Capel-Y-Fin: Francis Walterson, 1928. Limited edition. 12 mo. (7 7/8 inches tall), original blue paper boards, gilt black cloth spine, uncut. Bookplate and ink inscription. Interiors fine, minor toning to boards, lower corner bumped. Very good indeed. "MARRIAGE IS THE MOTHER OF THE WORLD" Limited edition of two seventeenth-century sermons..... More
New York and Montreal: M. Walter Dunne, [1904]. Original stiff paper vellum wrapper (9 5/8 inches tall), printed in black with a red frame. Interiors fine, mild chipping and tanning to front panel, minor edge-wear to rear panel. A near-fine copy. "URBS INCLYTA ANGLORUM LONDONIA" A Key to the Principal..... More
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 inches tall), original purple silk-covered boards decorated in gilt, silver, pink, white, incorporating cross, crowns, fleurs-de-lys, roses, and dove descending, dark navy silk endpapers with repeating rampant lions, top edge gilt, uncut. Tiny bookseller’s ticket (Brentanos) to rear endpaper..... More
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, [1953]. 24mo. (5 5/8 inches tall), contemporary full caramel brown calf, central gilt monogram, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "THE ENGLISH HYMNAL IS A COLLECTION OF THE BEST HYMNS IN THE LANGUAGE" Beautifully bound mid-century edition of The English Hymnal—monogrammed..... More
Santa Fe: Published by School Of American Research Publication, 1958. Large portfolio (17 by 11 1/4 inches), 35 sheets, unbound as issued, housed in a chemise of gilt paper boards with red cloth spine. Portofolio and sheet both about-Fine. "FEW CUSTOMS ARE MORE TYPICAL OF THE SPANISH CULTURE OF NEW..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913. Second impression. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall) original red cloth, blind-stamped front board, gilt spine. Modest tanning to blank flyleaves, minor foxing to edges and early leaves, slight toning to spine, corners sharp, gilt bright. A near-fine copy. "IT IS ONLY IN THE..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1960. Eleventh edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original gilt blue cloth, black endpapers, red top edge, ribbon marker, original dust jacket. Tiny early owner signature to half-title, small blemish and gentle toning to upper edge of front board, tape repair and minor loss..... More
San Francisco: Printed at the Nueva California Press, 1934. Limited edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original gray paper boards with printed paper labels, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket. Fine book partially unopened, early owner signature, modest creasing to top margins of slightly toned dust jacket. About-fine. Edited by..... More
New York: A Crossroad Book / The Seabury Press, [1965]. Octavo, original marbled boards, brown leatherette spine titled in silver, original decorated cardboard slipcase. Early owner signature to fine book, gentle edge-wear, modest peeling to upper corner of slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "THE JESUS PRAYER" Handsome later printing..... More
London: S.P.C.K., 1960. Original pale green cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Slight wear to price-clipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. "BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM A CHRISTIAN MAN, BY MY ACTIONS A GREAT SINNER, AND BY CALLING A HOMELESS WANDERER" Handsome post-war printing of the English translation..... More
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Company, 1925. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original half white cloth and black paper boards with printed label, original dust jacket. Mild tanning and offsetting to blank endpapers, gentle shelf-wear to corners, minor bumping to top of boards, small loss to upper margins..... More
Buffalo: Canisius High School, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original teal cloth, original dust jacket. Owner ink-stamp and signature to blank flyleaf, slight toning to unclipped dust jacket, A near-fine copy. "THESE PAPAL PRINCIPLES FROM THE HIGHEST TEACHING AUTHORITY IN THE CHURCH PROVIDE THE SOUNDEST GUIDANCE" First edition of this..... 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. Very good indeed. "OUR LORD CAME TO DIE" First edition in English..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926. Limited edition. Folio (12 1/8 inches tall), original illustrated paper boards, gray cloth spine, uncut, original dust wrapper. Very minor edge-wear to boards and wrapper. About-Fine. "MAIDEN MOST MEEK AND HEAVENLY QUEEN / ROSES, LO, I HAVE CULLED FIFTEEN" Limited edition, one of only 100 copies..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. Original charcoal paper boards (6 1/2 inches tall), gilt spine, uncut, original dust wrapper. Faint foxing to edges and text, closed tear to upper front panel. Nearly Fine. "A SCHOOL FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD" Handsome edition of The Rule of St. Benedict—with an..... More
Oxford and London: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1899. First edition. Large octavo (10 inches tall), original textured beveled cloth, decorated front board stamped in black, gilt spine. Bookplate, spine toned, gilt bright. A near-fine copy. "YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS THE FRUIT OF FIVE-AND-THIRTY YEARS OF MY WORK IN ONE..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1934. Small quarto (8 1/4 inches tall), original blind-stamped red cloth illustrated in black, red top edge, original dust jacket. MInor wear to jacket. A near-fine copy. "THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPRING OF MERCY IN MANKIND" First edition of these legends of the..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First edition. Original blue cloth (7 1/8 inches tall), 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 panel, gentle toning..... More
Garden City, New York: Country Life Press, 1927. Limited edition. Contemporary full red morocco (7 5/8 inches tall), gilt titles to ruled boards and spine with raised bands, blind-stamped cruciform, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching morocco-tipped, brown cloth slipcase. Fine. "JESUS, MOCKED, BEATEN AND..... More
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1949. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Book about-fine, small Jesuit stamps to blank flyleaf and title page, small abrasion to the rear panel, short closed tears, minor chipping to spine panel of the jacket. A...... More
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original beige cloth with vignette to front, black spine label, beige endpapers, original dust jacket. Neat early owner signature, mild toning to edges and spine of unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "WE PASS FROM ST. THOMAS'S..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1957. First edition. Quarto, original navy cloth spine over light blue cloth boards, original dust jacket. Mild toning, slight edge-wear to dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THIS IS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO PAINTING, BUT, RATHER, A PICTORIAL APPROACH TO PHILOSOPHY" First book edition collecting the 1955..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1937. First edition. Octavo, original steel gray cloth, original dust jacket. About Fine. "IT IS THE PROPER AIM AND SCOPE OF THE PRESENT BOOK TO SHOW THAT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSPHY MAKES PHILOSOPHICAL SENSE" First edition of Etienne Gilson's important survey of philosophy—ranging across a thousand years..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original gray textured paper boards, gilt white parchment spine, uncut. Very faint toning to spine, partially unopened. About-Fine. "AN ALMOST ENDLESS NUMBER OF DELIGHTFUL BITS OF ORNAMENT, EACH DRAWN WITH AMAZING OF LINE AND PRECISION OF DETAIL..... More
St. Meinrad, Indiana: Grail Publications, 1950. Second printing. Octavo, original mottled green cloth, gilt spine and front board, original printed dust wrapper. Faint toning to original wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. 'HEARKEN, O MY SON, TO THE PRECEPTS OF THY MASTER, AND INCLINE THE EAR OF THY HEART" Second printing of..... More