton".
Label
L
Type of Work
Special, numbered, limited edition broadside - #4/40. Short Title: There is no Sickness in the World...
Record Number
2170
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Therese - signed by Day Place Published: Indiana
Publisher
Fides Publishers Association
Number of Pages
178
Edition
First hard cover edition; signed. Short Title: Therese - signed by Day
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; signed by Dorothy Day.
Label
NYU
Record Number
1705
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1953
Title
They Grow in September
Notes
Soft cover; also contains a poem by Merton on page 10 ("Raw Lie Unraw") and a drawing by Merton (from 1937, with caption "Ready or not here I come") on page 13. These items were "culled from the Jester files" in this tribute issue. This issue also contains contributions by Herman Wouk, Ben Hubbard, Paul White, Robert Lax, Corey Ford, Arnold Auerbach, Bennett Cerf etc.
Label
PU1
Pages
Pages 19 & 29 Short Title: They Grow in September
Magazine
Jester of Columbia / Ben Hubbard Testimonial Issue / Final Issue
Record Number
2339
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
They Grow in September (pg 12); The Best Things in Life (pg 14); Your Night to Howl (pg 16-19) **cover art by Thomas Merton**
Journal
The Columbia Jester / Freshman's Guide 1936
Volume
Volume 37
Notes
Soft cover; Besides Merton article and cover artwork there are also numerous drawings by Merton (pages 18, 21, 26, 27) and Ad Reinhardt (pages 17, 25, 28). This iteam also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax ("Old Mantis in Dry Month" pages 8-9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Record Number
2616
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1936
Title
They Grow in September (pg 12); The Best Things in Life (pg 14); Your Night to Howl (pg 16-19) **cover art by Thomas Merton**
Journal
The Columbia Jester / Freshman's Guide 1936
Volume
Volume 37
Notes
Soft cover; Besides Merton article and cover artwork there are also numerous drawings by Merton (pages 18, 21, 26, 27) and Ad Reinhardt (pages 17, 25, 28). This iteam also contains an article by Merton's friend Robert Lax ("Old Mantis in Dry Month" pages 8-9). Note: drawings by Merton contained in the Jester magazine are not mentioned in Dell'Isola.
Label
NUP1
Record Number
2117
Reference Type
Book
Year
1941-1944
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year / as part of full "Poets of the Month" series 1941-1944. Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
Full soft cover edition in slip cases (1941-1944). Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year / as part of full "Poets of the Month" series 1941-1944.
Notes
This extremely scarce item is the full run of the Poets of the Month series (complete with introductory pamphlet) containing 42 issues in original printed wraps (some illustrated) from 1941-1944. Each year is housed in a specially labelled slip cases (4 in all). For the first three years, 12 issues were published annually while in 1944, 6 issues were published (including Merton's poetry book). Each issue was printed by a different free press. Included are works by Thomas Merton (first book), M. Cowley, R. Eberhart, J. Berryman (first book), K. Patchen, Dylan Thomas, G. Barker, V. Nabokov, C. Aiken, D. Schwartz, C. Rakosi, J. M. Brinnin, E. Prokosch, W. C. Williams, F. T. Prince, W. Townley Scott, M. Van Doren, Hopkins, Rilke, etc. This collection comes from the personal library of James Laughlin, founder and publisher of New Directions, the press that printed this series (with his ex-libris sticker inside front cover of introductory pamphlet).
Label
UO
Record Number
2522
Reference Type
Book
Year
1944
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; inscribed and signed by Merton's friend Robert Lax to Daniel Hall.
Label
NYUO
Record Number
2179
Reference Type
Book
Year
1948
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
NO
Record Number
2077
Reference Type
Book
Year
1944
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year
Notes
Cloth.
Label
O
Record Number
1366
Reference Type
Book
Year
1944
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year
Notes
Soft cover; Merton's first book.
Label
O
Record Number
790
Reference Type
Book
Year
1944
Title
Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Thirty Poems: The Poets of the Year
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
O