Christmas Books & New Acquisitions
Birmingham: Messrs Cornish Bros. 1895. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original slate blue paper boards, front board decorated in black, uncut. Partially unopened, mild tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle toning to interiors, small chip to lower front board with very slight wear to corners and spine ends. A...... 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: George Allen, 1896. Second edition. Small quarto (9 inches tall), original gray paper boards decorated in red, oatmeal cloth spine lettered in black, uncut. Small blindstamp to blank flyleaf, boards with minor spotting and soiling and bumping, light tanning to endpapers but interior text and illustrations fine. Very good..... More
Smethwick: Camm Studios, 1901. Quarto (10 by 8 inches), single sheet of watermarked paper, folded in half. Small auction house sticker to upper corner of blank rear panel, light soiling to outer panels, interiors fine. Scarce. "HEARTIEST GREETINGS / CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR" Large Nativity Scene, splendidly illustrated by..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. 12 mo. original red cloth, black titles to spine and front board. Slight wear to ends of gently toned spine. A near-fine copy. "ALONE ON EARTH, THE CHURCH AFFIRMS THAT GOD HIMSELF IS BOUND BY REASON" Later edition of The Innocence of..... More
Philadelpha: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original red cloth, gilt spine, top edge red, original dust jacket. Minor toning to dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "FOR ME, THE DESIRE TO SEE RUSSIA, HER PROBLEMS AND SUCCESSES, BECAME A NOSTALGIA OF THE MIND" First..... More
London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1934. First edition. Tall octavo (8 5/8 inches tall), original light blue cloth, spine lettered in black, original decorated dust jacket. Bookplate and ink signature, slight offsetting and foxing to endpapers, several leaves opened roughly at top edge, faint toning to spine of price-clipped dust..... More
London and Oxford: James Parker, 1870. First edition. Large folio (17 by 13 1/2 inches), original blind-stamped pebbled blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and both boards, all edges red. Very slight edge-wear, small abrasion to lower rear board, some cracking to interior text block but binding holding firm, corners..... More
Caldey Island, Wales: Printed by the Community, [1931]. Octavo (8 1/8 inches tall), staple-bound in original paper boards decorated in red and green, uncut. Boards clean, light bumping to upper corners, sporadic foxing to interiors. A near-fine copy. "THE 'ISLE OF SAINTS' AS IT HAS BEEN CALLED, FRAGRANT WITH FLOWERS..... More
Garden City, New York: Image Books, 1966. Original pictorial card wrappers (7 1/8 inches tall). Little used with an uncreased spine. Fine. "LUBIANKA, IN MANY WAYS, WAS A SCHOOL OF PRAYER FOR ME" First Image Books edition—"Complete and Unabridged"—of the astounding story of the American Jesuit who returned from..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Clerk's Press, 1913. Limited edition. 12mo. (7 inches tall), stitched in original gray wrappers with inner front flap, printed label mounted to front panel, 15 pages. Fine. "THE TRUE LIGHT THE WORD FROM HEAVEN, / VIRGIN'S FLESH THE WAX, HATH GIVEN / TO CHRIST'S CANDLE, BRIGHT AS..... 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
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1953. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. About Fine. "CHRISTMAS IS THE FEAST OF THE HOME" First edition of Spiritual Steps to Christmas, Monsignor Coogan's mid-century guide to the prepatory season of Advent. A lovely copy in the original..... More
Oxford: The Daniel Press, 1894. 12mo. (5 5/8 inches tall), contemporary full crushed brown morocco, gilt spine, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, uncut. Early owner signature (dated, "Christmas 1894"), very slight wear to corners and edges. About Fine. "BUT SEE THE VIRGIN BLEST / HATH LAID HER..... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1927. Second edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, gilt spine and front board, original printed dust wrapper. Book fine, dust wrapper with tiny abrasion, small blemish and closed tear. A nearly-fine copy. "THE DESIRE IS TO MAKE CARMEL KNOWN AND LOVED" Second edition of..... More
Summit, New Jersey: Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, 1966. Oblong (5 3/8 by 7 7/8 inches), stitched in original pale green wrappers, original blank folding card wrappers, 22 pages. Fine. "INGRESSUM INSTRUAS / PROGRESSUM CUSTODIAS / EGRESSUM CUSTODIAS" (ST. THOMAS AQUINAS) By the Sweat of Their Brow—a..... More
Oxford and London: University Press Oxford, 1953. Quarto (10 inches tall), original full pebbled burgundy morocco, gilt cipher and title, red ribbon marker, top edge gilt. Very faint wear to corners, else Fine. "SO BE THOU ANNOINTED, BLESSED, AND CONSECRATED QUEEN OVER THE PEOPLES" Oxford University Press edition of..... More
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, Limited, 1927. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), original orange cloth, spine and front board stamped in black, uncut. Oxford bookseller's ticket, owner signature, several instances of underlining and marginalia, foxing to edges, tiny nick to bottom of lightly toned spine..... 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
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
London: The Fountain Press, 1948. Quarto (9 3/4 inches tall), original white cloth, spine and front board lettered in red, original pictorial dust jacket. Near-fine. "THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF A FAMOUS PIONEER OF BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY" First edition of Julia Margaret Cameron: Her Life and Photographic Work—a mid-century study..... More
London and Oxford: A.R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd., 1915. Early printing. Octavo, stiff card glued in original dust wrapper, printed in red and black with mounted color illustration. Christmas 1916 gift inscription, faint wear to corners, mild toning to spine and upper front wrapper. A near-fine copy. "MARY, IN HERSELF..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Limited edition. Folio (13 1/8 inches tall), original patterned paper boards, black cloth spine, printed paper title label mounted to front board, uncut. Upper front corner bumped, slight soiling to boards. A near-fine copy. "MERMAIDS SIX OR SEVEN / RIS'N FROM THE DEEPS TO GAZE..... More
London: The Studio, 1919. Quarto (10 1/4 inches tall), original color printed wrappers, glassine wrapper bound with red cord through punched holes. Ink notations, minor chipping and tearing to glassine, corners slightly bumped, color plates clean and bright. A near-fine copy. "GOOD KING WENCES-LAS LOOK'D OUT / ON THE FEAST..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. 12 mo. original blue cloth, navy titles to spine and front board, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket to fine book, price-clipped dust jacket with closed tears and chip to upper rear panel. Very good indeed. "THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE ECCLESIA ANGLICANA, IS..... More