New York and London: The Messenger/John Griffin, 1903. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 inches tall), original gilt green cloth. Gentle wear to upper corners, bumping to lower corners of clean boards, slight crease to corner of map not affecting image. A near-fine copy. "HOW WELL IT IS FOR THE CHRISTIAN..... More
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1900. First edition. Small quarto (6 5/8 inches tall), original pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt and black, illustrated endpapers. Bookplate. Gentle toning to spine, faint tanning to endpapers, boards bright, corners sharp. About-Fine. "HOW GOD SIFTS THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, TO SHOW..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Early printing. Large octavo (9 inches tall), original dark red cloth, original dust wrapper. Small Christmas inscription (dated "Xmas 1925") to upper blank flyleaf, spotting to edges and preliminary leaves, mild spine toning, short tears and creasing along top margins of rare original wrapper. Very..... More
New York: The John Lane Company, 1905. First American edition. Original red cloth (7 5/8 inches tall), gilt titles to spine and front board. Bookplate. Front upper corner bumped, very slight wear to corners and spine ends. A near fine copy. "THE SERIOUS OPPONENT OF THE LATIN CHURCH IN HISTORY..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1954. Early edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, several tiny closed tears along edges of bright, clean dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "YOU CALL HIM A DUMB OX; I TELL YOU THAT THE DUMB OX WILL BELLOW SO LOUD THAT HIS..... More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), gilt decorated russet cloth with mounted illustration, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, corners gently bumped, endpapers tanned, spotting to fore-edges of the text block, gilt cloth bright. "DEAR CHILD, JESUS WAS NEVER NEARER..... More
London and Oxford: James Parker, 1870. First edition. Large folio (17 by 13 1/2 inches), original blind-stamped pebbled blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and both boards, all edges red. Very slight edge-wear, small abrasion to lower rear board, some cracking to interior text block but binding holding firm, corners..... More
[Caldey Island, Wales]: Printed by the Community, [1931]. Octavo (8 1/8 inches tall), staple-bound in original decorated paper boards. Faint foxing to preliminary leaves, gentle toning to spine, slight bumping to upper corners, gutter cracked at half title. A near-fine copy. "THE 'ISLE OF SAINTS' AS IT HAS BEEN CALLED..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Minor edge-wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE PREDICAMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MAN" First edition of this study of the most prominent Existential thinkers with a special focus on Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Jaspers, Gabriel Marcel..... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 1959. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Lower front corner of book gently bumped, mild overall edge-wear and small closed tear to front to dust jacket. A neat, clean copy. "THE CHURCHES OF THE EAST AND THE WEST HAVE AN AFFINITY BETWEEN..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1904. Original red cloth (7 7/8 inches tall), gilt spine, original printed dust wrapper. Faint scattered foxing, gentle toning and neat tape repair to verso of wrapper. A near-fine copy. "BY THY LARGE DRAUGHTS OF INTELLECTUAL DAY / AND BY THY THIRSTS OF LOVE MORE..... More
Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965. First Thus. Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. Slightest rubbing to edges of bright dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. First edition thus of Croly's pivotal work on the American experiment, edited and with an Introduction by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. First..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Small early owner signature. A bright copy in an unclipped jacket. About Fine. "A VERY SIMPLE BUT ALMOST FULLY FLEDGED PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY MAKES ITS APPEARANCE AS SOON AS MAN BELIEVES THAT GOD'S JUSTICE WILL WORK..... More
Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1941. First edition. Folio (13 inches tall), original burlap spine, gilt green paper boards with mounted illustration, original dust jacket. Light spotting to scarce dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE OLD MUSIC REMAINS, TO BE SUNG AGAIN WITH REVERENCE, AND TO TOUCH OUR MATTER-OF-FACT LIVES..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Quarto (11 5/8 inches tall), original gilt navy cloth, original dust jacket. Very faint toning to original boards, bumped lower corners, complete dust jacket chipped and torn along the spine folds but intact and sheathed in plastic. Very good indeed. "WHEN WE SPEAK OF..... More
New York: Catholic Worker Books, 1949. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), staple-bound in original buff paper wrappers. Gentle edge-wear, discrete reinforcement to lower spine and rear wrapper, rounded chip to rear fore-edge, smaller chips to corners of bright and clean original paper wrappers. A splendid copy. "I PRAY..... More
Herder and Herder, 1967, 1969. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo, original gray and original black cloth, original dust jackets. Volume II mildly ex-library with only blank card pocket and “Theology” written in ink on free front endpaper. A bright,clean, near-fine pair. THE "NEW" THEOLOGY First American editions of Henri de..... More
London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Small folio (12 inches tall), original decorated white paper boards over cloth spine, original price-stamped glassine wrapper. Gentle bumping to lower corners of clean white boards, very scarce glassine wrapper torn and chipped but complete. A bright, fresh copy. "LET..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: Helicon Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered in silver, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket. A fine copy in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. "THE CHURCH, THIS PERFECT SOCIETY, IS ALSO AND ABOVE ALL THE LIVING BODY OF CHRIST" First edition of this collection of essays..... More
London: C and J Rivington, 1823. Second edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), early pebbled brown morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Binding sound, mild sporadic foxing, faint offsetting from illustrations, slight puckering to title page under pasted illustration. A nearly-fine copy. "YOU ARE BORN A...... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1946. First edition. Tall octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), sewn in original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Ex-Franciscan library, partial bookplate on endpaper, very minor wear to bright and clean price-clipped dust jacket. "MARY'S SOUL IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN GOD'S CREATION" First..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Folio (13 inches tall), original blind-stamped cream boards, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Small spot to top edge, trace of soiling and toning, very shallow vertical crease, tiny nicks top edge of back panel of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A nearly..... More
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1995. First edition. Oblong folio (11 1/8 by 14 1/8 inches), original illustrated folded paper wrappers. Prints and wrappers fine. "THE WORLD WILL BE SAVED BY BEAUTY" (DOSTOEVSKY) Scarce first edition of this selection of 12 wood-engraved prints by Fritz Eichenberg, an extraordinary anthology of..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Second edition. Contemporary crushed red morocco (6 1/2 inches tall), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Early owner inscription (August 1894) to blank flyleaf, very light wear to binding, else Fine. "DEATH IS THE CROWN OF LIFE" Second edition of this popular anthology..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine. "THE PRIMARY CHANNEL OF TRANSMISSION OF CULTURE IS THE FAMILY" First American edition of Eliot's continued resolve, begun in The Ideal of a Christian Society (1939), to define and defend culture..... More