Thirty Poems by MERTON, Thomas - (1944)

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Slim octavo. Plain stapled wrappers with printed dust jacket. Owner signature on the front free endpaper, plain wrappers lightly toned, a bit of creasing at the crown, very good or better in a very good dust jacket with a large stain across the front wrapper not affecting the interior, and a small tear to the crown of the spine. Merton's first book. Issued as "The Poets of the Year.

CT: New Directions, 1944. first edition. Paperback. Very good +/very good. 6 x 9 in. Not paginated. Tan paper DJ over paper wraps. New Directions "The Poets of the Year." First edition. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean, minimal wear to edges. Stapled binding tight. Text clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; tiny ink spot on front, a hint of toning, rear very clean. Minor wear to edges. Not clipped $1 at top, 50 cents at bottom of flap. Poetry/Case. RGR.

New Directions. paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Very clean jacketed slender staple bound softcover preserved in mylar jacket. Clean tight and unmarked with square corners. D73 Please email for photos.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Slim octavo. Plain stapled wrappers with printed dust jacket. Plain wrappers lightly toned, a bit of creasing at the crown, very good or better in very good dust jacket with two vertical creases and several short splits at the folds. Merton's first book. Issued as "The Poets of the Year.

New Directions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition - HARDCOVER. Book has no names, pages unmarked, covers with some spottingon the spine, endpapers very slightly age toned, unpaginated. Dust jacket is unclipped ($1) at top, small corner clip at the bottom of flap, no chips or tears, no fading or discoloration. NF in a NF jacket. Comes in a clear mylar dust jacket cover. .

New Directions, 1944. First edition, first printing. Bookplate of Samuel French Morse, light foxing to top edge, minimal crimping to spine tips, still fine in very near fine dust jacket with small black scuff to front cover edge, in mylar cover.. Tan paper boards, stamped in red. Merton wrote "Thirty Poems," his first published work three years after joining the Trappist Monastery of Gethesemani. Primarily and unsurprisingly comprising many of the Christian themes that would go on and define Merton's broader work, "Thirty Poems" introduces the world to the spiritual depth and heartfelt compassion that Merton exhibited toward a suffering world. Very scarce in hardback. This was the personal copy of famed American poet, Samuel French Morse, as evidenced by the adherence of his personal bookplate to the ffep.

Connecticut: New Directions. 1944. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Julien Green's copy. Original paper covered boards, lettered in red to the front panel, in the matching pale brown paper dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Small bump to the upper edge of the spine. Complete with the dustwrapper, a touch rubbed to the spine and folds, nicked with a little loss to spine tips and to the outer corner of the front panel. Small closed tear (c. 1 cm) to the upper edge of the front panel. Not price-clipped ($1 to the upper front flap). A lovely copy of Merton's first book, once owned by the French-American novelist and diarist, Julien Green. With the ownership inscription of "Julian Green / March 1945" in black ink to the front free endpaper. Green's real first name was Julian, the Gallic variant, Julien, applied by the author's French publisher in the 1920s. Although he generally signed his (mainly… Read More