WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS?; The Life of a Cistercian Mystic / Saint Lutgarde of Aywières / By Thomas Merton
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1950. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), gray cloth with black lettering on spine & front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a nun with hand's crossed who looks adoringly at Christ's pierced foot on the Cross, biliography, xiv, [xv-xvi] + 191 pages. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #7260
Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O.,(1915 – 1968) was an American Catholic writer, theologian and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis.
Merton wrote more than 70 books, principally on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism.
SCARCE MERTON TITLE. Generally SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight and clean copy with a remarkably VG+ dust jacket. Very light age-toning to paper. No marks by previous owners.
Price: $60.00