The Waters of Siloe
de Merton, Thomas
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; dj has pieces missing from top and bottom of spine; small amt. of edge chipping; all else-clean, tig
- Librería
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; dj has pieces missing from top and bottom of spine; small amt. of edge chipping; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. Trappist Life. 8 vo; teal boards with stamped gilt sign of the Trappist; gilt spine lettering & decoration; b/w photograph of the monastery; 377 pp; 16 pp of b/w photgraphs of monasteries and monks doing their daily tasks; includes: bibliography,glossary of monastic terms, & index; illust. dj.
Companion volume to the author's autobiography "The Seven Storey Mountain." It is a complete picture of the monk's daily life.
Companion volume to the author's autobiography "The Seven Storey Mountain." It is a complete picture of the monk's daily life.
Sinopsis
An examination of the roots of the Cistercian Order, founded in 1098, its development and waning, and the seventeenth-century reforms by the Abbé de Rancé, which began the second flowering that continues today. Throughout, Merton illuminates the purposes of monasticism. Index; photographs.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rosebud Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1.18874
- Título
- The Waters of Siloe
- Autor
- Merton, Thomas
- Ilustrador
- Trappist Life
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; dj has pieces missing from top and bottom of spine; small amt. of edge chipping; all else-clean, tig
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Harcourt Brace
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Palabras clave
- religion; culture; Trappist Monks
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Philosophy & Religions;
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Rosebud Books
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Golconda, Illinois
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Rosebud Books is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest in the "Land Between the Rivers". We are an internet shop, open by appointment to the public. Our inventory contains a litte bit of everything from vintage technical to modern first eds. We have a nice collection of vintage and collectible children's literature and all types of poetry, art, & drama.
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