Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Please view our photographs. This specific volume of The Letters of St Bernard of Clairvaux (1953, First Edition, Burns Oates) in Very Good condition holds a steady market value typically ranging between £35 and £55, largely depending on whether the original dust jacket is present. Translated by Bruno Scott James, this first edition remains highly regarded by scholars as a benchmark for readability and accuracy in medieval monastic correspondence. 

Edition Profile & Details

• Author / Translator: Translated from the original Latin by Bruno Scott James. 
• Historical Significance: First published in 1953, this edition set the definitive English standard for Bernard of Clairvaux’s vast personal and theological letters.