London: John Murray, 1957. First trade edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine book, price-clipped jacket with John Murray remainder sticker. A splendid, nearly-fine copy. "AN ANCIENT WISDOM EXORCISING THE MEMORY OF THE CONFLICT AND BLOODSHED OF THE INTERVENING CENTURIES, THAT BRINGS ITS MESSAGE OF TRANQUILITY TO QUIETEN... More about A Time to Keep Silence

New York: Macmillan, 1930. First edition. 12mo., original green cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Gentle wear to spine ends, dust jacket shorts the book AND , mildly ex-library with small shelf numbers to pastedowns and spine of the dust jacket. A very good copy. "WE THINK OF THE BENEDICTINES, AND... More about The Benedictines

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First edition. Quarto, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Nearly-fine. First edition of this photographic survey of the sites and local architecture of the religious houses in England, Scotland, and Wales, providing modern witness to the destruction wrought by the dissolution of the monasteries (1536-1541)... More about Monastic Sites from the Air

London: Burns & Oates. 16mo, original flexible black leatherette boards, original gold foil dust jacket. Small bookseller's ticket, owner signature, neat pencil and ink underlining and pencil notes throughout, else a near-fine example in a price-clipped dust jacket. "THEN WILL HE SEND OUT A BEAM OF GHOSTLY LIGHT, PIERCING THIS... More about The Cloud of Unknowing; Together with The Epistle of Privy Council

Washington, D. C. Cistercian Publications/Consortium Press, 1972. First edition. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. Slight fading to edges of near-fine cloth, minor creasing and closed tears to spine ends of dust jacket. Small "St. Jos Abbey" price sticker to bottom of front flap. A near-fine copy. "THE CONTEMPLATIVE... More about Contemplative Community; An Interdisciplinary Symposium