London: 1915. Small quarto (8 3/4 inches tall), original green cloth, gilt spine and pictorial front board, uncut. Occasional light foxing, slight toning to spine, corners sharp, gilt bright. A near-fine copy. "THE RUSSIAN NATION HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY DESCRIBED AS THE MOST RELIGIOUS IN CHRISTENDOM" First edition of this..... More
London: Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd., 1951. Ninth edition. Octavo, original navy cloth with beveled edges, gilt spine, black endpapers, ribbon marker, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, front jacket flap clipped but price intact, tape repairs to verso, closed tears, minor wear to corners and spine ends. An excellent..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1939. Original green paper wrappers (7 1/8 inches tall) with flaps printed in black. Mild toning and slight edge-wear to wrappers, sporadic light foxing to interiors. Very good indeed. "THE TRUE POSITION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO-DAY" Unicorn Books edition of Survival and New Arrivals—Hilaire..... More
Birmingham: H.J. Whitlock, circa 1890. Photograph mounted on card (6 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches), with engraved verso. Signs of mounting on verso, faint toning and slight blemish to lower front margin, Manning's name in ink and bookseller's ink-stamp on the verso. Very good indeed. "THOUGH DEATH CAME SLOWLY, STRUGGLING..... More
[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey]: The Sower Press, [1935]. Stitched in original paper wrappers (5 inches tall), printed front panel, illustrated rear panel. Slight crease to lower corner A nearly-fine copy. THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS The Stations of the Cross—an early work by Jean Charlot illustrated with his cartoon-style..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker Press, 1930. First edition. Small thin quarto (8 inches tall), original black cloth, spine and front board lettered in yellow, uncut, original glassine dust wrapper, 29 pages. Fine. "GRACE TO THE MOTHER / FOR THE GARDEN / WHERE ALL LOVE ENDS" First..... More
London: William Pickering, 1842. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8 inches tall), contemporary rose-colored pebble-grain morocco, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Two pages with offsetting from laid-in item, contents otherwise clean; joints and extremities slightly rubbed, spine toned. Near-fine. "HAVING ADDED TO PROBITY WISDOM, AND TO..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. 12 mo. (7 inches tall), original vellum with yapped fore-edges, gilt titles to spine and front board, ribbon ties and ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild foxing to uncut edges, lacking rear ribbon tie, slight crease to lower corner. A nearly-fine copy..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Book about fine, closed tear to front panel, mild toning to spine of unclipped jacket. A near-fine copy. "IT WILL—GENERALLY SPEAKING—BE AN UNFORTUNATE DAY FOR ROMANTIC THEOLOGY IF IT EVER GETS IN THE HANDS OF..... More
Oxford and London: Oxford University Press, 1953. 32mo. (5 1/2 inches tall), original textured red paper boards, gilt and blind-stamped, central white diamond with gilt crest, red ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Faint tanning to endpapers, else Fine. "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH" The Oxford Miniature Coronation Bible—a finely bound..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Octavo, original sage green cloth with small book club slug, spine lettered in brown, cartographic endpapers, original pictorial dust jacket. Faint toning to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "WHAT DO YOU ASK? TO TRY MY VOCATION AS A BENEDICTINE NUN IN THIS HOUSE..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1896. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), full navy moroccco, gilt spine and boards, marbled endpapers, uncut. Bookplate, very slight wear to corners and spine ends, scattered foxing to text but plates clean. A near-fine copy. "THE ONE GOLDEN RULE IS TO LET OUR..... More
New York: Image Books, 1956. Original paper wrappers (7 inches tall). Very slight wear to corners and spine ends. A nearly-fine copy with an uncreased spine. "THE HUNTED, TRAPPED, MURDERED PRIEST IS AMONGST US AGAIN" First Image Books edition of Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr. This edition, from Doubleday's..... More
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth, gilt spine, original pictorial dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket spine toned to green, slight edge-wear and tiny abrasion to front panel. A nearly-fine copy. "FOR THE MODERN RADICAL IS AS CONFIDENT IN THE MORAL..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1956. First edition. Original white paper vellum (9 3/4 inches tall), gilt spine and front board, original photographic dust jacket. Book fine, price crossed out and repriced on inner flap of dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "ALL FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD" First American..... More
Milan: Italgeo, 1949. Color lithograph (31 by 22 1/4 inches) on thick sheet of paper with text printed on verso. Creased along original folds, faint marginal soiling and wrinkling, slight loss along center folds in upper and lower margins (not affecting image). A near-fine copy. "PAX ET BONUM" Holy..... More
Bread and Puppet, 1984. Stapled in original white wrappers (5 1/2 inches tall), printed in black on both sides, 16 pages. About Fine. "IN THE NAME OF THIS SUFFERING PEOPLE...I BEG YOU, I IMPLORE YOU, I ORDER YOU...STOP THE REPRESSION" First edition of Bread and Puppet's Oscar Romero of..... More
New York: Printed for Private Circulation, 1914. Limited edition. Octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original patterned paper boards, original printed and ruled paper label to front board, gilt vellum spine, uncut, 12 pages. Minor toning and soiling to boards. About Fine. "ALL WHICH THY CHILD'S MISTAKE / FANCIES AS LOST..... More
London: John Philp, 1861. First edition. Small thin quarto (8 3/8 inches tall), original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt front board, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Blindstamp, bindery ticket, mild toning and blemishes to boards, very gentle wear to ends and corners, occasional foxing to interiors. A nearly-fine copy. "HE..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. 12 mo., original red cloth, spine and front board titled in black, top edge red. Small bookseller's label, spine lean, mild spotting and toning to boards, lettering still dark. Very good indeed. "MAGIC IS ALWAYS CONTAINED IN WORDS. WORDS MAKE WATER HOLY. WORDS MAKE MEN..... More
London: George Allen, 1896. Second edition. Small quarto (9 inches tall), original gray paper boards decorated in red, oatmeal cloth spine lettered in black, uncut. Small blindstamp to blank flyleaf, boards with minor spotting and soiling and bumping, light tanning to endpapers but interior text and illustrations fine. Very good..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Limited edition. Folio (13 1/8 inches tall), original patterned paper boards, black cloth spine, printed paper title label mounted to front board, uncut. Upper front corner bumped, slight soiling to boards. A near-fine copy. "MERMAIDS SIX OR SEVEN / RIS'N FROM THE DEEPS TO GAZE..... More
Birmingham: Messrs Cornish Bros. 1895. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original slate blue paper boards, front board decorated in black, uncut. Partially unopened, mild tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle toning to interiors, small chip to lower front board with very slight wear to corners and spine ends. A...... More
Smethwick: Camm Studios, 1901. Quarto (10 by 8 inches), single sheet of watermarked paper, folded in half. Small auction house sticker to upper corner of blank rear panel, light soiling to outer panels, interiors fine. Scarce. "HEARTIEST GREETINGS / CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR" Large Nativity Scene, splendidly illustrated by..... More
Oxford: The Daniel Press, 1894. 12mo. (5 5/8 inches tall), contemporary full crushed brown morocco, gilt spine, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, uncut. Early owner signature (dated, "Christmas 1894"), very slight wear to corners and edges. About Fine. "BUT SEE THE VIRGIN BLEST / HATH LAID HER..... More