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
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Whisper of foxing to fore-edge, faint offsetting to endpapers of nearly-fine book, mild edge-wear and two closed tears to base of front and back panels, mild tanning and tape repair to verso of scarce dust jacket. Rare... 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
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Company, 1925. First edition. Octavo, original half white cloth and black paper boards with printed label, original dust jacket. Offsetting to free endpapers, gentle shelf-wear to corners, minor bumping to top of boards, loss to upper margins of dust jacket, not affecting text. Very good... 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
New York and London: Sheed & Ward, 1939. First edition. Octavo, original heather blue cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature on front pastedown, book with tanning to the pastedowns, gentle toning and light wear to spine ends, small loss to upper edges and toning to spine of bright, unclipped... More
London: Burns and Oates, 1955. First edition. Large octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original maroon cloth gilt, maroon endpapers and top edge, silk ribbon marker, original dust jacket. Near-fine book, faint smudge to upper fore-edge of book, dust jacket with minor edge-wear, tanning to verso, and mild toning to spine... More
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1979, 1981. First editions. Two volumes. Sixteenmo (each volume measures 7 1/4 inches tall), maroon and light blue textured paper boards, original dust jackets. Slight separation to the lamination of the dust jacket of first volume. Books and dust jackets about-fine. "JESUS WHO LOVES YOU PARTICULARLY... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. First thus. 12mo, original half black and red cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Very faint toning to the spine of the dust jacket. An excellent copy. "THE ONLY RITES WHICH POSSESS ANY KIND OF AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ARE THOSE CONTAINED... More
New York: Pantheon, 1951. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Book is fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a short closed tear to base of front panel and invisible tape repairs to the verso of the spine. A handsome copy. "PERFECT TRANSLATION HIDES THE SENSE OF TRANSLATION" First... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, [1953]. First American edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book, dust jacket with very faint toning to the spine and rear panel, small open tear to the rear panel near the spine. An excellent copy. "AH! LORD, MANY TOKENS OF LOVE HAST... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1945. First edition. Octavo, original white staplebound wrappers, original printed dust jacket, lettered in dark red. Fine. "ANOTHER DAY IN THE EVENING AFTER LITANIES AS FATHER RECTOR WAS GIVING THE POINTS FOR MEDITATION I SHUT MY EYES, BEING VERY TIRED, AND WITHOUT CEASING TO HEAR HIM... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1944. First edition. Tall octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Very faint tanning to free front endpaper, front corners gently bumped, dust jacket with modest soiling to back panel and mild wear along top edges. Very good indeed. "RUSSIA, IN SPITE OF THE SCHISM, IS... More
New York: The Seabury Press, 1965. Octavo, original marbled boards over half brown leatherette spine, original decorated cardboard slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "THE JESUS PRAYER" Handsome printing of The Way of a Pilgrim—along with its companion, The Pilgrim Continues His Way—a classic treasury of Russian spiritual literature. The Way of... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1945. First edition. Twelvemo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "WE SHALL BE SLAVES OF THE ATOM, NOT ITS MASTERS, IF WE CONSENT TO WEAR ITS LIVERY—THE LIVERY OF EXPLOSION AND OF REVOLT" First edition of Ronald Knox's Theology of the Atom Bomb... More
London: SPCK, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Offsetting to free endpapers and verso of the dust jacket flaps. A near-fine copy. THE RULE OF LITTLE GIDDING First edition of this depiction of the spirituality of the Anglican community gathered around the Ferrar family at Little... More
Westminster: The Newman Press, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original mauve cloth, original dust jacket. Offsetting and early owner signature to front pastedown and flyleaf, small blemish to top rear panel of largely fresh and clean dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE GREATEST ENGLISH EXPONENT OF THOMISM" First American edition of... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. Octavo, original decorated navy cloth, yellow top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Owner signature. Mild toning to spine, open tear at the head of the spine, short closed edge tears, not affecting lettering. A near-fine copy. "ANTI-CATHOLICISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PORNOGRAPHY... More
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Folio, half blue cloth over paper boards, cartographic endpapers, red top edge, bumping to the front corners, mild scuffing to the price-clipped dust jacket, small chip to the base of the back panel. Very good indeed. "A PILGRIMAGE IN WORDS AND PICTURES" First edition... More
London: The Harvill Press, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Book fine, mild foxing to the edges of the text block and the rear flap of the bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "JESUS, MY WELL-BELOVED, HOW CONSIDERATE YOU ARE IN YOUR TREATMENT OF... More