My Favorite Things
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 of..... More
New York: The Golden Cross Press, 1935. Limited edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original three-quarter light brown morocco, paper boards, spine stamped in brown, uncut, original cardboard slipcase covered in mottled gold foil. A nearly-fine copy. "WHEN JESUS HAD ENDED THESE SAYINGS, THE PEOPLE WERE ASTONISHED" Fine Press signed..... More
Newport: R.H. Johns Limited, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, maroon top edge, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. Minor spotting to edges of the text block, modest edge-wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE GOLDEN THREAD OF AN UNDYING AND UNCONQUERABLE FAITH" Scarce first edition of..... More
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
London and Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907. Original gilt-strap decorated purple cloth (5 3/8 inches tall), illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild bump to upper corner, gentle toning to spine, faint foxing to endpapers. A near-fine copy. "WE MUST LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES" First edition of this Introduction..... More
[Sussex]: [Printed for the author], 1931. Quarto (9 5/8 inches tall), unsewn and uncut, 8 pages. Faint spotting at spine. About Fine. "SO TOUCH MY DYING LIP : SO BRIDGE THAT DEEP : / SO PLEDGE MY WAKING FROM THE GIFT OF SLEEP, / AND SACRAMENTAL, RAISE ME THE DIVINE..... More
London & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1913. Second edition. Octavo (8 inches tall), original gray cloth, black titles to spine and front board, uncut. Early owner signature, mild toning to spine, sporadic faint foxing. A near-fine copy. "THAT THE MERE CAPITALIST ANARCHY CANNOT ENDURE IS PATENT TO ALL MEN" Scarce second..... More
Worcestershire: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. Ltd, 1923. Volume I, Number 1. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), stitched in original brick red wrappers, printed in black and decorated on both panels, advertisements to inside front flap and rear panel. Faint stain and gentle toning to wrappers. "THE COMMUNITY WHO..... 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
London and Oxford: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1936. Original navy cloth (6 3/4 inches tall), gilt spine, original dust jacket. Faint foxing to edges and endpapers. A nearly fine copy. "THE LORD DOTH FEED ME : WANT CAN NE'ER BE MINE" Second impression of Richard Meux Benson's Colloquies and Prayers..... More
New York: Crossroad, 1985. First Edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. "THIS BOOK WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE WHO LOVE THE CHURCH WARTS AND ALL" First edition of Leonardo Boff's Church: Charism and Power—the first English translation of the Brazilian theologian's controversial prescription for renewal..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1984]. Original gold cloth (9 3/4 inches tall), spine lettered in black, black endpapers, original dust jacket. About Fine. "A CONTRIBUTION TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND INTOLERANCE AS A HISTORICAL FORCE" Early printing of John..... More
circa 1950. Folio leaf (measuring 14 by 9 inches), white cardboard mat, early wooden frame, overall measuring 18 1/2 by 13 inches. Horizontal folded crease, not affecting portrait, to lower margin. THE HEAD OF G.K. CHESTERTON: "THE ORACLE OF OUR YOUTH" Large original illustrated portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1934. Original black cloth (6 3/4 inches tall), gilt and blind-stamped spine and front board, original dust wrapper. Book fine, early owner signature, scarce original wrapper with loss of lower spine but unclipped and complete. An excellent copy. "MOST ENGLISHMEN ARE OUTSIDE THE PAPAL FOLD..... More
London: The Society of SS. Peter and Paul, 1914. Orginal pale blue paper boards (8 7/8 inches tall), plain printed title label, cream cloth spine, uncut. Several pencil marks to text, else crisp and clean internally, light toning and spotting to boards. A near-fine copy. "MAY THE SAINTS OF BOTH..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1926. First illustrated edition. Original russet cloth (7 7/8 inches), gilt spine and front board with mounted color illustration, pale gray endpapers, original dust wrapper with mounted color illustration. Gutter cracked at p.130 but holding, slight foxing to edges and earliest and last leaves, modest..... 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
London: The Crime Club / William Collins, 1938. Original red cloth (7 1/2 inches tall), lettered in black, original dust jacket. Mild toning to endpapers, minor foxing to edges, fading to cloth spine, ink inscription, chipping and tearing to jacket with loss of lower spine and lower corner of rear..... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 1959. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Lower front corner gently bumped, mild edge-wear, small closed tear to front to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE CHURCHES OF THE EAST AND THE WEST HAVE AN AFFINITY BETWEEN THEM THAT GOES MUCH..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1948. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original teal cloth, spine and front board stamped in black, original dust jacket. A nearly fine book, modest edge-wear to unclipped original jacket. "DEDICATED TO MY RACIAL ANCESTORS, WHO THROUGH THEIR SUFFERING HAVE LEFT US SO VALUABLE..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1970. Early printing. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Scratch to front cloth board, clean dust jacket with price sticker to inner flap, short closed tear to front panel, tiny abrasion to back panel. A near-fine copy. "THE THOMIST IDEAL IS A TIMELESS IDEAL. ITS ADAPTATION..... 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
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1963. First edition. Thick octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original russet cloth, spine lettered in black, original pictorial dust jacket. Very slight wear and toning to unclipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE CARMELITE SAINTS ARE NOTHING IF NOT TEACHERS OF A PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY"... 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