Merton, Thomas & Waugh, Evelyn [foreword] — Elected Silence

Hollis & Carter 1950 5th impression. Cloth, G+. viii+381pp, index, cloth rubbed & worn, bookplate, a solid copy. The popular autobiography of Thomas Merton [ 1915 - 1968 ] the American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, and scholar of comparative religion. The book, called The Seven Storey Mountain in the USA has remained in print since first publication.