Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), contemporary gilt-paneled vellum binding, bookseller's ticket, early owner's blind-stamp. Slight bumping to lower front corner, minor soiling to contemporary gilt vellum boards. A near-fine copy. THE PRINTED RITUAL BOOKS OF THE ENGLISH USES Unique copy—printed and bound in vellum—of this important Anglican liturgical bibliography. This..... More about A List of Printed Service Books; According to the Ancient Uses of the Anglican Church

London: Challoner Publications, 1957. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Corners bumped, early owner signature to front pastedown, gentle wear to folds of bright and clean dust jacket. Very good indeed. "WHENEVER THE CHURCH, AS THE 'PEOPLE OF GOD,' COMES BEFORE GOD IN PRAYER WE HAVE LITURGY"... More about Public Worship

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, 1932. Fourth edition. Thick octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original beveled gilt black cloth, red top edge. Bookplate. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase. Penciled initials (dated 1934), faint tanning to blank flyleaves, gilt bright, corners sharp, small puckered spot to upper front... More about The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First edition. Octavo, original red paper boards, black cloth spine, original dust jacket. Very gentle shelf wear to spine ends, jacket price-clipped dust jacket clean and bright. A nearly-fine copy. "THE CHURCH DELIVERS US FROM OURSELVES BY PUBLIC WORSHIP" First edition of Thomas... More about Seasons of Celebration; Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts

London: Burns & Oates/Anthony Clarke Books, 1964. Early edition. 16mo. (6 5/8 inches tall), original black leatherette with gilt spine titling, original gold dust jacket. Paper label pasted at bottom of title page, a fine book in a price-clipped, nearly-fine dust jacket. "THIS BOOK HAS HAD FAITHFUL FRIENDS THROUGH TWO... More about Devotions for Holy Communion; Revised and Arranged by Hubert McEvoy, S.J

London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1924. First edition. Tall octavo (10 inches tall), original black cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, original dust jacket. Book nearly-fine, rare dust jacket with minor foxing on the front panel and moderate foxing on the back panel. A splendid copy. First edition of this two-part... More about Adrian Fortescue; A Memoir