London: Oxford University Press, 1933. Early edition. Thick 12mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original gilt and blindstamped blue cloth, original dust jacket. Spotting to top edge of nearly-fine book, mild toning to spine of lightly spotted dust jacket. A handsome copy. THE LADY MEUX MANUSCRIPTS ILLUSTRATING POPULAR CHRISTIANITY IN ABYSSINIA..... More

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1930. Limited second edition. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original patterned paper boards over gilt vellum spine, patterned endpapers, uncut, original plain glassine wrapper. Lower corners bumped, modest wear to scarce original glassine wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. Deluxe second edition of Gerard Manley Hopkins's collected..... More

Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Press, 1952. Early edition. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle toning to spine, closed tear to front panel of bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "IN THE WAY OF GOD, THOUGHTS COUNT FOR LITTLE, LOVE DOES EVERYTHING" Early printing..... More

London: Sheed & Ward, 1948. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle soiling, shallow chip to the head of the toned dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE APOSTLE OF THE MIND, THE DOCTOR OF TRUTH, THE RESTORER OF THE INTELLECTUAL ORDER, ST. THOMAS WROTE NOT FOR THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY..... More

London: Blackfriars Publications, 1957. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, gentle toning to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. "THOMISM WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST TREASURES OF HUMANITY" First Blackfriars edition of the French Dominican's "most valuable short introduction to the..... More

New York: Sheed and Ward, 1955. 12mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original oatmeal cloth, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket. Mild tanning to endpapers, ink mark across original price on inner flap of the dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "WEALTH IS A GIFT OF GOD, AND THEREFORE NOT TO BE CONDEMNED..... More

New York: Pantheon, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original oatmeal cloth, original dust jacket. Minor edge-wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO TAKE OUR STAND AGAIN, TO THINK AND LIVE, IN CHRISTIAN EXISTENCE AS A WHOLE, IN THE SENSE OF THE PAULINE WORDS..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1960. Octavo, original mauve cloth boards over lavender spine, uncut, original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "SPUN ABOUT IN THE WHIRL OF BUSINESS, ENSLAVED TO COUNTLESS TECHNICAL INVENTIONS, MAN IS SEVERED FROM GOD AND FROM THE WORLD OF THE SPIRIT" Early printing of the..... More

London: Dennis Dobson Ltd., 1949. First British edition. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original gilt and blindstamped black cloth, original dust jacket. Mild spotting and tanning to preliminary leaves, slight edge-wear and toning to dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "HOPKINS' CONSTANT TENSION, THE DESIRE TO BE AN ARTIST AND..... More

Newport: R.H. Johns Limited, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, maroon top edge, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. Minor spotting to edges of the text block, modest edge-wear to the unfaded and unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE GOLDEN THREAD OF AN UNDYING AND UNCONQUERABLE FAITH" Scarce first..... More

London and New York: Sheed & Ward, 1960. Later edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, price-stickers to inner flap, smudging, small chip to spine of the dust jacket. "LATE HAVE I LOVED THEE, O BEAUTY SO ANCIENT AND SO NEW; LATE HAVE I LOVED THEE!" Later..... More

London: Macmillan, 1930. Later edition. 12 mo. (7 1/8 inches), contemporary full brown calf gilt, top edge gilt and gauffered, patterned endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate and owner signature. A nearly fine copy. "THE KING—DEVOUT AND STATELY—ALONE BEFORE THE ALTAR, THE EXQUISITE MUSIC AND THE SIGNING OF THE KING'S CHOIR, WHICH..... More

New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1952. Original gilt pebbled cloth (6 1/8 inches tall), original dust jacket. Embossed owner stamp to two leaves, only slightest edge-wear to price-clipped dust jacket. "REMEMBER THAT YOUR HEART IS DEDICATED TO GOD" Handsome mid-century edition of this enduring work of spiritual counsel, with..... More