Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. Later printing. Small octavo (8 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Very minor wear to edges of bright, unfaded dust jacket. A beautiful copy. "I WILL SLEEP ROUGH AND COVER THIRTY MILES A DAY, AND I WILL HEAR MASS EVERY MORNING; AND I.... More about The Path to Rome
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1905. First edition. Quarto (10 7/8 inches tall), original sewn brown cloth boards with gilt titling. Easter presentation inscription to front pastedown, gentle foxing and spotting to title page and last leaf only, text block just a little tender in original boards with a.... More about An Alphabet of Saints; Rhymed by Robert Hugh Benson Reginald Balfour: Charles Ritchie; Drawn by...
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. First British edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Boards bright, tape marks to blank flyleaves, library ink stamp and pencil signature to front flyleaf, short closed tear, minor creasing and edge-wear to original dust jacket. Very good indeed. "NONE OF THE GREAT... More about The Lord
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. Early printing. Octavo, original oatmeal cloth boards, two mounted printed paper labels. Two embossed blindstamps (title page, pages 49, 140), both paper labels intact, slight toning to spine label, very faint spotting to clean, sharp-cornered boards. A lovely copy. "LET US THROW OFF THE PIECES... More about Seeds of Contemplation
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original charcoal cloth, original dust jacket, maroon top edge, uncut. Early owner signature (dated in year of publication) to nearly fine book, bright dust jacket reinforced on the verso. A near-fine copy. "I SEEK TO CREATE AFRESH THE STAGES BY WHICH... More about The Captive Mind
London, Boston and New York: Philip Lee Warner/Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. Limited edition. Quarto (10 3/4 inches tall), original charcoal paper boards over cloth spine, gilt morocco spine label, uncut, original buff paper wrapper. Small bookseller's label, partially unopened. A fine book in a fine wrapper. "I HAVE SEEN DANTE'S... More about Portraits of Dante; From Giotto to Raffael: A Critical Study with a Concise Iconography
London: The De La More Press, 1902. First edition. Quarto, original vellum spine, gilt and blind stamped gray paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Soiling to spine, toned edges, corners bumped, foxing to blank flyleaf, binding sturdy, closed tear to plate VII (not affecting image) else interior text and plates... More about Monastic Seals of the XIII Century; A Series of Examples, Illustrating the Nature of Their Design...
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1946. First illustrated edition. Tall octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original navy cloth with decorated spine, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Slight lean to spine, very gentle wear to upper front joint of bright, sharp boards, original dust jacket with minor blemishes and edge-wear but... More about The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
London: Chatto & Windus, 1911. First edition. Thin quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), contemporary full blue calf, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Fine. "REJOICE AND BE GLAD, BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN" First edition of Alberto Sangorski's ornate illuminated manuscript rendering of the Sermon on the Mount... More about The Sermon on the Mount
London: Burns & Oates, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Very faint creasing to upper edges of unfaded and unclipped dust jacket. A bright, nearly fine copy. "GOD IS AT ONCE TRANSCENDENT AND IMMANENT IN HIS CREATURES" First edition collecting the Sir D.... More about The English Mystical Tradition
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London: The Westminster Press/Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. First edition. Poster: Large original broadside (30 by 20 inches; 76 by 51 cm) with central color linoleum cut, very light edge-wear with a couple of tiny nicks and tears, custom matted and framed. Book: Small quarto (9 1/2 inches tall), original... More about Murder in the Cathedral [with] The Film of Murder in the Cathedral
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1923]. First edition. 24mo. (7 inches tall), original gilt and blind-stamped purple cloth, all edges gilt. A nearly-fine copy. "THE WORKINGS OF THE MIND OF THE CHURCH" Lovely first edition of Lady Lovat's meditations on the Holy Days and Feast Days of the Liturgical calendar. Lady... More about The Church and the Christian Soul
London and New York: Methuen & Co. Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1953. Later printing. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original oatmeal cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine book with discrete owner label, faint tidemark to upper spine and tape shadow to rear panel of price-clipped dust jacket. An excellent copy... More about Concerning the Inner Life with The House of the Soul
London: Sands & Co., 1926. First edition. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches), original blue cloth stamped in orange, printed and illustrated endpapers. Very gentle wear to corners and ends, front flyleaf neatly excised. A bright and sharp-cornered copy. "AND I HEARD A GREAT VOICE FROM THE THRONE SAYING—BEHOLD THE TABERNACLE OF... More about London Catholic Churches; A Historical & Artistic Record
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd., circa 1950. First edition. Thin 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original printed and illustrated paper boards. Bookplate. Interiors largely fine, very gentle soiling to sharp-cornered original boards. A near-fine copy. "THE SPIRIT OF SAINT THÉRÈSE" First edition—in the original stiff paper boards—recounting Peter Anson's..... More about A Pilgrimage to Lisieux; The Pilgrim's Sketch Books
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Slight bump to lower corner, very faint tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle toning to price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE GREATEST WOMAN IN SPANISH HISTORY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST IN... More about Saint Teresa of Jesus; And other Essays and Addresses
Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1956. Early edition. Octavo, original blue cloth gilt, photographic endpapers. Jesuit stamp to blank flyleaf. Housed in a custom blue morocco chemise and slipcase. Fine. "THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE WHICH MAKES IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY DISTINCTIVE" Limited printing of the Autobiography of Ignatius Loyola, combined with... More about St. Ignatius' Own Story; With a Sampling of His Letters
New York: Fordham University Press, 1940. First edition. Quarto (10 3/4 inches tall), original red cloth, illustrated cartographical endpapers, uncut. Cracked hinge with slack front board but endpapers remain intact, very faint tanning to illustrated pastedowns, partially unopened. A near-fine copy. "SHE BUILT AN ORATORY WITHIN HER HEART WHICH SHE... More about Katharine Tekakwitha; The Lily of the Mohawks
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1960. Early printing. 12mo. (7 3/8 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, pencil annotations to first page of text, very faint toning to spine of dust jacket. About-fine. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Later edition of a critical study of Sir... More about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1918. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original cloth spine, gray paper boards, original dust wrapper. Book about-fine, very good original wrapper re-margined and made complete. A wonderful copy. "LEND ME, O LEND ME / THE TERRORS OF THAT SOUND, / THAT ITS MUSIC MAY... More about The Mistress of Vision; Together with a Commentary by the Rev. John O'Connor S.T.P. and with a...
Oxford and London: James Parker and Co., 1903. First edition. Small quarto (9 inches tall), original navy cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Gilt bright, corners sharp, spine and edges toned, interior crack to textblock holding firm, endpapers tanned, scattered foxing throughout the text. A near-fine copy. "BENEDICO TUTTI" First edition—in... More about Sede Vacante; Being a Diary Written During the Conclave of 1903
Lyon: Petri Rigaud, 1607. Early edition. Small octavo (6 3/4 inches tall), contemporary brown morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, central coat of arms within a lozenge design of small leafy tools, corners with sprigs, fillet border. Calligraphic ink inscription in Latin dated 1611 to blank flyleaf, mild dampstaining... More about De Vita B. Francisci Xavierii; Qui primus è Societate Iesu in Indiam & Iaponiam Evangelium...
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1954]. Early edition. 12mo., original patterned red cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with early owner signature, whisper of tanning to front flyleaf, front jacket flap torn with loss, spine faded, slight edge-wear. Very good indeed. "HIS FIGURE STANDS ON A SORT OF BRIDGE CONNECTING MY... More about St. Francis of Assisi
Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1976. First edition. Octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, ink owner signature to half title, closed tear and crease to upper corner of front panel, modest wear to spine ends of bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Very good... More about The Mass; An Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Survey
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1916. First edition. Small octavo, disbound, conjugate frontispiece and title-page, retaining deckle-edges, each leaf measuring 7 3/8 inches tall. Original tissue-guard professionally removed, housed in a custom black double-window mat, measuring 9 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches. Fine. "THEY SAILED FORTH IN... More about S. Brendan the Voyager and His Mythic Quest