A softcover in Very Good condition. The edges of the textblock are tanned, and there are remainder marks in sharpie on both the top and bottom edges. The top corner of the textblock is bumped in a few spots, causing ~15-20 pages to have curled tips of their corners. There are some minor dings on the top edge of the textblock. Previous owner's embossed stamp on the bottom of the title page. The text is lightly tanned along edges. The text is clean and unmarked, with a tight binding. The cover is rubbed along edges and lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. There's some light bumping along the edges of the cover in a few spots. Cover lightly rubbed along spine joints.

Western Mysticism is Dom Cuthbert Butler’s influential synthesis of the teaching of Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Bernard of Clairvaux on contemplation and the contemplative life, often cited as a landmark in the modern historical and theological study of Christian mysticism. The second edition, to which this Torchbooks issue belongs, is notable for Butler’s extensive Afterthoughts and structural revisions, including the relocation of the Epilogue and substantial new material clarifying the distinction between speculative and practical aspects of contemplative theology and addressing questions about natural and non‑Christian mysticism.