San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1940. Limited edition. Octavo (8 inches tall), original tan cloth decorated with red-and-green floral pattern, uncut. Bookplate, very faint toning to spine, mild tanning to blank flyleaves. A nearly fine copy. "PRAYERS COMPOSED BY MY EVER DEAR SISTER JANE" Fine Press limited edition of..... More
Philadelpha: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original red cloth, gilt spine, top edge red, original dust jacket. Minor toning to dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "FOR ME, THE DESIRE TO SEE RUSSIA, HER PROBLEMS AND SUCCESSES, BECAME A NOSTALGIA OF THE MIND" First..... More
London: Elkin Matthews, 1896. First edition. Original green laminated pictorial boards (5 7/8 inches tall), blank white cloth spine, uncut. Bookplate with pencil signature, slight toning to spine, faint offsetting to blank flyleaves, minor bumping corners. A near-fine copy. "IN BOOKS, OR WORK, OR HEALTHFUL PLAY, / LET MY FIRST..... 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
Summit, New Jersey: Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, 1966. Oblong (5 3/8 by 7 7/8 inches), stitched in original pale green wrappers, original blank folding card wrappers, 22 pages. Fine. "INGRESSUM INSTRUAS / PROGRESSUM CUSTODIAS / EGRESSUM CUSTODIAS" (ST. THOMAS AQUINAS) By the Sweat of Their Brow—a..... More
Summit, New Jersey: Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, 1967. Limited edition. Octavo, stitched in original red card wrappers printed in black, original folding card case, 12 pages. Small bump at base of spine, else Fine. "NOT BY SACRED ELOQUENCE DOES A NUN MOVE MOUNTAINS. FOR A DOMINICAN CONTEMPLATIVE..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original maroon cloth over blue paper boards. Book fine, minor edge-wear to unclipped dust jacket. About Fine. "A DEFINITIVE, IN-DEPTH ACCOUNT OF MOTHER TERESA'S LIFE AND WORK" First edition of Eileen Egan's intimate portrait of..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Second edition. Contemporary crushed red morocco (6 1/2 inches tall), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Early owner inscription (August 1894) to blank flyleaf, very light wear to binding, else Fine. "DEATH IS THE CROWN OF LIFE" Second edition of this popular literary anthology of..... More
Oxford and London: University Press Oxford, 1953. Quarto (10 inches tall), original full pebbled burgundy morocco, gilt cipher and title, red ribbon marker, top edge gilt. Very faint wear to corners, else Fine. "SO BE THOU ANNOINTED, BLESSED, AND CONSECRATED QUEEN OVER THE PEOPLES" Oxford University Press edition of..... More
[London]: Printed by Her Majesty's Printers, 1953. Octavo (7 7/8 inches tall), stapled in original printed paper wrapper, lettered in in black, 16pp. Slight toning to wrappers and interiors. A near-fine copy. "RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND" The Order of Divine Service for..... 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
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, Limited, 1927. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original orange cloth, spine and front board stamped in black, uncut. Oxford bookseller's ticket, owner signature, several instances of underlining and marginalia, foxing to edges, tiny nick to bottom of lightly toned spine..... More
San Francisco: Peregrine Press / Porpoise Bookshop, 1960. First edition. Portfolio (20 by 13 inches), original coarse white paper wrappers, ten loose leaves: separate title page, nine full-page plates. Very minor marginal creasing. A nearly fine set. NINE SAINTS BY MARY FABILLI — PRINTED "PER MANO CON AMORE" Mary Fabilli's..... More
London: The Fountain Press, 1948. Quarto (9 3/4 inches tall), original white cloth, spine and front board lettered in red, original pictorial dust jacket. Near-fine. "THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF A FAMOUS PIONEER OF BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY" First edition of Julia Margaret Cameron: Her Life and Photographic Work—a mid-century study..... 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 pictorial 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..... More
London: Hollis & Carter, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt spine, top edge blue, original dust jacket. Previous copyright notice inked over, faint soiling to rear panel of jacket. A near-fine copy. "THIS IMPASSIONED DRAMA PLAYED BY CLERICS AND MONKS AND NUNS IS VERY MUCH A STORY 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
London and Oxford: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd., 1915. Early printing. Octavo, stiff card glued in original dust wrapper, printed in red and black with mounted color illustration. Christmas 1916 gift inscription, faint wear to corners, mild toning to spine and upper front wrapper. A near-fine copy. "MARY, IN HERSELF..... 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
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1955. First edition. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches), original red cloth, original dust jacket. Christmas inscription to blank flyleaf, upper corner of page 109 torn away but present, unclipped dust jacket bright and fresh. About Fine. "HER MEDITATIONS ARE ALL THE MORE POIGNANT BECAUSE SHE..... More
London: The Studio, 1919. Quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), original color printed wrappers, glassine wrapper bound with red cord through punched holes. Ink notations, minor chipping and tearing to glassine, corners slightly bumped, color plates clean and bright. A near-fine copy. "GOOD KING WENCES-LAS LOOK'D OUT / ON THE FEAST..... More
New York: New City Press, 1969. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 inches tall), original red cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Faint crease to bottom of front panel, slight toning to back panel of dust jacket. About-Fine. "JESUS, IN OUR MIDST" First edition of Chiara Lubich's history..... More
Chelsea, London: The Swan Press, 1927. Limited edition. Quarto (11 inches tall), original royal blue cloth, gilt cipher, uncut, 6 pages. Early owner signature, minor blemishes to boards but gilt bright and corners sharp. A nearly-fine copy. "THEY WILL NOT LET ME SAY IT IS FOR THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THAT..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Third edition. Two volumes. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), contemporary gilt vellum, watered silk endpapers, ribbon markers, all edges gilt. Bookplates, bookseller's ticket, gilt bindings bright and sharp. A near-fine set. "A GROWING PASSION FOR THE WORKS OF ART OF THE MIDDLE..... More