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Thomas Merton

53 copies for sale · $20–$4,500 · 17 first editions · 1 signed

Notable copies for sale

The Silent Life (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
This Living Bread (first edition) — Between the Covers$37
The Ascent to Truth / Thomas Merton (first edition) — MW Books€32
Tears of the Blind Lions (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$25
A VOW OF CONVERSATION; Journals, 1964-1965 (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$47
Photograph of Thomas Merton with Seymour Freedgood and Dan Walsh — James Cummins Bookseller$450
THE HARMONIES OF EXCESS A Poem — James Cummins Bookseller$75
THE ROAD TO JOY; Letters to New and Old Friends — Rare Book Cellar$75
THE COURAGE FOR TRUTH; Letters to Writers (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
THE LIFE OF THE VOWS; Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 6 — Rare Book Cellar$63
SEEKING PARADISE; The Spirit of the Shakers (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$63

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Works on the market

THE WATERS OF SILOE8 copies · $20–$223
THE WAY OF CHUANG TZU3 copies · $47–$153
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND3 copies · $46–$88
THE LIVING BREAD3 copies · $48
SIGN OF JONAS; The Journal of Thomas Merton2 copies · $48–$139
THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN2 copies · $20–$79
A VOW OF CONVERSATION; Journals 1964-19652 copies · $47–$48
The Silent Life1 copy · $4,500
Seeds Of Destruction Signed1 copy · $2,500
Photograph of Thomas Merton with Seymour Freedgood and Dan Walsh1 copy · $450
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton Merton, Thomas hardcover Used - Very Good1 copy · $144
The Monastic Journey Thomas Merton hardcover Used - Very Good1 copy · $144
IF YOU SEEK A HEAVENLY LIGHT1 copy · $125
Seeds Of Contemplation1 copy · $125
Asian Journal by Thomas Merton1 copy · £114
Thomas Merton 12 Book Lot Seeds of Contemplation Seven Storey Mountain Catholic1 copy · $90
THE HARMONIES OF EXCESS A Poem1 copy · $75
THE ROAD TO JOY; Letters to New and Old Friends1 copy · $75
THE COURAGE FOR TRUTH; Letters to Writers1 copy · $73
MY ARGUMENT WITH THE GESTAPO1 copy · $73

Market context

67 copies of Thomas Merton's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $60 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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