The Seven Storey Mountain: order Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition by Thomas Merton

Title: The Seven Storey Mountain: Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition
Author/Editor: Merton, Thomas
Publisher: HarperOne
Date: 1998
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Condition Description:
Fascimilie reissue of the 1st edition, date unknown; Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; An exceptional copy, fit for any serious collector's library; Dust jacket housed in protective mylar; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book Overview:

One of the most famous books ever written about a man's search for faith and peace.

The Seven Storey Mountain tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man, who at the age of twenty-six, takes vows in one of the most demanding Catholic orders--the Trappist monks. At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the four walls of my new freedom," Thomas Merton struggles to withdraw from the world, but only after he has fully immersed order himself in it. At the abbey, he wrote this extraordinary testament, a unique spiritual autobiography that has been recognized as one of the most influential religious works of our time. Translated into more than twenty languages, it has touched millions of lives.

This beautifully produced commemorative edition includes an account of the book's original publication by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, an Introduction by Merton's biographer, Father William Shannon, and Merton's own Introduction to the Japanese edition.