London: Sheed & Ward, 1939. Original green paper wrappers (7 1/8 inches tall) with flaps printed in black. Mild toning and slight edge-wear to wrappers, sporadic light foxing to interiors. Very good indeed. "THE TRUE POSITION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO-DAY" Unicorn Books edition of Survival and New Arrivals—Hilaire..... 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
Oxfordshire: The Rocket Press, 1985. Limited edition. Folio (11 inches tall), original illustrated gray paper boards, burgundy endpapers. Fine. "ON WHAT GROUNDS DO YOU STAND, O PRESBYTER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND?" Fine Press limited edition of John Henry Newman's Tract One—one of only 525 copies printed by The..... 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
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
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, [1997]. Later edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. About Fine. "ADDRESSED TO YOU, AS A FELLOW MORTAL" Later edition of Mere Christianity—bringing together C.S. Lewis’s wartime radio addresses—a landmark of popular Christian apologetics. First published in 1952 by Geoffrey Bles..... More
London: Harding & More, Ltd., 1919. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original stiff printed wrappers. Mild toning to spine and wrappers, faint foxing to first and last leaves. A near-fine copy. "OCCULTISM, BY ITS VERY NATURE, BREEDS BOTH THE ROGUES AND THE SIMPLETONS. UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH CLASSES OF PEOPLE ARE INCREASING..... More
[London]: 1866-1877. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown calf, marbled boards, blind-stamped spine with raised bands and gilt morocco label, light brown endpapers, all edges red. Works numbered in pencil 1-9, separately paginated, early owner inscription (dated 1878) to front free endpaper, sporadic foxing, pencil marks and notes to A Letter to..... More
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1922. First edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), original tan cloth stamped in black, uncut, original printed dust jacket. Faint stain and tiny puncture mark to front board. A near-fine copy, uncommon in original jacket. "RONNIE KNOX...HAS GONE OVER TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH"..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1947. First edition. 12 mo., original red cloth, original dust jacket. Neat verso reinforcement to corners and ends of unclipped original jacket. A near-fine copy. "LET THE CHURCH REMEMBER THIS: THAT EVERY MAKER AND WORKER IS CALLED TO SERVE GOD IN HIS PROFESSION—NOT OUTSIDE IT"..... More