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
Flansham: Pear Tree Press, 1930. First edition. Twelvemo, deckle-edged, handmade paper with watermark, uncut and unbound sheets in two sections each measuring 8 1/2 x 18 inches, each folded to measure 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Fine. THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES, THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES Limited first edition of... 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: Random House, [1940]. First edition. Small folio (10 1/4 inches tall), original blind and gilt stamped blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Book fine, bright dust jacket with tape repairs to folds of the verso, gentle edge-wear, minor soiling and creasing to upper margins of both panels... 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
Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), contemporary gilt-paneled vellum binding, bookseller's ticket, early owner's blind-stamp. Slight bumping to lower front corner, minor soiling to contemporary gilt vellum boards. A near-fine copy. THE PRINTED RITUAL BOOKS OF THE ENGLISH USES Unique copy—printed and bound in vellum—of this important Anglican liturgical bibliography. This... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Early edition. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Slightest of wear to the dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THIS LITTLE BOOK IS INTENDED TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, ABOUT THE FESTIVALS AND SAINTS COMMEMORATED BY THE CHURCH... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963. First edition. Small quarto (9 1/2 inches tall), contemporary three-quarter brick red morocco, patterned boards, black satin ribbon marker, original stiff pictorial wrappers. About fine. "THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM POSSESSES WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF ERIC GILL'S WORK IN EXISTENCE"... More
Press of Reuben Pearson, 1948. Limited edition. Broadside, single leaf of tan wove paper (10 inches tall), mounted on stiff paper board in original shrinkwrap, very faint wear to upper right corner, slight blemish to lower right corner, not affecting text. 'FELIX RANDAL, THE FARRIER, O HE IS DEAD THEN?"... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1908. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Minor foxing to top edge, minimal edge-wear, vertical slice to center of front panel, crease to front flap of price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE PRESENT STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO REPAY A DEBT TO... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition thus. 16mo. (7 inches tall), original laminated boards. Small ink stamp of Jesuit library to corner of blank flyleaf, gentle peeling along the rear joint. Very good indeed. "THE READER WILL DO JUSTICE TO THESE ADDRESSES ONLY IF HE IS PREPARED AND... More
Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1973. Early edition. Small octavo, original teal cloth, original dust jacket. Trace of toning to the top of the front panel. About-fine. "WE MAY SAY THAT IN ESSENCE ONE SINGLE EVERLASTING FESTIVAL IS BEING CELEBRATED" Handsome early edition of Josef Pieper's study of the philosophical origins... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. First edition thus. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, early owner initials (dated 1959) to upper corner of blank flyleaf, short closed tear to base of rear panel of the bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE BEST A PHILOSOPHER CAN DO... More
London: Burns Oates Washbourne, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, blue top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, bookseller's label to front flyleaf, blue cloth and top stain still bright, gentle creasing to spine ends of slightly toned dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "REGARDED BY MANY OF THE... More
Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1960. First edition. 12mo., original decorated cream boards, orange endpapers, original dust wrapper. Slight toning to spine of wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. "HELPS AND STRENGTHENS US IN OUR GROPING EFFORTS TO CORRESPOND WITH THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT" First book edition—"revised and considerably expanded"—of... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition. Small octavo, original half gray cloth and brown paper boards, original dust jacket, uncut. Very faint tanning to blank flyleaves, owner signature to front pastedown, closed tear and crease to upper front panel, laminate lifting in lower corner, small smudge to rear... More
London: Burns & Oates/Anthony Clarke Books, 1964. Early edition. 16mo. (6 5/8 inches tall), original black leatherette with gilt spine titling, original gold dust jacket. Paper label pasted at bottom of title page, a fine book in a price-clipped, nearly-fine dust jacket. "THIS BOOK HAS HAD FAITHFUL FRIENDS THROUGH TWO... More
New York: The Barry Vail Corporation, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (12 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red crushed morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, very minor edge-wear and faint toning to top of front board. A wonderful copy. "HOW GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF CHASTE WEDLOCK, VENERABLE... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1962. First edition thus. Octavo, original green cloth, green top edge, original dust jacket. Subtle toning to the flap folds of the dust jacket, else Fine. "EYES SPEAK TO EYES, HEART TO HEART, AND NONE BUT THOSE BLESSED LOVERS UNDERSTANDS WHAT PASSES BETWEEN THEM" Orchard Books... More
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1980. First edition. Octavo, original green boards, original dust jacket. Gentle toning and very modest wear to edges of the dust jacket. Nearly-fine. "THE ROSARY HAS SOMETHING UNIQUE, SWEET, AND DEAR ABOUT IT FOR EACH ONE OF US" First edition of this anthology collecting nearly two... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1960. Later edition. Twelvemo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Very faint toning to edges and spine of the dust jacket. A crisp and clean copy. Bodley Head edition of Gilbert Keith Chesterton's early classic, part of the publisher's smart series of... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. First edition. Quarto (10 inches tall), original pictorial grey cloth, original dust jacket. Dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the head of the spine. A bright, clean nearly-fine copy. "IN LATER YEARS THE CHURCH SAID THAT FRANCIS, BECAUSE OF HIS PURE... More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First edition. Twelvemo (7 1/2 inches tall), orignal blue cloth gilt. Faint tanning and spotting to endpapers, two pencil annotations to title page, minor bump to lower right corner, else a bright, nearly-fine copy. "S. THOMAS WAS THUS THE TRUE MODERNIST OF... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First edition. Octavo, original green paper boards over blue cloth spine, yellow endpapers, red top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Fine. "I AM CONCERNED THAT FUTURE CATHOLICS HAVE A LITERATURE" First edition of this posthumous collection by Flannery O'Connor, her first book of... More