London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Large octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine, russet endpapers, original dust jacket. Very slight bump to head of spine, else Fine. "PAIR-BONDING BETWEEN MALES WAS CONSIDERED THE NOBLEST FORM OF HUMAN CONTACT" Early British edition of John Boswell's final book—an..... 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
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1904. Original red cloth (7 7/8 inches tall), gilt spine, original printed dust wrapper. Faint scattered foxing, gentle toning and neat tape repair to verso of wrapper. A near-fine copy. "BY THY LARGE DRAUGHTS OF INTELLECTUAL DAY / AND BY THY THIRSTS OF LOVE MORE..... More
New York: Image Books, 1959. First edition thus. Original color wrappers (7 1/8 inches tall). Spine uncreased, corners sharp, color wrappers bright, very slight edge-wear, else Fine. "I DID NOT KNOW IN WHAT I BELIEVED, THOUGH I TRIED TO SERVE A CAUSE" First Image Books edition of The Long..... More
New York: Catholic Worker Books, 1949. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), staple-bound in original buff paper wrappers. Slight edge-wear, mild toning to wrappers. A nearly fine copy. "IT IS A WOMAN'S BOOK, AND I MAY REPEAT MYSELF TO BE HEARD BUT MOTHERS ALWAYS DO THAT TO BE HEARD"..... 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: Methuen & Co., 1899. Octavo, original red cloth, gilt spine and front board, uncut. Spine a little toned, a hint of wear to spine ends, internally clean and fresh. Very good copy indeed. "HE HAD HIMSELF PHOTOGRAPHED IN CASSOCK, SURPLICE, STOLE AND BIRETTA, AS A PRIEST. IT WAS HIS..... 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: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. First edition. Original blue cloth (7 5/8 inches tall), printed paper spine label, uncut, original dust jacket. Final leaf unopened, mild offsetting to two blank flyleaves, short closed tear to front panel of price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "CLASSICIST IN LITERATURE, ROYALIST IN POLITICS..... More
London: Burns & Oates Ltd., 1915. First edition. Octavo, original brown paper boards, pale gray cloth spine with original paper spine label printed in red and black, brown endpapers, uncut. Owner label to rear endpaper, slight lean to toned spine, modest wear to printed label, corners bumped. Very good indeed..... More
New York: Paulist Press, 1988. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Pencil note to front pastedown: "inscribed to Fr. David Bromfield, professor at CUA." Book about-fine with a near-fine dust jacket with only minor edge-wear to upper corners and spine. First edition of this critical edition of..... 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
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
Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1972. Octavo, original navy cloth, silver spine, original dust jacket. Modest creasing and scuffing to front panel and spine of unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE BACKBONE OF ALL MORAL ATTITUDES IS THE LOVE OF GOD, THROUGH CHRIST, WITH CHRIST, IN CHRIST" Franciscan Herald Press..... More
New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1948. First American edition. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original brick red cloth, original dust jacket. Faint bumping to upper corners, mild toning to dust jacket with pencil price inside rear inner flap. A near-fine copy. "TO SUM UP, HOPKINS'S POETRY WAS..... 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
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1955. First edition. 12 mo. original brown cloth spine lettered in white, original dust jacket. About-fine book, short closed tear to bottom front panel of bright, unclipped dust jacket. An exceptional copy. 'THE WORLD'S SORROW, WITH WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OBSESSED...IS ONLY A SHADOW..... More
London: J.M Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1926. Original heather-blue cloth (6 3/4 inches tall), gilt decorated spine and front board, uncut, blue top edge, original dust jacket. Very faint bumping to lower corners, gentle puckering to cloth, mild edge-wear and toning to dust jacket spine. A near-fine copy. "THE UNIQUE..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original teal cloth, original dust jacket. Mild toning to unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE CONSERVATIVE, IN OUR TIME, MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE ROLE OF DON QUIXOTE" First edition of Russell Kirk's prescription for the defense of tradition—published by Henry..... More
London: The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo, original gold-stamped white cloth. Bookplates to front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers, bump to lower front corner, trace of soiling to bright boards. A near-fine copy. "She is called the Star of the Morning, because in her shone..... More
Oxford: Alden & Co. Ltd. / Bocardo Press, 1910. First Edition. 12 mo. (7 5/8 inches tall), original navy cloth with gilt titles. Small ink gift inscription, gilt bright, gutter cracked but binding firm, very faint wear to spine ends and corners. A near-fine copy. "THE AZURE BINDING OF ETON..... 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: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. 12 mo. original blue cloth, navy titles to spine and front board, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket to fine book, price-clipped dust jacket with closed tears and chip to upper rear panel. Very good indeed. "THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE ECCLESIA ANGLICANA, IS..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1939. First edition. Tall octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original maroon cloth, green and white printed paper label to front board, uncut, original dust jacket. Slight wear and soiling to price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly fine copy. "MEN VIE WITH EACH OTHER TO HOUND..... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. Octavo, original oatmeal cloth boards, two mounted printed paper labels, original dust jacket. Fine. "LET US THROW OFF THE PIECES OF THE WORLD LIKE CLOTHING AND ENTER NAKED INTO WISDOM" First revised edition of Thomas Merton's meditations on the spiritual life—printed in the same..... More