CONTEMPLATION IN A WORLD OF ACTION: Introduction by Jean Leclercq, O.S.B.
by Merton, Thomas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. The influential Roman Catholic monk lays a foundation for personal growth and transformation through fidelity to "our own truth and inner being." His main focus is our desire and need to attain "a fully human and personal identity." Octavo: xxii, 384 p. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76390
- Title
- CONTEMPLATION IN A WORLD OF ACTION: Introduction by Jean Leclercq, O.S.B.
- Author
- Merton, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Religion, Theology, Catholicism, Mysticism, Christianity
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Gilt
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