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New York: De Capo Press (Perseus Book Group), 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good Plus Dustjacket. Folio (9 3/4 in. x 9 3/8 in.). 250 illustrations. "...Offers the first full-color, comprehensive, global guide to the world's finest pathways, ancient as well as modern..."

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943. Hardcover. Good Plus. 12mo., 6.8 in. x 4.8 in., pp. 340. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged. Missing frontispiece. Unmarked interior. The Srimad Bhagavatam is one of the most popular scriptures in India, and one of the most important, next to the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. This version focuses primarily on the teachings of Krishna.

New York: New Directions, 1965. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Quarto, 8.25 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 159. White textured cloth boards with black bamboo stem to front, and black title to spine. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket, with a two small closed tears to top edge. Light sunning to spine of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Lovely, lovely first printing copy of a seldom seen Merton hardcover title. Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death. Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews.... Merton became a keen proponent of interfaith… Leer más