Boston: David Godine, 1971. Limited edition. Tall thin octavo (10 1/2 inches tall), original decorated paper wrappers, original printed paper label. About-fine. "NOW BURN, NEW BORN TO THE WORLD, / DOUBLE-NATURED NAME, / THE HEAVEN-FLUNG, HEART-FLESHED, MAIDEN-FURLED / MIRACLE-IN-MARY-OF-FLAME" Elegant limited trade edition of Gerard Manley Hopkins's feverish lament for..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Society of Saint John the Evangelist, 1947. First edition. Octavo, original blue pebbled cloth, original dust jacket. Cloth and plates fine, tape reinforcement on verso, gentle wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "ALL GLORY BE TO THEE, ALMIGHTY GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER" First edition of..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1909. Octavo, modern full crushed red morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Fine. "NARROW IS THE MANSION OF MY SOUL" Finely-illustrated-and-bound edition of Augustine's Confessions, translated from the Latin by E.B. Pusey. The spiritual autobiography is the ideal introduction to the life and thought..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First American edition. Small thin quarto (8 inches tall), sewn in original black cloth stamped in yellow, uncut. Bookseller's ticket. Very gentle toning to spine of bright, sharp-cornered boards. A nearly-fine copy. "GRACE TO THE MOTHER / FOR THE GARDEN / WHERE ALL LOVE..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. Small octavo, original blue navy cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle bump to upper corner, tanning to blank flyleaves, faint edge-wear, small abrasion to bright, clean dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE CHURCH IS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND MUST BE SUPPORTED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE..... More
London: S.P.C.K., 1949. First edition. Octavo, original gray cloth, charcoal top edge, original dust jacket. Gentle spotting to book, mild spotting, creasing to the spine head of the price-clipped jacket. A near-fine copy. "ENGLAND IS STILL A PROFESSEDLY CHRISTIAN STATE, AND IT IS THE DUTY AND HIGH PRIVILEGE OF THE..... More
London: Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1904. First edition. Original gilt red morocco boards (6 1/2 inches tall), top edge gilt. Early owner signature (dated 1912), foxing to early leaves, minor wear to spine ends, gentle toning to spine and margins of front board, gilt bright. A near-fine copy. "JESU...BE..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1965. Thick 12 mo. (7 3/8 inches tall), original blind-and-giltstamped pebbled black boards, rounded corners, russet endpapers, colored ribbon markers. Boards covered in a custom black woven sleeve, stamped and monogrammed in blind. Gilt bright, boards and interiors clean, edge-wear and fraying along top edge of..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1924. First edition thus. Thick octavo (9 inches tall), original blue beveled cloth boards, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "CATHOLICS OF BOTH SEXES THAT HAVE SUFFERED DEATH IN ENGLAND ON RELIGIOUS ACCOUNTS FROM THE YEAR OF OUR LORD" Valuable "New Edition" of Bishop..... More
London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd., 1934. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), contemporary gilt russet morocco, gilt dentelles, patterned gray endpapers with additional patterned flyleaf, all edges gilt. Very gentle edge-wear, minor bumping to still-sharp corners of bright gilt boards. A beautiful copy. First edition of this important..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1935. First edition. Tall octavo (9 7/8 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust wrapper. Very faint tanning and spotting to endpapers, early owner initials in bottom corner of blank flyleaf, scarce dust jacket with mild wear to corners and ends, toning to spine. A near-fine..... More
Longmans, Green and Co., 1910. First edition. Original illustrated paper boards (7 3/8 inches tall), white gilt cloth spine. Gentle toning to boards and spine, faint inkstamps to half title and title page, embossed blindstamp. An excellent copy. "MY LORD, I DIE FOR MY PRIESTHOOD AND THE CATHOLIC FAITH" First..... More
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New York: Sheed & Ward, 1950. Three volumes. Octavo, original gilt black cloth, original dust jackets. A nearly-fine set. "IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS" Complete three-volume set of Ronald Knox's collected translation of the Vulgate, in matching illustrated dust jackets—rarely encountered in such pristine condition. Monsignor Knox's singular translation of the..... More
London: Geoffrey Bless, 1955. Octavo, original pale gray cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, small closed tear at top of front panel, trace of wear to spine ends and corners. An excellent copy. "I GAVE IN, AND ADMITTED THAT GOD WAS GOD, AND KNELT AND PRAYED"..... More
London: John Murray, 1957. First trade edition. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine book, price-clipped jacket with publisher's remainder sticker to flap of price-clipped jacket. A splendid, nearly-fine copy. "AN ANCIENT WISDOM EXORCISING THE MEMORY OF THE CONFLICT AND BLOODSHED OF THE INTERVENING CENTURIES" First trade edition of..... More
Louisville, Kentucky: Trappist, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1949. First edition. Folio (12 inches tall), original gilt blue paper wrappers with mounted illustration, russet endpapers. Early owner signature to flyleaf and half-title, gentle toning to edges, slight wear to mounted illustration, not affecting image. A near-fine copy. "THIS BOOK IS A SONG OF..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Gilt bright, gentle bumping to corners, slight bubbling to rear board, mild toning to dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE MONASTIC AGREEMENT OF THE MONKS AND NUNS OF THE ENGLISH NATION" First..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, [1921]. Original illustrated paper boards (7 inches tall), black cloth spine. Library inkstamps to front and back endpapers, decorated boards clean, corners sharp. A near-fine copy. "WHO CREATED US?" Handsome Catechism translated from the original German editions. First prepared by Fr. Joseph Deharbe, an Alsatian Jesuit..... More
London and Oxford: R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, [1965]. Small quarto (5 1/2 inches tall), original folded paper wrappers, uncut. A near-fine copy. "ALL WHICH THY CHILD'S MISTAKE / FANCIES AS LOST, I HAVE STORED FOR THEE AT HOME: / RISE, CLASP MY HAND, AND COME" Petit illustrated printing of..... More
Detroit, Michigan: The University of Detroit Press, 1962. Early edition. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 inches tall), sewn in original black cloth, original dust jacket. Two short closed tears to upper rear panel of jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "NO MATTER HOW CROOKED I SET IT DOWN, GOD WRITES IT STRAIGHT" Third..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1932. First edition. 12 mo., original brick cloth with blindstamp, illustrated rear endpapers, original dust jacket. Early owner signature (dated year of publication), mild tanning to blank front flyleaf, toning and creasing to ends of jacket. Very good indeed. "DANTE, TO ENGLISH-READING CATHOLICS, IS A NEGLECTED..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1946. Tall octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original gilt green cloth. Gilt bright, corners sharp, very small religious signature (dated January 1947) on blank flyleaf, four library inkstamps to front and back endpapers, else a crisp copy. FROM THE LITURGICAL MOVEMENT "TO THE CATHOLIC COLLEGIANS..... More
New York: Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 1981. Oblong portfolio (8 7/8 by 11 7/8 inches), illustrated paper wrappers, separate wood-engraved plate, signed and captioned in pencil. Illustration measures 4 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches. Fine. THE CHURCH OF SAINT LUKE IN THE FIELDS Lovely engraved print of..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., [1962]. Tall thick octavo (10 inches tall), original blind-and-gilt-stamped pebbled black boards, all edges gilt, colored ribbon markers, red and black leather tabs, covered with a plain unprinted dust wrapper. Slight creasing to first and last leaves, two leather tabs worn. American printing of the..... More
London: John Philp, 1861. First edition. Small thin quarto (8 3/8 inches tall), original blindstamped purple cloth, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Blindstamp, Bindery ticket. Slight toning and spotting to boards, very gentle wear to spine ends and corners, occasional foxing to interiors. A nearly-fine copy. "HE WHO HEARS..... More