London: National Society/SPCK, [1947]. First edition. Quarto (10 inches tall), original illustrated paper boards over red cloth spine, uncut. Corners gently bumped, blank flyleaves tanned, marginal browning but text and illustrations are largely unaffected. A bright, clean copy. "FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING AND GIVING" First edition of this tenderly illustrated... More
Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1941. First edition. Folio (13 inches tall), original half burlap over green paper boards with mounted illustration, original dust jacket. Light spotting to excellent dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE OLD MUSIC REMAINS, TO BE SUNG AGAIN WITH REVERENCE, AND TO TOUCH OUR MATTER-OF-FACT LIVES... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1964. Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. Very gentle bumping to two corners, clean dust jacket with very little toning. Nearly-fine. "WHY DID GOD CHOOSE MARY?" Early printing of this meditation by the controversial Dominican theologian on the tension between mysteries and the doctrines... More
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: The Faith Press, 1973. First edition. Quarto (10 inches tall), original brown cloth, tan endpapers, original illustrated dust jacket. Neat early owner signature to front pastedown, gentle bumping to lower corners, excellent dust jacket with only lightest creasing and spotting. A near-fine copy. "THE WAY OF CHRISTIAN... More
London and New York: Geoffrey Bles/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Early edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, minor edge-wear and toning to spine of unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. Mid-century American edition of a series of pre-war lectures by Jacques Maritain, an... More
London: Burns Oates, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, navy top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to front flyleaf, mild creasing to spine ends and two short closed tears to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE MODERN GHOST, AND ESPECIALLY THE TYPE THAT FREQUENTS OLD COUNTRY... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1961. First edition thus. Octavo, original green cloth, green top edge, original dust jacket. A bright, about-fine copy. "THUS JESUS CHRIST, WHO DOETH GOOD AGAINST EVIL, IS OUR VERY MOTHER" Superb "Orchard Books" edition of Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love, a new translation of... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. Tall octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Top rear corner slightly bumped, short crease to inner front flap of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "LET US LEAVE THE SURFACE AND, WITHOUT LEAVING THE WORLD, PLUNGE INTO GOD" Early American... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1956]. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Small owner label to corner of blank flyleaf, blank pocket on rear flyleaf, small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, slight toning and creasing to spine of bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "IT IS... More
London: Burns Oates, 1958. Octavo, original burgundy cloth, burgundy top edge, original dust jacket. About-fine. "TO AND FRO AMID MY STRIVINGS AND RESIGNATIONS MOVE, IN MEMORY, THE BLACK-ROBED BENEDICTINE FATHERS WITH THEIR GRACIOUS SILENCES AND BUSY LIFE OF PRAYER" "New Edition" of A Spiritual Aeneid, the best edition of Ronald... More
Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original light green cloth, original dust jacket. Only minor creasing and wear to spine ends of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE TRADITIONAL GREGORIAN CHANT, USED BY PRIEST, CHOIR AND PEOPLE, OCCUPIES THE FIRST PLACE IN CHURCH MUSIC" First English translation... More
New York: New American Library, 1962. First edition thus. 16mo, illustrated paper wrapper. Slightest browning to margins of the text, gentlest edge-wear with soft crease to lower back corner of the nearly-fine wrapper. A bright, fresh copy. "IN IRELAND THIS WORLD AND THE WORLD WE GO TO AFTER DEATH ARE... 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 Jesuit's studies... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Early printing. Octavo, original blue cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Clean cloth boards, unclipped and unfaded dust jacket with closed tears to top edge and upper flap of front panel, very faint stain to center of back panel, very slight speckling to spine of... More
Dublin: Dominican Publications, 1978. First edition. Tall octavo, original pictorial paper boards with gilt titles, black endpapers. A bright, fine copy. "SAINT DOMINIC USED ALSO OFTEN TO PRAY, THROWING HIMSELF DOWN FLAT ON HIS FACE ON THE GROUND" Charming small press edition of a medieval work, remembering the devotions passed... More