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..... 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..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1949. Second edition. Large octavo (10 1/8 inches tall), original navy cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket, upper front corner bumped, slight creasing and edge-wear, gentle toning to spine of unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE MONASTIC LIFE MET AND SATISFIED THE DEEPEST SPIRITUAL..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First edition. Quarto (11 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Very little wear to price-clipped 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..... More
London: The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo, original gold-stamped white cloth. Bookplates to front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers, bump to lower front corner, trace of soiling to bright boards. A near-fine copy. First edition of the first collection of Ronald Knox's sermons, published two..... 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
London: Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1944, 1949. Two volumes. New Testament: (6 3/4 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, mild foxing to edges, boards toned but gilt bright, corners sharp. Englishing: (7 1/2 inches tall), original green cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket..... More
n.p. Privately Printed, circa 1946. Quarto (12 inches tall), original burlap boards, spine and front board lettered in brown. Slight tanning to endpapers, mild toning to boards, gentle bumping to lower corners. A near-fine copy. "NO NATION HAS SO UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN ONE OF ITS SONS AS ITS REPRESENTATIVE IN ART..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1930. Folio (11 1/2 inches tall), original blue paper boards, gilt black cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Small red ink-stamp to blank flyleaf, gentle toning to paper boards, mild wear to bottom edges, else Fine. "THEREFORE I COUNSEL CHRISTIANS / TO CRY GOD MERCY..... 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"... More
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. Early printing. Square 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original blind-stamped white paper boards, blind-stamped with gilt spine, marbled endpapers, all edges yapped, uncut. Early owner signatures to flyleaf and half-title, minor cracking to inner to hinges, spine and boards darkened, gilt title still visible..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c.1913. Quarto (11 inches tall), original printed paper boards with mounted color illustration, brown cloth spine lettered in black, brown endpapers. Slight scuffing to mounted illustration, small stain to bottom front board. A near-fine copy. "COULD YOU BE A MONK AND A KNIGHT AT..... More
London: The Tablet, 1975. First edition. Octavo, sewn in card under plain original wrapper printed in black. Slight toning to wrappers, else Fine. "NOW HE IS WITH GOD; THAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS THING YOU SAY ABOUT ANY HUMAN BEING. WE MUST PRAY FOR HIM AND WE MUST PRAY FOR..... 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 SIGNING OF THE KING'S CHOIR, WHICH..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1959. Quarto small folio (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..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark red crushed morocco, two ribbon markers, all edges gilt. Very minor toning to spine, faint crack to front joint, gentle wear to head of spine and one upper corner. A near-fine. "COUNTLESS MARTYRS CHEERFULLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First edition. Four volumes. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth (7 1/2 inches tall) in four colors, gilt titles to front boards, marbled endpapers, uncut. Small Roman numerals inked to spines, minor edge-wear and modest soiling to cloth, slight tanning to half-titles, interiors clean, corners sharp, gilt bright..... More
New and London: Philosophical Library / Darton Longman and Todd, (1973). 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, original dust jacket. Owner signatures to blank flyleaf, light wear and soiling to unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THINGS MAY NOT CHANGE, BUT MAN'S UNDERSTANDING..... More
Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1927. First edition. Original green cloth (7 3/4 inches tall), original dust wrapper, gilt spine and front board, cartographic endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Author's inscription to half title. later gift inscription to top margin of illustrated flyleaf, slight offsetting to endpapers, gentle wear to..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1951. First edition. Original red cloth (7 5/8 inches 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" First edition of Sister Madeleva's essays..... 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: Philosophical Library, 1944. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Shallow crease, minor edge-wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE FIGURE OF DESCARTES DOMINATES ALL PHILOSOPHY OF THE PAST THREE CENTURIES" First edition of Jacques Maritain's consideration of Descartes and the Cartesian..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1942. final plate, text. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Christmas presentation inscription to blank flyleaf, jacket with minor creasing to spine head. A near-fine copy. "BROTHER MARTIN WAS NOT ON HIS KNEES. THE POWER OF GOD HAD LIFTED HIM..... More
London and New York: Sheed & Ward, 1933. First edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth, original dust wrapper. Early owner signature to front endpaper and title page, slight wear to unclipped original dust wrapper. About Fine. "THE OLD CELTIC TIDES DREW OUT; IT WAS THE VICTORY OF..... 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