London: SPCK, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Offsetting to free endpapers and verso of the dust jacket flaps. A near-fine copy. THE RULE OF LITTLE GIDDING First edition of this depiction of the spirituality of the Anglican community gathered around the Ferrar family at Little... More
London and New York: Scepter, 1977. First edition in English. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. closed tear to upper left of the front panel, toning to the edges of the dust jacket. Very good indeed. "I HAVE TO PASS UNNOTICED AND DISAPPEAR, SO THAT JESUS ALONE MAY BE... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. "ESPOUSING LADY POVERTY" First edition of Bishop's life of "Il Poverello," published shortly after Bishop's death in 1973. Bishop was professor emeritus and curator of the Dante and Petrarch Collections of Cornell University. "Francis... More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1914. First British edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Ink stamp to pastedown of nearly-fine book, creasing, soiling and wear to rare dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE VALUE OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA IS VARIOUS. IT REPAYS THE STUDY OF THE HISTORIAN, THE... More
New York: Macmillan, 1951. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth with paper spine label, original dust jacket. Bookseller's label, book about fine, in a good price-clipped dust jacket with toning and small stains. First edition of the early medieval historian's biography of Alcuin's life and work in Anglo-Saxon England and... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1985. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth over blue paper boards. Book fine. Minor edge-wear to dust jacket. A near-fine copy. “MOTHER TERESA’S VISION OF THE STREET, WHICH DROVE HER OUT AMONG THOSE ROTTING WITH DISEASE AND WRACKED WITH PAIN, CAME FROM THE..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1967. First American edition. Large octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. A near-fine copy with only faint toning to spine and upper edge of front panel of the dust jacket. "PIUS XI WAS TOO EXALTED TO BE TOUCHED BY VANITY; AND WITH HIM IT... More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1977. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Slight bump to rear upper corner and base of the spine. A near-fine copy. First American edition of this composite biography, a mythologizing celebration of the four Knox Brothers, published in the same year... More
London: Hollis & Carter, 1950. Second impression. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. About-fine book with only gentle toning to the spine, small tape stain to inside flap of the dust jacket. An excellent copy. "FATHER, I ABANDON MYSELF IN YOUR HANDS, DO WITH ME WHAT YOU... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Slight toning to the spine. Nearly-fine. "WHEN ONE IS INTRODUCED TO THE DIVINE COMEDY, ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS: ONE CATCHES FIRE OR ONE DOES NOT. I CAUGHT FIRE" First edition of this introduction to... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1959. First English translation. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Small inkstamp to top of free front endpaper, short tears to lower folds of the dust jacket. Both the book and the dust jacket are near-fine. "THE CULT OF ST. THÈRÉSE OF LISIEUX HAS A...... More
London: The Harvill Press, 1948. First edition. Tall thin octavo, original stiff green front paper wrapper, original glossy dust jacket. Very modest soiling to dust jacket. Nearly-fine condition. "HOWEVER GREATLY THE PHYSICAL MAY INFLUENCE THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ANY MAN, IT CANNOT CREATE IT" First edition in English of Theodor... More
New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1936. First edition. Quarto (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches), original beige cloth, illustrated endpapers, original dust jacket. Cloth boards with modest soiling and foxing to joints and edges, two short closed tears to front panel of price-clipped dust jacket. Interiors and plates... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original royal blue cloth, original dust jacket. Only slightest wear to book and bright dust jacket. Near-fine. THE "AMERICANIZATION" OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. First edition of this biography of Isaac Hecker by a Paulist, based on Father... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original illustrated dust jacket. Books' front corners bumped, gentle creasing to top of pack panel of bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. First edition of this first biography of the first modern pope, with a frontispiece photographic portrait... More
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New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1967. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, blue top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Chipping and creasing to spine ends and to the front panel of the dust jacket. Very good indeed. "AS THE CHAMPION OF WHAT T.S. ELIOT CALLED 'THE PERMANENT THINGS', BURKE DID NOT... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "BEDE THE VENERABLE IS THE FIRST GREAT ENGLISHMAN OF WHOM WE CAN FORM A CLEAR PERSONAL PICTURE" First edition of David Knowles's rewarding portraits of twenty-five great minds spanning a thousand years of... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1932. First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, original dust jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers. Small tape stain to upper corner of free front endpaper. Mild toning to spine, small chip to bottom of back panel of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE FIRST GREAT... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, black foil spine label, gold foil dust jacket. About-fine book with a near-fine dust jacket with only minor creasing. "LOYOLA HAD TAUGHT THEM: THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOTHING, THE MOVEMENT ALL. THE CHRISTIAN DEPARTS WITHOUT CONSOLATION. LIFE GOES ON" First... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. First edition. Tall octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine. "HE IS WIDELY LOVED AND REMEMBERED - BY CATHOLICS AND NON-CATHOLICS ALIKE - AS A SAINTLY AND GENTLE FIGURE; YET HIS CONVERSION TO THE CHURCH OF ROME SPARKED OFF ONE OF THE BITTEREST... More
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New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Gift inscription, dated 1982, to free front endpaper of near-fine book, toning and gentle wear to upper edges of dust jacket. Very good indeed. First edition of this authorized biography of Dorothy Day and the... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. First American edition. Large octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with moderate wear to corners and spine ends. "SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF GOD" AUGUSTINE, PASCAL, BLAKE, KIERKEGAARD, TOLSTOY, BONHOEFFER. First American edition of... More
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London: William Collins, 1972. First edition. Octavo, original white paper boards, original dust jacket. Fine. First edition of this extended dialogue between longtime friends Malcolm Muggeridge and Alec Vidler, based on the five-episode mini-series for BBC television the previous year. Beautifully illustrated with 24 photographic plates and maps. Opens with... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. Very gentle lean to spine, mild dustiness to the edges of the text block, bright dust jacket with only modest signs of wear. Very good indeed. "IF SHAKESPEARE WAS ANYTHING AT ALL, HE WAS A.... More
London and New York: Sheed and Ward, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Both the book and the dust jacket are in excellent condition. A nearly-fine copy. "JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: 'LUMEN ET DECUS EXIMIUM' OF THE ENGLISH NATION" First edition of this collection of John... More