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
New York: Philosophical Library, 1951. First edition. 12 mo. (7 3/8 inches tall), original gilt black cloth, original dust jacket. Faint tanning to blank flyleaf, gentle toning to jacket, else about Fine. "AH, THE SAVIOR IN HER STILL WAS BUD / BUT IN HER COUSIN'S WOMB, THE BAPTIST COULD /..... More
London: George Allen, 1889. Contemporary full white vellum (7 inches tall), extra-gilt bevelled boards, gilt decorated dentelles and endpapers, red silk ribbon marker, all edges red. Faint foxing to half-title, early owner signature to title page. Housed in contemporary waxed red cloth dust wrapper with decorated floral paper verso and..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1923. Limited editon. Octavo (7 1/4 inches tall), marbled paper boards over black cloth spine, printed paper label, uncut. Fine. "THE CHURCH ALONE HAS SUCCEDED IN MOULDING THE PEOPLE UNTO BEAUTY" First English translation of Jacques Maritain's meditations on the nature of Art and Poetry—with..... More
London: Sheed and Ward, 1938. First British edition. Original green cloth (7 1/2 inches tall), original dust jacket. Early owner label to blank flyleaf, mild toning to jacket spine of bright unclipped dust jacket. A nearly fine copy. "THE CATHOLIC WORKER BELIEVES IN THE GENTLE PERSONALISM OF TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM" First..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1928. First edition. 16 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original orange cloth stamped in black, original photographic dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "MR. CHESTERTON HAS REJECTED SOCIALISM NOMINALLY...BUT HE IS A DISTRIBUTIST, WHICH MEANS TO-DAY A REDISTRIBUTIST. HE HAS ARRIVED BY HIS OWN PATH AT MY POSITIION"..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Limited edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original cream white cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookplates. Book nearly-fine, scarce jacket with modest loss at the base of the spine, modest creasing, short tears and a longer repaired tear at upper rear. A...... More
Parkminster, Cowfold: Printed by the Author, 1905. Limited edition. Original straight grain green cloth (6 1/4 inches tall) with mounted illustration inset in front board, marbled purple endpapers, uncut. Spotting to edges, sporadic foxing to interiors. About Fine. "O! JESUS! CONVERT ENGLAND. O! MARY HAVE PITY ON OUR COUNTRY" Extraordinary..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. First American edition. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in black, original dust jacket. Small tear to lower corner of rear pastedown, minor wear to top edge of the jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "TO KNOW AND LOVE ONE OTHER HUMAN BEING IS THE ROOT OF..... More
London: Thomas Richardson and Son, (circa 1877). Contemporary dark red morocco (5 3/4 inches tall), expertly rebacked with original spine laid-down, green coated endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges red. Closed tear to inner margin of title page, gentle wear to original spine, upper corner bumped. A near-fine copy. "THE GARDEN..... More
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket, bookplate and early owner signature, a fine book in a clipped dust jacket with faint toning, spotting and tape-repairs to the verso. A handsome copy. "DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BUT..... More
London: Society of SS. Peter and Paul, 1922. First edition. Octavo (8 5/8 inches tall), original gilt red cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Embossed blind-stamp to front endpaper, sporadic marginal notes in ink, prayers pasted to p.35 and rear endpaper, modest spotting to front board, minor bumping to corners..... More
London: Burns Oates, 1947. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Slight toning to spine, minor chipping with modest loss to price-clipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE LONGING OF MAN'S HEART AFTER GOD" First British edition of this anthology of mystical thought—a varied treasury of Catholic spirituality..... More
New York: A Crossroad Book / The Seabury Press, [1965]. Octavo, original marbled boards, brown leatherette spine titled in silver, original decorated cardboard slipcase. Early owner signature to fine book, gentle edge-wear, modest peeling to upper corner of slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "THE JESUS PRAYER" Handsome later printing of The..... More
Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1909. Original navy cloth gilt (6 1/4 inches tall), top edge gilt. Tiny dated pencil inscription to rear endpaper. Fine. "IF NEITHER LOVE NOR PAIN / WILL EVER TOUCH THY HEART / THEN ONLY GOD'S IN THEE / AND THEE IN GOD THOU ART" Open..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1867. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original green pebbled cloth, extra gilt spine, gilt-and-blind-stamped beveled boards, yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Bookplate, bindery ticket. Very gentle bumping to corners. About Fine. "BISHOP HEBER'S HYMNS ARE TREASURED AS SACRED HOUSEHOLD WORDS WHEREVER THE..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1934. First edition. Quarto (11 inches tall), original blue cloth with gilt stamped vignette, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, mild toning, modest wear and chipping to price-clipped dust jacket, not affecting illustrations. A near-fine copy. "NOBODY HAS EVER WRITTEN STORIES FOR CHILDREN THAT..... More
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, [1933]. Original blue cloth (5 5/8 inches tall) with gilt title, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Fine. "LET EVERYTHING THAT HATH BREATH PRAISE THE LORD" Lovely mid-century retrospective of the great English hymns of the Victorian era—illustrated for younger readers by Cicely Mary..... More
London and Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [1907]. Original gilt-strap decorated purple cloth (5 3/8 inches tall), illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Gentle toning to spine, faint foxing to endpapers. Near-fine. "WE MUST LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES" Lovely study of Saint Francis de Sales—a "Library of the Soul" edition..... 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
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 inkstamp to corner blank flyleaf, very gentle wear and soiling to original decorated boards. Very good indeed. "INTO THY HANDS, O LORD, INTO THY HANDS" Illustrated..... 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 a year..... 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: Illustrated News of the World, 1890. Original broadside print (measuring 23 by 16 inches), custom mounted on tabs in a black window mat. Folding crease across center sheet, else Fine. "THEN LORD, IN THY MERCY, GRANT US A SAFE LODGING, A HOLY REST, AND PEACE AT THE LAST" Requiem..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Second edition. Contemporary crushed red morocco (6 1/2 inches tall), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Early owner inscription (August 1894) to blank flyleaf, very light wear to binding, else Fine. "DEATH IS THE CROWN OF LIFE" Second edition of this popular anthology of Memento..... More