London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1926. First illustrated edition. Original russet cloth (7 7/8 inches), gilt spine and front board with mounted color illustration, pale gray endpapers, original dust wrapper with mounted color illustration. Gutter cracked at p.130 but holding, slight foxing to edges and earliest and last leaves, modest..... More
Old Saybrook: Konecky & Konecky, 2005. First edition thus. Octavo, original navy paper boards, ribbon marker, original dust jacket. Gentle creasing to edges of dust jacket, book and dust jacket both about-fine. Modern small press edition of The Little Flowers. A smart reprint of the 1915 edition, translated by H...... More
San Francisco: Printed at the Nueva California Press, 1934. Limited edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original gray paper boards with printed paper labels, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket. Fine book partially unopened, early owner signature, modest creasing to top margins of slightly toned dust jacket. About-fine. "THE CHARACTER..... More
San Marino: The Huntngton Library. Large octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplates, penciled call number to blank flyleaf, neat tape reinforcement to verso of unclipped jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "NOW LET US CALL THE ROLL OF FAMOUS MEN THAT WERE OUR FATHERS LONG AGO" (ECCLESIASTES) First edition of..... More
Madison, New Jersey: The Golden Hind Press, 1931. Limited edition. Original green marbled paper boards (6 inches tall) with mounted printed label, uncut, original plain paper wrapper with identical mounted printed label. Very slight toning and edge-wear to wrapper. About Fine. "COME HITHER, BROTHER WOLF; I COMMAND THEE IN THE..... More
London: T.N. Foulis, Publisher, 1918. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original pictorial paper boards, colored spine and front board with gilt titles, gray endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, original dust wrapper with mounted illustration. Gift inscription, slight wear to corners and spine ends, shallow creasing to front board, tanning to..... 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
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket, bookplate and early owner signature, a fine book in a clipped dust jacket with faint toning, spotting and tape-repairs to the verso. A near-fine copy. "DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BUT..... More
London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original blue cloth gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. Small bookplate and bookseller's label to front pastedown. Gentle spine toning, mild wear to corners and ends, scattered foxing, text block cracked but boards clean, corners sharp, gilt bright. A near-fine..... More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original three-quarter red morocco with patterned paper boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt, brown endpapers, original paper slipcase. Only mild wear to original slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "SERMONS TO THE PEOPLE THAT FILLED THE MARKET-PLACES AND THE GREAT FRANCISCAN..... More
London: Gerald Howe, 1926. Limited edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original white paper boards, git spine and front board, original ribbon marker, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild spotting to spine, else Fine. "LET IT BE THEN THAT YOU WILL SAY A PATER NOSTER AND AN AVE MARIA FOR ME EVERY..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Limited edition. Folio (10 7/8 inches tall), marbled boards over a half cloth spine. printed paper spine label, uncut. Sharp corners, fully intact paper spine label. Very modest wear and soiling to original boards. A nearly-fine copy. "HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE..... More
New York: H. Felix Kraus Books International, 1949. Limited edition. Folio (18 1/4 inches tall), original blue paper boards, large printed label mounted to front board, blank cloth spine. Mild toning to boards, tape marks and earlier glassine fragments to endpapers, slight wave to mounted label. A near-fine copy. "LO..... More