London: Collins, 1981. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. Minor creasing to inner front flap of jacket. A fine copy. "EVERY PERSON'S CONCEPTION OF GOD IS TOO SMALL. THROUGH HUMILITY WE CAN BEGIN TO GET INTO TRUE PERSPECTIVE THE INFINITY OF GOD. THIS IS THE HUMBLE APPROACH" A...... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1921. Fifth edition. Contemporary three-quarter crushed red morocco (6 7/8 inches tall), marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. faint spotting to front cloth board. A nearly fine copy. "AT THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WE SHALL NOT BE ASKED WHAT WE HAVE READ, BUT WHAT WE HAVE..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1904. Oblong (6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches), staple-bound in original illustrated gilt paper boards, red cloth spine. Owner ink-stamp to corner blank flyleaf, very gentle wear and soiling to original decorated boards. Very good indeed. "INTO THY HANDS, O LORD, INTO THY HANDS"... More
London: Samuel Gurney / The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), stitched in original illustrated paper wrappers, contemporary gilt-stamped red cloth, bookplate. Slight soiling to wrappers. A near-fine copy. "NEVER, I WEEN / WAS A PROUDER SEEN, / READ OF IN BOOKS, OR..... More
New York: Random House, 1962. First American edition. Octavo, original paper boards, black cloth spine, blue top-edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Fine. "FRIEND, BE NOT AFRAID OF YOUR OFFICE. YOU SEND ME TO GOD" First American edition of Robert Bolt's classic drama about the Martyrdom of Thomas More—published..... More
London: Burns & Oates, [c.1906]. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), 8 pages, side-stitched in original blue-grey wrappers, uncut. Interiors fine, faint toning and creasing to original wrappers, interiors Fine. A clean and bright copy. "BY THAT BLOOD YE HOLD IN FEE / THIS EARTH OF ENGLAND; KINGS ARE..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1909. First edition. Thick octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original moss green cloth gilt, satin ribbon marker. Corners sharp, tiny tears to head of gently toned spine, faint foxing to pastedowns. A near-fine copy. "MANY A SOLDIER READING THIS BOOK MAY YET BURN TO..... More
London and Boston: John Lane at the Bodley Head / Copeland and Day, 1895. First edition. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original gilt-decorated bevelled brown cloth, uncut. Bookplate. Boards toned, splitting to front joint, original tissue-guard partially detached, gilt bright and corners sharp. A lovely copy. "THEY SAY EARTH'S BEAUTY..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1961. First edition. Small folio (10 1/8 inches tall), original half gold and magenta cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends, two closed tears, a small chip and gentle creasing to the base of the back panel. A...... More
London: S.P.C.K., 1961. Early printing. Tall octavo (8 3/4 inches tall) original red cloth, gilt spine, red top edge, original dust jacket. Nearly fine in an unclipped dust jacket. "THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE BODY, NOT THE SUM, OF ALL THE FAITHFUL" Early printing of Martin Thornton's pastoral theology..... More
London: Burns Oates, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, navy top edge, original dust jacket. Embossed academic blindstamp, slight tanning to blank flyleaves, minor edge-wear, gentle toning to spine of excellent dust jacket. A bright, fresh copy. "THE LUMINOUS PHENOMENA OF MYSTICISM" First edition of the English..... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Limited edition. Quarto (10 3/4 inches tall), contemporary green morocco, elaborately gilt flat spine, gilt boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, black ribbon marker. Light toning to spine, very faint wear to front joint, occasional light foxing, mainly to tissue guards, otherwise clean..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1990. Limited edition. Quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), original gray paper boards, gilt red morocco spine, original plain white paper dust wrapper titled in ink. Fine. "A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE TO OUR TIME" Limited first edition..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1919. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine and front board, dark top edge. Faint tanning to prelimiaries, very short tear to inside rear hinge. A near-fine copy. "APART FROM HIS LITERARY SIGNIFICANCE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCISCAN FEELING..... More
London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1936. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. Modest toning to original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "WHEN WE EXPLORE BENEATH THE SURFACE, WE FIND THAT THE WHOLE LITURGIC LIFE OF CHRISTENDOM IS BUILT ON A DOUBLE FOUNDATION: THE BIBLE AND THE EUCHARIST"..... More
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1923, 1927. Tall octavo (9 inches tall), original pictorial olive cloth, stamped in black, uncut. Early ink signature (July 1923), mild tanning to blank flyleaves, light wear to still-bright boards. A near-fine copy. "GO OUT AND LOOK FOR JESUS" First..... More
London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1924. First edition. Tall octavo (10 inches tall), original black cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookplate, book nearly-fine, rare dust jacket with minor foxing on the front panel and moderate foxing on the back panel. A splendid copy. FORTE SCUTUM SALUS DUCUM..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original blue cloth, spine titled in green and white with star at the base, original dust jacket. Owner ink-stamp and signature to blank flyleaf, very minor wear to book and unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy..... More
Brighton, Sussex: The Dolphin Press Limited, 1959. 12 mo. (7 1/4 inches tall), original staple-bound pamphlet, buff pink paper wrappers. Slight toning to paper, very faint wear and toning along spine. About Fine. "A HOLY VESTURE FOR GLORY AND FOR BEAUTY" Scarce example of a beautifully illustrated trade brochure..... More
Chicago: Regnery, 1955. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/4 inches tall), original white paper boards with gilt papal arms, original dust jacket. Offsetting to blank flyleaves, light edge-wear to unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "EVEN DURING HIS LIFETIME LEGENDS BEGAN TO GROW AROUND HIM" First American edition..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/4 inches tall), original white paper vellum boards, gilt spine and front board, original dust jacket. Slight offsetting to blank flyleaves of Fine book, minor peeling and edge-wear to the jacket. 'ST. DOMINIC'S ROOTS LAY IN SPAIN IN THE..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1943. Third printing. Thick octavo (8 5/8 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to bottom of cloth boards, gentle scuffing and toning to unclipped, still bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE BOOK IS LARGE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER..... More
Henry Schuman, 1950. 1950. Original pearl gray cloth (8 3/4 inches tall), cream endpapers, original dust jacket. Owner ink stamps to rear endpaper, top and bottom of text block, modest insect-wear to bright, unclipped jacket. Very good indeed. "THE STORY OF EASTER IS NOT SIMPLY A CHRISTIAN STORY" First..... More
London: John Murray, 1958. Third edition. Small octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), original yellow cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with offsetting and bookseller notation in pencil to endpapers, small circular price-sticker residue to front panel of bright price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "IN ZEN AS IN LIFE THERE..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1950. First American edition. Octavo, original tan cloth, original pictorial dust jacket. Staining to joints and hinges of book, wear to spine ends of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "FOR JIM POWERS/WITH WARM REGARDS/FROM/EVELYN WAUGH" First American edition of Waugh's historical novel, published in..... More