n.p. Church of S. Matthew, (1946). Single sheet of stiff card (8 by 16 inches), folded twice to six pages, printed in red-and-black. Early ink inscription to front panel, faint foxing to fore-edge, gentle toning and slight soiling. A near-fine copy. "LET THE WHOLE CREATION GIVE OUT ANOTHER SWEETNESS, /..... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1955. Folio (12 inches tall), original single bifolium of cream hammer-finished wove paper, printed in red and black on all four pages. Light toning and soiling, but overall an excellent copy. THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF THE ENGLISH CATHOLIC LITERARY REVIVAL Guest List and Menu..... More
New York: 1938. Archive of five items. Typed manuscript with title page and 7 sheets, housed in a blank envelope, three postcards, 4-page printed program. Manuscript folded in thirds, fastened with a rusting paper clip, blank envelope worn, embrowned and splitting. Postcards embrowned but quite legible. Program folded in quarters..... 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
[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
Somerville, Massachusetts: Firefly Press, 1986. Limited edition. Tall octavo (10 inches tall), stitched in charcoal card under original gray dust wrapper with blank flaps, uncut. Mild toning to wrappers. About Fine. "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST" Fine Press edition printing Saint Luke 2: 1-14 — a Christmas keepsake commissioned..... More
Privately Printed, 1967. Limited edition. Octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), stapled in original stiff paper wrappers, printed in red. Faint toning to upper margin, shallow vertical crease to front wrapper. A near-fine copy. "THE APPARATUS OF THE STATE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CATHOLICISM WAS EXTENSIVE" Limited edition of Charles Fracchia's..... More
St. Louis: Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, [1948]. Staple-bound in original wrappers (7 1/2 inches tall), illustrated front panel, blank back panel. A near-fine copy. "WE CATHOLICS WANT OUR NON-CATHOLIC FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO KNOW US AS WE REALLY ARE" Knights of Columbus pamphlet presenting the Catholic perspective..... 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
New York: The Museum Press, 1939. Quarto (10 inches tall) booklet, four leaves sewn, self-title with single page of text. Bookplate. Some light spotting and marginal toning to first page. Very good indeed. "SOLE LETTERS HAVE NO FATE AND REPULSE DEATH / SOLE LETTERS OF A BOOK CAN REVIVE THE..... More
London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1922. Stitched in original pictorial wrappers (6 1/2 inches tall), 13 pages. Tiny blind-stamp of W. Heffer & Sons to corner of last page, general toning to text and wrappers, stitch pulling at middle spine. Very good indeed. "WE ARE CHALLENGED AS CHRISTIANS TO FACE..... 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
London: Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1925. Original staple-bound pictorial green wrappers (6 inches tall). Gentle creasing and slight toning to illustrated wrappers, staples rusted but secure, text clean. Very good indeed. "CHRIST INVITES US TO A BANQUET PROVIDED FOR HIS FRIENDS, A SACRED BANQUET OF WHICH HE IS..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1904. Oblong (6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches), staple-bound in original gilt decorated paper boards, red cloth spine. Owner ink-stamp to corner blank flyleaf, some splitting to gutters, very gentle wear and soiling to original decorated boards. Very good indeed. "INTO THY HANDS, O LORD..... More
London: Samuel Gurney / The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), stitched in original illustrated paper wrappers, contemporary gilt-stamped red cloth, bookplate. Slight soiling to wrappers. A near-fine copy. "NEVER, I WEEN / WAS A PROUDER SEEN, / READ OF IN BOOKS, OR..... More
London: Burns & Oates, Ltd., circa 1915. Stitched in original paper wrappers (7 inches tall), decorated front panel, uncut. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, mild edge-wear, faint soiling and blemishes to wrappers, final leaf of text misopened. Very good indeed. "THE GREAT POETRY OF IT TRANSCENDED, IN ITSELF AND..... More
n.p. n.p., circa 1924. Octavo (7 7/8 inches tall), stitched in heavy gray paper wrappers with inner folding flaps, front panel hand-lettered in black ink, text illuminated on thick handmade wove paper, (watermarked "J. Whatman England 1924"), 12 pages. Slight toning to red and blue inks, else Fine. "ALL WHICH..... More
[Boston]: Firefly Press, 2009. Broadside (16 by 12 inches), single leaf of wove paper with a deckled edge, printed in red-and-black. Gentle curl to lower right corner. Fine. "THE GOD WHOM PEOPLE FORGET—THE GOD WHOM WE ALL HAVE TO SERVE—EXISTS AND IS THE PRIME CAUSE OF OUR EXISTENCE AND OF..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1939. Broadside (17 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches), printed letterpress, red initial capital, colophon statement in green, printer's device "L" in black; print area approx. 12 by 7 inches. Clean with only light toning around the perimeter, free of soiling or prior owner markings, colors..... More