The Ascent to Truth
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. 8vo, dark blue cloth, gilt titles, red topstain, pictorial endpapers, 342pp. Stated first edition. Unclipped dust jacket (3.50) toned to flaps, rear panel, mild chipping to edges. Bookseller's ticket to front endpaper, light fading to cloth. Contents clean, binding firm. The fourth major publication by Merton, a survey of mystical experience in the Catholic Church, with a chapter devoted to reason and mysticism in the writings of John of the Cross. A nearly fine copy in mylar. Fine / Near Fine.
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