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, 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
Westminster, Maryland: Newman, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle soiling to pale boards, minor spotting to front and spine panel of bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. 'INSTAURARE OMNIA IN CHRISTO" ("RESTORE ALL THINGS IN CHRIST") First English translation of this Italian Life of..... 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
London: Burns Oates Washbourne, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, blue top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, small bookseller's sticker to front flyleaf, blue cloth and top stain still bright, gentle creasing to spine ends of slightly toned dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "REGARDED BY MANY OF..... 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
New York: Random House, [1940]. First edition. Small folio (10 1/4 inches tall), original blind and gilt stamped blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Book fine, bright dust jacket with tape repairs to folds of the verso, gentle edge-wear, minor soiling and creasing to upper margins of both panels..... 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 edition of..... 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
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine. "CULTURE CAN NEVER BE WHOLLY CONSCIOUS—THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO IT THAN WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF; AND IT CANNOT BE PLANNED BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE UNCONSCIOUS BACKGROUND OF ALL OUR PLANNING" First..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Very slight wear to edges, corners and spine ends of bright price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "SO, WHILE THE LIGHT FAILS / ON A WINTER'S AFTERNOON, IN A SECLUDED CHAPEL /..... More
New York: The Barry Vail Corporation, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (12 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red crushed morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, very minor edge-wear and faint toning to top of front board. A wonderful copy. "HOW GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF CHASTE WEDLOCK, VENERABLE..... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979. Octavo, black cloth, gray boards, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, closed tear to back panel, gentle crease to rear flap of clean, unclipped dust jacket. "NOW YOU ARE GOING TO PERFORM THE MOST PAINFUL ACT OF LOVE THAT HAS EVER BEEN PERFORMED" Second..... More
Detroit, Michigan: The University of Detroit Press, 1962. Early edition. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 inches tall), sewn in original black cloth, original dust jacket. Two short closed tears to upper rear panel of jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "NO MATTER HOW CROOKED I SET IT DOWN, GOD WRITES IT STRAIGHT" Third..... More
London: John Murray, 1957. First trade edition. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine book, price-clipped jacket with publisher's remainder sticker to flap of price-clipped jacket. A splendid, nearly-fine copy. "AN ANCIENT WISDOM EXORCISING THE MEMORY OF THE CONFLICT AND BLOODSHED OF THE INTERVENING CENTURIES" First trade edition of..... More
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London: The Westminster Press/Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. First edition. Poster: Large original broadside (30 by 20 inches; 76 by 51 cm) with central color linoleum cut, very light edge-wear with a couple of tiny nicks and tears, custom matted and framed. Book: Small quarto (9 1/2 inches tall), original..... More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d. Limited edition. Small quarto, original 3/4 red morocco with patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, original paper slipcase. Book near-fine with some wear to intact original slipcase. Handsome limited edition of the "Fioretti di San Francesco," decorated by Valenti Angelo with a title-page..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth over paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, short closed tears, moderate wear and creasing to bight, unclipped dust jacket. "OUR LORD CAME TO DIE" First edition in English of this pictorial narrative of..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1918. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original cloth spine, gray paper boards, original dust wrapper. Book about-fine, very good original wrapper re-margined and made complete. A wonderful copy. "LEND ME, O LEND ME / THE TERRORS OF THAT SOUND, / THAT ITS MUSIC MAY..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1948. First American edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Spine leaning, early gift inscription (dated April 1949) to free front endpaper, toning to spine and faint soiling to fore-edge of dust jacket. An excellent, near-fine copy. "TO READ DANTE IS A JOY. TO..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First edition. Narrow and slender (7 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Small original owner signature (dated in year of publication), mild offsetting to margins of front and rear blanks, faint stain to front panel, two short closed tears to rear..... 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
New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1955. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to free front endpaper, modest edge-wear to dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE GOLDEN STRING IS CHRIST; HE IS THE CLUE TO THE CENTRE" First American edition of Bede Griffiths'..... More