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. Faint tanning to flyleaves, minor edge-wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE GENIUS FOR ORDER AND BEAUTY OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES" First edition of this photographic survey of the sites and local..... More
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited, 1935. First edition. Quarto (10 1/8 inches tall), original red and white cloth, gilt spine, illustrated endpapers, original dust wrapper. Slight blemishes to blank rear panel of the price-clipped dust jacket, else Fine. "THE KERNEL OF OUR LORD'S TEACHING" Fine illustrated edition of the..... More
London: Society of SS. Peter and Paul, 1915. First edition. Original gilt brick cloth, uncut. Bookplate. Toning to front joint and spine but gilt bright and corners sharp. A nearly-fine copy. "ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THEE" Society of SS. Peter and Paul edition of Ronald Knox's addresses on Impetrative..... More
London: The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original white cloth decorated in yellow. Bookplates to front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers, bump to lower front corner, trace of soiling to bright boards. A near-fine copy. "SHE IS CALLED THE STAR OF THE..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Gilt bright, gentle bumping to corners, slight bubbling to rear board, mild toning to dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE MONASTIC AGREEMENT OF THE MONKS AND NUNS OF THE ENGLISH NATION" First..... 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: Geoffrey Bless, 1955. Octavo, original pale gray cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, small closed tear at top of front panel, trace of wear to spine ends and corners. An excellent copy. "I GAVE IN, AND ADMITTED THAT GOD WAS GOD, AND KNELT AND PRAYED"..... More
London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd., 1934. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), contemporary gilt russet morocco, gilt dentelles, patterned gray endpapers with additional patterned flyleaf, all edges gilt. Very gentle edge-wear, minor bumping to still-sharp corners of bright gilt boards. A beautiful copy. First edition of this important..... More
London: Macmillan, 1930. Later edition. 12 mo. (7 1/8 inches), contemporary full brown calf gilt, top edge gilt and gauffered, patterned endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate and owner signature. A nearly fine copy. "THE KING—DEVOUT AND STATELY—ALONE BEFORE THE ALTAR, THE EXQUISITE MUSIC AND THE SINGING OF THE KING'S CHOIR, WHICH..... 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
London: Burns and Oates, 1874. First edition. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco (7 1/8 inches tall), marbled boards, endpapers and edges, satin ribbon marker. Modest edge-wear to boards, small chip to head of faintly toned spine, faint offsetting to last page of letter. An excellent copy. "OBEDIENCE TO THE CHURCH IS..... 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
Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original stamped blue cloth, decorated endpapers, original dust jacket. Book near-fine, modest creasing and edge-wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. "MEXICO IS A LAND WITH DEEP AND WIDESPREAD DEVOTION TO MARY" First edition of this lovely..... More
n.d. Single card (8 7/8 inches tall), central engraved portrait set in an incised engraved border, both mounted within a slender double frame in red, with pencil caption to lower margin. A nearly fine piece of ephemera. "EVEN WHEN YOU SUFFER SOMETHING FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE, YOU ARE BLESSED"..... 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
Louisville, Kentucky: Trappist, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1949. First edition. Folio (12 inches tall), original gilt blue paper wrappers with mounted illustration, russet endpapers. Early owner signature to flyleaf and half-title, gentle toning to edges, slight wear to mounted illustration, not affecting image. A near-fine copy. "THIS BOOK IS A SONG OF..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original teal cloth, slate blue top edge, photographic endpapers, original dust jacket. An excellent copy in the bright, price-clipped dust jacket with only mild wear to spine ends and corners. A near fine copy. "THERE IS INTOXICATION IN THE WATERS..... 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
London: Art and Book Company, 1896. First edition. Octavo, original illustrated white cloth stamped in black and silver, uncut. Bookplate. Tanning to blank flyleaves, offsetting from bookplate, slight lean to toned spine, mild fading to mottled front board, corners bumped. Very good indeed. "THE IDEAL OF A RELIGIOUS ORDER" Rare..... More
Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1941. First edition. Folio (13 inches tall), original half burlap over green paper boards with mounted illustration, original dust jacket. Light spotting to excellent 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
London: James Hewetson & Son, 1907. Small quarto (7 1/4 inches tall), original white paper spine with printed label, white textured paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut, original publisher's dust wrapper. Slight wear to spine head, very faint spotting and soiling to boards, mild tanning to blank flyleaves. A handsome..... More