London: Burns & Oates Ltd., 1915. First edition. Octavo, original brown paper boards, pale gray cloth spine with original paper spine label printed in red and black, brown endpapers, uncut. Owner label to rear endpaper, slight lean to toned spine, modest wear to printed label, corners bumped. Very good indeed..... More
Scribner's, 1951. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Bookseller's label. Toning to spine of dust jacket, crease and closed tear to top panel of jacket. About-fine. THE "CATHOLIC MOMENT" IN AMERICAN LETTERS First edition of this mid-century history of the modern American novel, from a distinctly Catholic..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1954. First edition. Large octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Cloth mottled but gilt bright, minor tanning to blank flyleaves, sporadic pencil marks throughout text, modest staining and toning to price-clipped dust jacket. A very good copy. "SOMEHOW..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, [1997]. Later edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. About Fine. "ADDRESSED TO YOU, AS A FELLOW MORTAL" Later edition of Mere Christianity—bringing together C.S. Lewis’s wartime radio addresses—a landmark of popular Christian apologetics. First published in 1952 by Geoffrey Bles..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1960. Second printing. Octavo (8 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt black spine label. Gift inscription to blank flyleaf, blemish to lower edge. Very good indeed. "VERBICIDE, THE MURDER OF A WORD, HAPPENS IN MANY WAYS" Early printing of Studies in Words, derived from..... More
Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, [1975]. First edition. Original red cloth (7 1/4 inches tall), gilt spine and front board. Fine. "THIS IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF ST. THOMAS IN ITS PRINCIPLES, IN ITS AIM, AND, ABOVE ALL, IN THE PERSONALIST SPIRIT OF ITS INTELLECTUALISM" St. Thomas and Philosophy—a reprint of the..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: The Ditchling Press Ltd., 1952. Octavo, original gilt blue cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. "WE LIVE IN THE SPEED AGE AND SO MUST SUFFER ACCORDINGLY...BUT WE CAN EXCLUDE FROM THE RUSH ONE SHELF IN THE ROOM, IF WE HAVE ONE, WHERE BOOKS ARE SOMETIMES TO BE ENJOYED IN..... More
Oxford and London: John Henry Parker/F. and J. Rivington, 1845-1881. Collected edition. Forty-two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter vellum, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Scattered foxing to endpapers but text generally quite clean, occasional mild soiling to bright vellum bindings, one volume with expert repair to corner. Sturdy, neat, and clean..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1951. First edition. Octavo, original brick red cloth with paper spine label, uncut. Upper front corner bumped, scattered foxing to text block edges, gentle toning, creasing to spine ends of bright dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "HE IS TOTALLY CATHOLIC, TOTALLY CHINESE, AND TOTALLY HIMSELF..... More
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New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1967. First edition. Octavo, original half blue cloth, original dust jacket. Book near-fine with mild creasing to the foot of the spine of the dust jacket. Very good indeed. "MY SUBJECT IS WAR -- AND THE IMMORALITY OF WAR" First book edition of this collection..... More