London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1938. Octavo, original oatmeal cloth, spine lettered in brown, red top edge, original pictorial dust jacket. Spine toned, owner signature and ink-stamp, modest soiling and toning to edge-worn dust jacket. Very good. "NO MATTER WHERE WE CAME ACROSS TINKERS OR GIPSIES DURING OUR WANDERINGS THROUGH ENGLAND..... More
New York: St. Thomas Church, 1965. First edition. Octavo, original paper boards (9 1/4 inches tall) over red cloth spine. Laid-in is a contemporary parish bulletin, detailing the parish activities under the Rev. John Andrew. Very minor blemishes to original boards, including a faint trace of a removed sticker to..... More
Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co. / Paternoster Press, 1914. Oblong (8 3/8 by 11 1/2 inches), original olive cloth, beveled boards, brown coated endpapers, gilt front board, top edge gilt, original cardboard box hand-titled in red-and-black. Very slight wear to corners. About Fine. "THE ABBEY AND SCHOOL OF ST. GREGORY..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. Folio (12 1/2 inches tall), original half cloth with gilt spine, gray paper boards. Gentle bumping to lower corners, slight marginal crease to corner of folding plan. A nearly-fine copy. "AND THIS CHURCH, FROM THE TIME IT WAS BEGUN UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY, HAS FLOURISHED..... 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..... More
London: Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., 1882. First edition. Tall thin octavo (10 inches tall), original decorated red cloth, panels stamped in black and blind, trade advertisments endpapers, all edges red. Spine worn, faint soiling to boards, corners bumped. Very good indeed. "MAKE THE SANCTUARY OF GOD EACH HOLY TIDE..... More
Oxford and London: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1899. First edition. Large octavo (10 inches tall), original textured beveled cloth, decorated front board stamped in black, gilt spine. Bookplate, spine toned, gilt bright. A near-fine copy. "YOU HAVE IN YOUR HANDS THE FRUIT OF FIVE-AND-THIRTY YEARS OF MY WORK IN ONE..... More
London: John Weale, [1856]. Original blind-stamped red cloth (6 inches tall), blank spine, gilt quatrefoil to front panel, unfolds to engraved plate (16 inches by 12 3/4 inches) printed in red and black. Gilt bright, corners bumped, splitting to worn spine but still holding, slight bumping to corners, penciled bookseller's..... 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
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
New York: Fordham University Press, 1972. First edition. Quarto (11 inches tall), original navy cloth, gilt spine and blind-stamped front board, blue endpapers, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Book fine, bright unclipped dust jacket with touch of wear to spine ends and corners, short closed tear to blank upper rear panel..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1954. Quarto (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth, gilt title to spine and front board, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Bookplate and presentation inscription to blank flyleaf, unclipped dust jacket with minor wear to corners and spine ends, including a closed tear with tape-repair to..... More
New York: The De Vinne Press, 1909. Limited edition. Thick quarto (11 7/8 inches tall), contemporary crushed navy morocco, blind-stamped pictorial panels, gilt spine, gilt dentelles, navy watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Upper corner bumped, modest wear to joints and edges, else Fine. "EVERY STONE YOU LAY, AND EVERY..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1956. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original cloth spine, marbled paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, small chip to upper rear upper panel of the excellent dust jacket. "CHURCH ART TODAY—AS AT ANY OTHER PERIOD—WORKS WITH THE FORMS, COLOURS AND MATERIALS OF..... More
Boston: Publishers Syndicate Company, 1914. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original pale green cloth, gilt decorations to front board. Early gift inscription by a cleric, mild offsetting to rear endpapers, faint blemishes to boards. A near-fine copy. "GOOD PIUS X, WHO SAID, 'REMEMBER THAT I AM A POOR MAN AND..... More
1927: J.H. Hansen, Cleveland, Ohio. Later edition. Two volumes. Porfolio (12 1/8 inches tall), loose plates encased in original chemises of printed paper boards over brown three-quarter cloth spines, original ribbon ties. Plates clean, ties largely perished, minor toning and slight creasing to fore-edge of volume I title page, mild..... More
New York: 1949. Second edition. Original tan textured paper wrappers (6 3/4 inches tall), printed in black. Very faint soiling and creasing to wrappers. A near-fine copy. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK Mid-century edition of this architectural guide to Saint Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue..... More
Canterbury: H.J. Golden, Limited, 1937. First Acting edition. Octavo, original textured stiff wrappers, front wrapper printed in blue. Minor toning and soiling to wrappers. A near-fine copy. "WE ARE THE MASTER-CRAFTSMEN, GOD AND I" First "Acting Edition" of The Zeal of Thy House, Dorothy Sayers's Cathedral Play about the..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original gray paper boards, red and black printed title label mounted to front board, uncut. Fine. "THE POPULAR BELIEF IN THE PRECEDING CENTURIES WAS THAT THE WINDOWS WERE COMPOSED OF PRECIOUS STONES" Fine Press printing of this essay..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. First edition. Octavo (9 1/8 inch tall), original green cloth, printed paper spine label, original printed dust wrapper. Book fine, mild toning, slight edge-wear, and closed tear to unclipped dust wrapper. A near-fine copy. "THE ETERNAL CITY—BUILT FOR THE PERFECTED SPIRITS OF THE JUST"..... More