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..... 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"... 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
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. Ninth edition. Original maroon cloth (7 5/8 inches tall), black coated endpapers. Clergyman's ex-libris pasted above half-title, gentle toning to spine, gutter cracked at page ?? touch of wear to spine ends and corners. Very good indeed. "SURELY THE MOST SERENE AND BEAUTIFUL VINDICATION..... More
San Francisco: Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Albert Bender, 1939. Limited edition. Folio sheet (15 by 10 1/2 inches), printed on watermarked paper, folded once to make four pages. Title in black with printer's device on the front page, fore-and-bottom edges uncut, text in gilt and black with..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1963. Three volumes (9 3/4 inches tall), olive cloth decorated in gilt, clear acetate dust jackets. About-fine. THE NONESUCH EDITION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE First edition of the Nonesuch Bible—a fine set of an exceptional edition of the King James Bible, printed with the Apocrypha..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Octavo, original blue paper boards over black cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Slight toning to spine of price-clipped jacket. A near-fine copy. "NOW THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY ON THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING, AT THE END OF THE..... 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. "EVEN IN THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN, FAITH RISES AND FALLS LIKE THE TIDES OF AN INVISIBLE SEA" First edition of this collection of Flannery O'Connor's engaging..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1969. First edition. Octavo, original green paper boards, silver and gilt blue cloth spine, yellow endpapers, red top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Gentle bump to upper corner, faint offsetting to colored flyleaves, slight creasing to inner flap, spotting to rear flap. A...... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1958. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo, original red and original green cloth, volume one in original dust jacket, volume two is ex-library with ink stamp to bottom of the title-page. Volume one is fine, volume two is very good indeed. "FOR / HERBERT MARSHALL MCLUHAN..... More
London: The De La More Press, 1902. First edition. Quarto, original vellum spine, gilt and blind stamped gray paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Soiling to spine, toned edges, corners bumped, foxing to blank flyleaf, binding sturdy, closed tear to plate VII (not affecting image) else interior text and plates..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: The Ditchling Press Ltd., 1952. Octavo, original gilt blue cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. "WE LIVE IN THE SPEED AGE AND SO MUST SUFFER ACCORDINGLY...BUT WE CAN EXCLUDE FROM THE RUSH ONE SHELF IN THE ROOM, IF WE HAVE ONE, WHERE BOOKS ARE SOMETIMES TO BE ENJOYED IN..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1956. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original cloth spine, marbled paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, small chip to upper rear upper panel of the excellent dust jacket. "CHURCH ART TODAY—AS AT ANY OTHER PERIOD—WORKS WITH THE FORMS, COLOURS AND MATERIALS OF..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1962. First edition. Octavo, original brick red cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with minor wear along front fold and two small chips to the upper margin of the front panel. An excellent copy. 'A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS AQUINAS AS HE TRULY CONCERNS PHILOSOPHICAL-MINDED PERSONS..... More
London: Vanity Fair, 1903. Chromolithographic print. Single sheet. December, 1903. Handsomely matted and framed (framed piece measures 14 7/8 x 20 1/4). Vanity Fair magazine published from late 1868 to early 1914 and a caricature was the special feature in most issues. This portrait of the new pontiff, by the..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. First limited edition. Large octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red morocco, marbled boards, red endpapers, top edge gilt, original paper slipcase. Light wear to original slipcase. Book fine. "THE HUMBLE YOUNG PRIEST OF LONG AGO HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE CHAIR OF..... More
New York: Ridge Press/Odyssey Press, 1964. First edition. Small folio (11 3/4 inches tall), original stamped gold cloth. Top of spine bumped, closed tear and minor wear to clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy, rare in the dust jacket. "EVERY BELIEVER IN THIS WORLD OF OURS MUST BE A SPARK..... More
New York: Ridge Press/Odyssey Press, 1964. First edition. Small folio (11 3/4 inches tall), original stamped gold cloth. Imperceptible wear to spine ends and corners. A beautiful copy. POPE JOHN XXIII'S "PACEM IN TERRIS" First edition of this elegant illustrated printing of Pope John XXIII's "Pacem in Terris," the dying..... More