London: Burns & Oates, 1963. 16mo. (6 3/4 inches tall), rounded black leatherette boards, all edges red, original gold foil dust jacket. Bright boards fine, shallow crease and gentlest edge-wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "A COMPENDIUM OF SPIRITUALITY WHICH IS UNIQUE IN THE ANNALS OF CHRISTIAN ASCETIC..... More
New York: Pelligrini & Cudahy, 1952. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket, uncut. Trace of speckling to top edge, touch of creasing to the head of the bright clean dust jacket. A splendid copy. "I WAS HUNG UP AGAIN. THE PAIN WAS INTENSE NOW BUT I FELT GREAT CONSOLATION..... More
Lyon: Petri Rigaud, 1607. Early edition. Small octavo (6 3/4 inches tall), contemporary brown morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, central coat of arms within a lozenge design of small leafy tools, corners with sprigs, fillet border. Calligraphic ink inscription in Latin dated 1611 to blank flyleaf, mild dampstaining..... More
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1979, 1981. First editions. Two volumes. Sixteenmo (each volume measures 7 1/4 inches tall), maroon and light blue textured paper boards, original dust jackets. Slight separation to the lamination of the dust jacket of first volume. Books and dust jackets about-fine. "JESUS WHO LOVES YOU PARTICULARLY..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. First American edition. Small octavo, original burgundy cloth gilt. Owner signature, dated in year of publication, very mild edge-wear. A near-fine copy. "THE GREAT PROPHETIC EXPONENT OF THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE AGES" First American edition of this compendium of Ruskin's remarks on..... More
London: Bickers and Son, 1897. Later edition. Small quarto (8 1/8 inches tall), contemporary full tree-calf gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Bookplate. About-fine. "SUN OF MY SOUL, THOU SAVIOUR DEAR / IT IS NOT NIGHT IF THOU BE NEAR" Late Victorian edition of John Keble's poetic meditations on the..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Second edition, third printing. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Very slight lean to spine of near-fine book. dust jacket with only a faint smudge to front panel. Nearly-fine. Early printing of the first translation in English of Kierkegaard's "psychological deliberation" on original sin..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First edition. Quarto, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Nearly-fine. "THE GENIUS FOR ORDER AND BEAUTY OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES" First edition of this photographic survey of the sites and local architecture of the religious houses in England, Scotland, and Wales, providing modern..... More
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. Early printing. Square 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original blind-stamped white paper boards, gilt spine, all edges yapped, marbled endpapers, uncut. Early owner signatures to flyleaf and half-title, minor splitting to hinges and interiors, spine and boards darkened, gilt title still visible, sporadic offsetting..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1943. Early edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine except for two small dents at the bottom edges, price-clipped dust jacket with minor creasing and chips to corners. Bookplate. A clean, fresh copy. "THE LOWERARCHY OF HELL" Early American printing of Lewis's satire, a...... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, 1932. Fourth edition. Thick octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original beveled gilt black cloth, red top edge. Bookplate. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase. Penciled initials (dated 1934), faint tanning to blank flyleaves, gilt bright, corners sharp, small puckered spot to upper front..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark red crushed morocco, two ribbon markers, all edges gilt. Very faint toning to spine, gentle wear to head of spine and one upper corner. About-fine. "COUNTLESS MARTYRS CHEERFULLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES RATHER THAN FOREGO THE SAYING OR..... More
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with a trace of edge-wear and typical toning to top of front panel, spine and flap folds. An excellent copy of a scarce book. "FOR THE MODERN RADICAL..... More
London: Charles Dolman, 1850. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 inches tall). Original purple cloth with gilt spine and blind-stamped papal arms, coated yellow endpapers, uncut. Ex-library with bookplate and shelf number to front pastedown, boards largely toned to brown, scattered foxing, corners bumped, edges of the text block darkened, expertly..... More
New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1947. First edition thus. 24mo. (6 inches tall), original brown pebbled cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. 'KNOW, MY SON, MY MUCH BELOVED, THAT I AM THE EVER TRUE VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF THE TRUE GOD" First edition thus of Fr. George Lee's study of..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First edition. Tall octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Book is nearly-fine, short open tear to back panel of near-fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. "PRINT HAD THE EFFECT OF PURIFYING LATIN OUT OF EXISTENCE" First British edition of Marshall McLuhan's kaleidoscopic commentary..... More
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo, original black pebbled cloth spine, charcoal cloth boards, uncut, original glassine wrapper. A crisp, clean book in the substantial remains of the original wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. "WITHIN THY FATHER'S ARMS / PEACE BE TO DEATH'S ALARMS / AND IN GOD'S MOTHERING..... More
London: Allen and Unwin, 1964. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. Book fine, very mild soiling and edge-wear to bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "NONVIOLENCE HAS DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, EXEMPLIFIED IN ITS..... More
London: Burns and Oates, 1963. First edition. Quarto (11 3/4 inches tall), original dark red beveled cloth boards with gilt vignette, pink endpapers, dark red top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Small bookseller's ticket. Gentle bumping to rear corners, faint tape mark to blank flyleaves, touch of crimping to spine..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. First American edition. Large octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with moderate wear to corners and spine ends. "SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF GOD" AUGUSTINE, PASCAL, BLAKE, KIERKEGAARD, TOLSTOY, BONHOEFFER. First American edition of..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. Very gentle lean to spine, mild dustiness to the edges of the text block, bright dust jacket with only modest signs of wear. Very good indeed. "IF SHAKESPEARE WAS ANYTHING AT ALL, HE WAS A...... More
London: Euphorion Books, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original brick cloth, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial dust jacket. Lightest shelfwear to jacket, light offsetting to endpapers. A near-fine copy. First edition of English novelist Nancy Mitford's translation of Madame de Lafayette's seventeenth-century novel, a high spot of French Literature. Illustrated with a...... More
London and New York: Sheed and Ward, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Both the book and the dust jacket are in excellent condition. A nearly-fine copy. "JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: 'LUMEN ET DECUS EXIMIUM' OF THE ENGLISH NATION" First edition of this collection of John..... More
New York: 1965. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth and blue paper boards, original dust jacket. Very faint toning to boards, shallow indent to bright and clean price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "NOW SHE RESTS WELL AT NIGHT AND HER GOOD LOOKS HAVE MOSTLY RETURNED" First edition of a...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Large octavo, original black cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. First edition of Flannery O'Connor's engaging letters, an essential component of her published body of work. It was easy for readers in the 1950s and early 60s..... More