London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse) Ltd., c.1905. First edition. Quarto (10 1/8 inches tall), original gilt-stamped beveled black cloth, top edge gilt. Gilt bright, very minor wear to spine ends and corners. A bright, sharp-cornered copy. "AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE..... More
Sevilla: Litografia-Imprenta Gomez Hnos, 1931. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original decorated paper wrappers. Spine toned, soiling to edges of front wrapper, corners creased, interiors clean, plates bright. Housed in a clear, folding wrapper. Very good indeed. "A MAYOR GLORIA DE DIOS Y A MAJOR GLORIA DE SU..... More
New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1948. First American edition. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original brick red cloth, original dust jacket. Faint bumping to upper corners, mild toning to dust jacket with pencil price inside rear inner flap. A near-fine copy. "TO SUM UP, HOPKINS'S POETRY WAS..... More
New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1939. First American edition. Octavo, original burnt orange cloth, bottom edge uncut, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with small creased tear to top rear panel, very faint toning to spine and edges. A handsome copy. "THE HEAVENLY SECRETS OPENED UPON THEM, AND THERE..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1935. First edition. Tall octavo (9 7/8 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust wrapper. Very faint tanning and spotting to endpapers, early owner initials in bottom corner of blank flyleaf, scarce dust jacket with mild wear to corners and ends, toning to spine. A near-fine..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. First edition. Large octavo (10 inches tall), original lime green cloth, original illustrated dust jacket. Book fine, very slight edge-wear, minor chipping to spine ends of bright dust jacket. "THERE, AT THE VERY SUMMIT, STANDING IN A RADIANCE LIKE A RAINBOW, WAS A LADY"..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original rust cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with faint tanning to endpapers and spotting to preliminaries, minor toning, creasing, and soiling to unclipped jacket with verso tape reinforcement to the folds, Very good indeed..... 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
New York: Fordham University Press, 1972. First edition. Quarto (11 inches tall), original navy cloth, gilt spine and blind-stamped front board, blue endpapers, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Book fine, bright unclipped dust jacket with touch of wear to spine ends and corners, short closed tear to blank upper rear panel..... 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 (7 7/8 inches tall), original burgundy cloth gilt. Owner signature, dated in year of publication, very mild edge-wear to corners and spine ends. A bright, near-fine copy. "THE GREAT PROPHETIC EXPONENT OF THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE AGES"..... 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
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original teal cloth, original dust jacket. Mild toning to unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE CONSERVATIVE, IN OUR TIME, MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE ROLE OF DON QUIXOTE" First edition of Russell Kirk's prescription for the defense of tradition—published by Henry Regnery..... 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: 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
Oxford: Alden & Co. Ltd. / Bocardo Press, 1910. First Edition. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original navy cloth with gilt titles. Small ink presentation inscription, gilt bright, gutter cracked but still firm, very faint wear to spine ends and corners. A near-fine copy. "THE AZURE BINDING OF ETON..... 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: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First American edition. original navy cloth, lettered in white, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, jacket clipped but price intact, very faint edge-wear to bright clean jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "MISEDUCATION OF YOUNG MINDS" First American edition of The Abolition of Man, collecting a series..... 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
New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1959. Quarto (10 inches tall) original gray cloth, gray endpapers, gray top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Early owner signature and bookseller's stamp to blank flyleaf, toned spine, browning to laminated edges on verso of price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "MAY THIS WORK CONTINUE..... 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
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1951. First edition. Original red cloth (7 5/8 iches tall), original dust jacket. Tape repair to verso ends of mildly toned spine. A nearly-fine copy. "THE FIRST AND THE LAST THING THAT CHAUCER WROTE WAS PRAYER. IT FINDS ITS PROPER PLACE IN WORKS BETWEEN"... More