[Atlanta]: E.S.C.R.U., [1962]. Single sheet (10 by 15 inches), folded vertically in quarters then horizontally across lower margin of sheet, printed and illustrated on both sides. About-Fine. "SEWANEE NEEDS YOUR CRITICISM FOR IT BELONGS TO THE CHURCH" Scarce 1962 Civil Rights leaflet protesting segregation at Sewanee Divinity School—with 3..... More
London: Burns & Oates, Ltd., circa 1915. Stitched in original paper wrappers (7 inches tall), decorated front panel, uncut. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, mild edge-wear, faint soiling and blemishes to wrappers, final leaf of text misopened. Very good indeed. "THE GREAT POETRY OF IT TRANSCENDED, IN ITSELF AND..... More
London: Hollis and Carter, 1947. Second edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, gilt spine, red top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to front endpaper, mild foxing to original dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE VOICE OF CAMPION COMES TO US ACROSS THE CENTURIES AS THOUGH HE WERE WALKING AT..... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1955. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Creasing and chipping with loss to upper edges of bright, unclipped jacket. Very good indeed. "I SUDDENLY SAW THAT ALL THE TIME IT WAS NOT I WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING GOD, BUT GOD..... More
London: Burns Oates Washbourne, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, blue top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, neat underlining and marginal notes to early chapters, gentle toning, slight creasing and chipping to original jacket. Very good indeed. "REGARDED BY MANY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES'..... More
Garden City, New York: Country Life Press, 1927. Limited edition. Contemporary full red morocco (7 5/8 inches tall), gilt titles to ruled boards and spine with raised bands, blind-stamped cruciform, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching morocco-tipped, brown cloth slipcase. Fine. "JESUS, MOCKED, BEATEN AND..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1931. Original blue cloth (6 1/8 inches tall), gilt spine and front board, original printed dust wrapper. Slight mottling to cloth, minor soiling, wear and toning to wrapper. An exceptional copy. "THE CATHOLIC LITURGY IS THE SUPREME EXAMPLE OF AN OBJECTIVELY ESTABLISHED RULE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE"..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906. First American edition. Thick octavo (9 1/8 inches tall), original green cloth, gilt spine and front board, uncut edges. One corner slightly bumped, small contemporary ink-stamp to blank flyleaf, several leaves unopened. A nearly-fine copy, uncommon in this condition. "THE MOST ERUDITE MAN..... More
London: James Burns, 1848. First edition. Contemporary green cloth (7 inches tall), blind-stamped boards with gilt spine, yellow coated endpapers, uncut. Sympathetically rebacked with the original spine laid-down, small Brighton bookseller's ticket, ex-Convent library with two early ink inscriptions to blank flyleaf. A near-fine copy. "HE SEEMED TO FEEL A...... More
London: C and J Rivington, 1823. Second edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), early pebbled brown morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Binding sound, mild sporadic foxing, faint offsetting from illustrations, slight puckering to title page under pasted illustration. A nearly-fine copy. "YOU ARE BORN A...... More
London: William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. Original charcoal cloth (7 3/4 inches tall), lettered in orange with Gothic decoration to front board, uncut. Ink inscription to blank flyleaf, slight crack to inner paper hinge, lettering bright, boards sharp and mostly clean. A near-fine copy. "PAUL UNFORTUNATELY DISPLAYED AN ANNOYING TURN..... More
London: SPCK, 1950. First edition. Modern blue paper boards (8 1/2 inches tall), cloth spine with title in ink. Owner ink-stamp to endpaper, tanning to front and back blank flyleaves. About Fine. "THE GREATEST BRITISH CHURCH ARCHITECT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" First edition of Ninian Comper's essay on "the..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine and front board, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. Touch of foxing to fore-edges. A nearly-fine copy. "THE TRUE LIKENESS OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR WILL BE PAINTED BY HERSELF, A...... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Original beige paper boards (7 1/2 inches tall), printed and illustrated in black. Slight edge-wear and gentle toning to boards. A near-fine copy. THE ANCIENT SHRINES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES First edition—in the original paper boards—recounting Peter Anson's pilgrimage to the ruined, isolated..... More
London: The De La More Press, 1902. First edition. Quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), original paper 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), interior..... More
London: Sheed and Ward, 1929. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth stamped in blue. Slight toning to spine, cloth boards bright, corners sharp. A near-fine copy. "MORE HAS BECOME A SAINT OF WHOM THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND IS PROUD" First edition of this celebration of then-Blessed Thomas More—including addresses..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First edition. Four volumes. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth (7 1/2 inches tall) in four colors, gilt titles to front boards, marbled endpapers, uncut. Small Roman numerals inked to spines, minor edge-wear and modest soiling to cloth, slight tanning to half-titles, interiors clean, corners sharp, gilt bright..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1930. Folio (11 1/2 inches tall), original blue paper boards, gilt black cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Small red ink-stamp to blank flyleaf, gentle toning to paper boards, mild wear to bottom edges, else Fine. "THEREFORE I COUNSEL CHRISTIANS / TO CRY GOD MERCY..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1934. Small quarto (8 1/4 inches tall), original blind-stamped red cloth illustrated in black, red top edge, original dust jacket. MInor wear to jacket. A near-fine copy. "THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPRING OF MERCY IN MANKIND" First edition of these legends of the "mutual..... More
Baltimore: Helicon Press, Inc., 1958. Original decorated wrappers (6 1/2 inches tall) with interior flaps, cartographic endpapers printed in colors. Spine uncreased, wrappers fine. A beautiful copy. "OF SPECIAL APPEAL TO PILGRIMS AND STUDENTS OF WESTERN CULTURE" Charming Schwann Guide to the holy sites of Catholic France—illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink..... More
St. Louis: The Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1986. Octavo, original stiff printed wrappers with photographs to front and back panels. Fine. "THE CHURCH IS AT THE SERVICE OF THE WORLD, AND OUGHT TO BRING GOD TO IT" First English translation of these extended conversations with Pedro Arrupe—the spiritual testament..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Original patterned paper boards (8 3/4 inches tall), original printed and ruled paper label to front board, uncut. About Fine. "ALL WHICH THY CHILD'S MISTAKE / FANCIES AS LOST, I HAVE STORED FOR THEE AT HOME / RISE, CLASP MY HAND, AND COME" Fine..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Thick folio (12 3/8 inches tall), original black textured cloth, gilt spine, top edge gilt, original dust jacket wrapper with mounted color illustrations, original cardboard slipcase with printed spine label. About Fine. "I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR MY WINDOWS SINGING" Limited edition of Charles Jay..... More
Boston: Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, 1948. Octavo (9 inches tall), stapled in original illustrated wrapper. Staples rusted, modest damp-staining to lower margins, illustrations almost entirely clean. Very good indeed. "CHRIST OFFERS THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OF HIS BODY AND BLOOD TO A HEEDLESS WORLD"" First edition of Allan Crite's modern day..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First edition. Small octavo (7 5/8 inches tall), original brown cloth, printed paper spine label, brown top edge, uncut, original buff dust wrapper. A near-fine copy. "IT WILL BE FOUND, I DARE TO PROPHESY, THAT T.S. ELIOT WILL BE RECOGNISED GENERALLY AS ONE OF THE..... More