8vo. 429 pp. including index. Published by Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, New York, circa 1949. A very good, very tight copy bound in the publisher's second issue black cloth. In an original 2nd state dustwrapper with the $3.00 original price intact at the upper right-hand corner of the front dustwrapper flap. The statement "Author on the left" set forth on the rear wrapper panel. An authentic very early printing of Thomas Merton's iconic autobiography describing his early life and the circumstances of his profound conversion to Catholicism. No interior markings of any kind and no indicia of previous ownership. A very respectable and highly collectible copy!

The dustwrapper on this book has been enclosed in a removable conservation/archival quality Mylar protective sleeve.

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