Lent 2023: Celtic Harp
Garden City, New York: Country Life Press, 1927. Limited edition. Contemporary full red morocco (7 5/8 inches tall), gilt titles to ruled boards and spine with raised bands, blind-stamped cruciform, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching morocco-tipped, brown cloth slipcase. Fine. "JESUS, MOCKED, BEATEN AND..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1931. Original blue cloth (6 1/8 inches tall), gilt spine and front board, original printed dust wrapper. Slight mottling to cloth, minor soiling, wear and toning to wrapper. An exceptional copy. "THE CATHOLIC LITURGY IS THE SUPREME EXAMPLE OF AN OBJECTIVELY ESTABLISHED RULE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE"..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1906. First American edition. Thick octavo (9 1/8 inches tall), original green cloth, gilt spine and front board, uncut edges. One corner slightly bumped, small contemporary ink-stamp to blank flyleaf, several leaves unopened. A nearly-fine copy, uncommon in this condition. "THE MOST ERUDITE MAN..... More
London: James Burns, 1848. First edition. Contemporary green cloth (7 inches tall), blind-stamped boards with gilt spine, yellow coated endpapers, uncut. Sympathetically rebacked with the original spine laid-down, small Brighton bookseller's ticket, ex-Convent library with two early ink inscriptions to blank flyleaf. A near-fine copy. "HE SEEMED TO FEEL A...... More
London: C and J Rivington, 1823. Second edition. 12 mo. (7 3/4 inches tall), early pebbled brown morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Binding sound, mild sporadic foxing, faint offsetting from illustrations, slight puckering to title page under pasted illustration. A nearly-fine copy. "YOU ARE BORN A...... More
London: William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. Original charcoal cloth (7 3/4 inches tall), lettered in orange with Gothic decoration to front board, uncut. Ink inscription to blank flyleaf, slight crack to inner paper hinge, lettering bright, boards sharp and mostly clean. A near-fine copy. "PAUL UNFORTUNATELY DISPLAYED AN ANNOYING TURN..... More
London: SPCK, 1950. First edition. Modern blue paper boards (8 1/2 inches tall), cloth spine with title in ink. Owner ink-stamp to endpaper, tanning to front and back blank flyleaves. About Fine. "THE GREATEST BRITISH CHURCH ARCHITECT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" First edition of Ninian Comper's essay on "the high..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Original beige paper boards (7 1/2 inches tall), printed and illustrated in black. Slight edge-wear and gentle toning to boards. A near-fine copy. THE ANCIENT SHRINES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES First edition—in the original paper boards—recounting Peter Anson's pilgrimage to the ruined, isolated..... More
London: The De La More Press, 1902. First edition. Quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), original paper vellum spine, gilt and blind-stamped gray paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Soiling to spine, toned edges, corners bumped, foxing to blank flyleaf, binding sturdy, closed tear to plate VII (not affecting image), interior..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First edition. Four volumes. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth (7 1/2 inches tall) in four colors, gilt titles to front boards, marbled endpapers, uncut. Small Roman numerals inked to spines, minor edge-wear and modest soiling to cloth, slight tanning to half-titles, interiors clean, corners sharp, gilt bright..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1930. Folio (11 1/2 inches tall), original blue paper boards, gilt black cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Small red ink-stamp to blank flyleaf, gentle toning to paper boards, mild wear to bottom edges, else Fine. "THEREFORE I COUNSEL CHRISTIANS / TO CRY GOD MERCY..... 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 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 the..... More
St. Louis: The Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1986. Octavo, original stiff printed wrappers with photographs to front and back panels. Fine. "THE CHURCH IS AT THE SERVICE OF THE WORLD, AND OUGHT TO BRING GOD TO IT" First English translation of these extended conversations with Pedro Arrupe—the spiritual testament..... 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 Jay..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First edition. Small octavo (7 5/8 inches tall), original brown cloth, printed paper spine label, brown top edge, uncut, original buff dust wrapper. A near-fine copy. "IT WILL BE FOUND, I DARE TO PROPHESY, THAT T.S. ELIOT WILL BE RECOGNISED GENERALLY AS ONE OF THE..... 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
Ditchling: Pepler & Sewell / S. Dominic's Press, 1934. Limited edition. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original unbleached coarse linen boards, printed in red-and-black, uncut. Ink inscription to blank flyleaf. About Fine. "THE DELIVERANCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE FROM THE BARBARIANS" Limited edition of the Akathistos Hymn—this copy belonged to Father Brocard..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. Early printing. Original red cloth (6 7/8 inches tall), gilt spine and front board, top edge gilt. Small stain to mildly toned spine, gilt bright, corners sharp. A near-fine copy. "YE HOLY ANGELS, WHO STAND ALWAYS BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN, DEFEND US IN BATTLE"..... More
Sevilla: Litografía-Imprenta Gomez Hnos. 1931. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original decorated paper wrappers. Spine toned, soiling to edges of front wrapper, corners creased, interiors clean, plates bright. Covered in a clear, folding wrapper. Very good indeed. "A MAYOR GLORIA DE DIOS Y A MAYOR GLORIA DE SU MADRE IMMACULADA..... More
London: The Catholic Book Club, 1962. Octavo, original red cloth, spine lettered in black, original dust jacket. About Fine. "CHARITY—A SHORT WORD INDEED, BUT WITH ITS MEANING OF PERFECT AND UNALLOYED LOVE IT SUMS UP THE WHOLE OF MAN'S ATTITUDE TO GOD AND HIS CREATURES" Catholic Book Club edition..... More
Westminster: Dacre Press, 1958. Clare Dawson. Tall octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original decorated blue and white cloth, original dust jacket. Book about-fine, original dust jacket with mild toning, small chip to bottom front panel, short closed tear and sticker abrasion to rear panel. A near-fine copy. "IN HIS OWN..... 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: The Barry Vail Corporation, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (12 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red crushed morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, very minor edge-wear and faint toning to top of front board. About Fine. "HOW GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF CHASTE WEDLOCK..... More
London: The Tablet, 1975. First edition. Octavo, sewn in card under plain original wrapper printed in black. Slight toning to wrappers, else Fine. "NOW HE IS WITH GOD; THAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS THING YOU SAY ABOUT ANY HUMAN BEING. WE MUST PRAY FOR HIM AND WE MUST PRAY FOR..... More
Santa Fe: Published by School Of American Research Publication, 1958. Large portfolio (17 by 11 1/4 inches), 35 sheets, unbound as issued, housed in a chemise of gilt paper boards with red cloth spine. Portofolio and sheet both about-Fine. "FEW CUSTOMS ARE MORE TYPICAL OF THE SPANISH CULTURE OF NEW..... More