London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1936. Octavo, original navy cloth, gilt and blind-stamped boards, original dust jacket. Modest toning to original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE WHOLE LITURGIC LIFE OF CHRISTENDOM IS BUILT ON A DOUBLE FOUNDATION: THE BIBLE AND THE EUCHARIST" Second edition of Evelyn Underhill's study..... 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
New York: The Barry Vail Corporation, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (12 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red crushed morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, very minor edge-wear and faint toning to top of front board. About Fine. "HOW GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF CHASTE WEDLOCK..... More
London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1924. First edition. Tall octavo (10 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine and front board, top edge gilt, uncut, original printed dust wrapper. Bookplate. Book nearly-fine, wrapper with minor foxing on the front panel, moderate foxing on the back panel. A splendid copy. FORTE..... 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
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. Large quarto (11 3/4 inches tall), original gilt tan calf spine, marbled paper boards, vellum-tipped corners, uncut. Minor wear to edges, bumping to corners. A near-fine copy. "THE HISTORY OF THINGES DON IN THE CHURCH OF THE ENGLISHE NATION WHICH OF LATE I HAD SET..... More
Brighton, Sussex: The Dolphin Press Limited, 1959. 12 mo. (7 1/4 inches tall), original staple-bound pamphlet, buff pink paper wrappers. Very faint wear and toning along spine. About Fine. "A HOLY VESTURE FOR GLORY AND FOR BEAUTY" Scarce example of a striking trade brochure for Murray McCance—the Canadian designer..... 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. Book fine with only slight offsetting to blank flyleaves, minor peeling and edge-wear to the jacket. A near-fine copy. "ST. DOMINIC'S ROOTS LAY..... 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
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
London: Hollis and Carter, 1947. Second edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, gilt spine, red top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to front endpaper, mild foxing to original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE VOICE OF CAMPION COMES TO US ACROSS THE CENTURIES AS THOUGH HE WERE WALKING AT..... 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
New York: H. Felix Kraus Books International, 1949. Limited edition. Folio (18 1/4 inches tall), original blue paper boards, large printed label mounted to front board, blank cloth spine. Mild toning to boards, tape marks and earlier glassine fragments to endpapers, slight wave to mounted label. A near-fine copy. "LO..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First edition. Small octavo (7 5/8 inches tall), original brown cloth, printed paper spine label, brown top edge, uncut, original buff dust wrapper. A near-fine copy. "IT WILL BE FOUND, I DARE TO PROPHESY, THAT T.S. ELIOT WILL BE RECOGNISED GENERALLY AS ONE OF THE..... More
London: John Philp, 1861. First edition. Small thin quarto (8 3/8 inches tall), original blindstamped purple cloth, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Blindstamp, Bindery ticket. Slight toning and spotting to boards, very gentle wear to spine ends and corners, occasional foxing to interiors. A nearly-fine copy. "HE WHO HEARS..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1951. First edition. Octavo, original brick red cloth with paper spine label, uncut. Upper front corner bumped, scattered foxing to edges of the text block, gentle toning, creasing to spine ends of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE CATHOLIC DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED..... More