New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth over paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, short closed tears, moderate wear and creasing to bight, unclipped dust jacket. "OUR LORD CAME TO DIE" First edition in English of this pictorial narrative of..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. First edition. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original [sage charcoal] cloth gilt. Mild tanning to blank flyleaves. A near-fine copy. "NOTHING ETERNAL CAN POSSIBLY DEPEND ON AN ACCIDENT; AND NOTHING EXCEPT THE ETERNAL MATTERS" First edition collecting the spiritual letters of Monsignor Robert..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. Original illustrated paper boards (7 3/8 inches tall), white gilt cloth spine. Usual toning to spine, faint tanning to endpapers. A near-fine copy. "MY VOICES! MY VOICES!...THEY HAVE NOT DECEIVED ME!" First illustrated edition of The Maid of Orleans—one of Robert Hugh Benson's finest..... More
New Orleans: Xavier University Press, 1941. First edition. Octavo, original charcoal paper boards lettered in yellow over cloth spine, original dust jacket. Christmas presentation inscription (1943) to blank flyleaf. Upper corner boards slightly bumped, short closed tears, tiny pinhole and gentle toning to bright, unclipped jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE..... More
St. Louis: B. Herder, 1943. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original black pebbled cloth, coated endpapers, all edges red. Bookplate. A near-fine copy. "THE SPLENDID EXAMPLES OF SACRED LATIN POETRY FOUND IN THE DOMINICAN MISSAL AND BREVIARY" Handsome Herder edition collecting the Hymns of the Dominican Rite—edited by Aquinas..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1942. 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 FROM THE FLOOR..... More
London and Oxford: James Parker, 1870. First edition. Large folio (17 by 13 1/2 inches), original blind-stamped pebbled blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and both boards, all edges red. Very slight edge-wear, small abrasion to lower rear board, some cracking to interior text block but binding holding firm, corners..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Very slight wear to edges, corners and spine ends of bright price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "SO, WHILE THE LIGHT FAILS / ON A WINTER'S AFTERNOON, IN A SECLUDED CHAPEL /..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Early printing. Large octavo (9 inches tall), original dark red cloth, original dust wrapper. Small Christmas presentation inscription (dated "Xmas 1925") to upper blank flyleaf, spotting to edges and preliminary leaves, mild spine toning, short tears and creasing along top margins of rare original dust..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original rust cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with faint tanning to endpapers and spotting to preliminaries, minor toning, creasing, and soiling to unclipped jacket with verso tape reinforcement to the folds, Very good indeed..... More
London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Small folio (12 inches tall), original decorated white paper boards over cloth spine, original price-stamped glassine wrapper. Gentle bumping to lower corners of clean white boards, very scarce glassine wrapper torn and chipped but complete. A bright, fresh copy. "LET..... More
The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Gentle crease to lower right wrapper, small sticker abrasion to blank rear wrapper. About Fine. "I MEAN BY A PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC DREAM OF SOMETHING THAT NEVER WAS, NEVER WILL..... More
London and St. Louis: Burns & Oates/B. Herder, 1908. Folio (13 1/2 inches tall), original khaki cloth, gilt spine. Slight tanning to endpapers, 1908 Christmas religious inscription, spotting to fore-edges, cloth boards clean, corners sharp. A bright, crisp near-fine copy. "THE CHURCH'S CENTRAL AND ALL-PERVADING RITE" Second—and first illustrated—edition of..... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1961. Octavo, original green cloth, green top edge, original dust jacket. Minor spotting to fore-edge, mild toning to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. Near-fine. "THE WHOLE CREATION FLOATS...IN THE OCEAN OF GOD'S ALMIGHTY LOVE" Orchard Books edition of Frederick William Faber's The Creator and the Creature—the..... More
London: Burns, Oates, & Co., 1870. First edition. 12mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt spine, coated endpapers. Ex-Dominican library bookplate, endpaper inscription, small ink-stamp to verso of title. Uppermost margin of title page clipped (not affecting text), expert reinforcement to inner hinges, slight wear to ends..... More
London: Constable, 1936. First edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), original blue cloth, original illustrated dust jacket, original glassine wrapper. Mild spotting to the fore-edge of nearly fine book, very scarce original glassine wrapper worn and chipped but complete. A near-fine copy. "THESE MEN, BY THE VERY EXAGGERATION OF..... More
Boston: Printed by The Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. Limited edition. Large folio (17 1/2 inches tall), original patterned tan paper boards, vellum tips and spine lettered in brown, remnants of original glassine wrapper. Gentle bump to upper corner, small stain on vellum spine, small spot on..... 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: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First edition. Tall octavo (9 3/5 inches tall), half black cloth spine with device in silver, green cloth boards, yellow endpapers, all edges yellow, original dust jacket. About-fine book, faint toning to unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. "LOOK UP AT THE STAR..... More
Chicago: Monastery Hill Bindery, 1968. Thin quarto (10 1/8 inches tall), original beige cloth stamped in blue and gold. Fine. "REJOICE AND BE GLAD, BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN" Striking Monastery Hill edition of "this greatest of all Sermons"—the very beating heart of Christianity. The Sermon on the..... More
San Francisco: Printed by The Grabhorn Press, 1955. Limited edition. Quarto (13 1/8 inches tall), original emerald cloth boards, original blank kraft-paper wrapper. A Fine copy. "YOUR BELOVED PATRICK WAS A NATIVE OF IRELAND" Limited edition of this debate on the controversy of the origins of St. Patrick—privately printed for..... More
London: T.C & E.C. Jack, [c.1907]. Small quarto (6 inches tall), original gilt navy cloth with mounted illustration, satin ribbon marker, top edge gilt, uncut. "THE PURE AND SIMPLE LIVES OF THE SAINTS OF GOD" First edition of Mary Macgregor's lives of Saints Francis, Columba, and Cuthbert for children—a lovely..... 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
New York: Herder and Herder, 1965. Octavo, original blue gray cloth, original dust jacket. Fine book, modest wear and toning to bright, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "ST. IGNATIUS PRESUPPOSES THAT GOD SAYS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE IN A VERY PERSONAL WAY WHERE HIS OR HER ELECTION SHOULD..... More
Rome: Venantium Monaldini, 1748. Quarto (12 1/8 by 9 3/4 inches), modern navy morocco, gilt spine, uncut. Copper-engraved on fine deckle-edged paper and mounted on tabs, bold impressions with several discreet marginal repairs not affecting plates. Fine. AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM INQUE HOMINUM SALUTEM ("FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD..... More