FIGURES FOR AN APOCALYPSE. Thomas Merton, New Directions, New York City, 1947.
 
Poetry
 
Merton’s first published works were collections of poems—Thirty Poems (1944), A Man in the Divided Sea (1946), and Figures for an Apocalypse (1948). With the publication of the autobiographical Seven Storey Mountain (1948), he gained an international reputation. His early works are strictly spiritual, but his writings of the early 1960s tend toward social criticism and touch on civil rights, nonviolence and pacifism, and the nuclear arms race.
 
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) Roman Catholic monk, poet, and prolific writer on spiritual and social themes, was one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.
 
Hardcover with light bluish and black cover art. Secure binding with clean pages. About 9-1/4 x 6 with 111 pages. The matching jacket is in nice condition with mild wear. Scarce with jacket. Second Printing.