Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Book with mild rubbing to front board, early owner signature to upper right corner of free front endpaper. A near-fine copy. First edition of this anthology collecting 39 essays and addresses, edited by a professor of history at... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplate. A near-fine copy. First edition of Richard John Neuhaus's first book, co-authored with Peter J. Berger. Neuhaus's first book grew out of his time as the liberal pastor of the Lutheran St. John the... More
Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, Inc., 1983. Second printing. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Mild bump to top corner, pale stain to top fore-edge of near-fine book, very good dust jacket with moderate edge-wear. Rare. "A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, SOBBING AND LOUDLY LAMENTING: IT WAS RACHEL... More
New York: Catholic Worker Books, 1949. First edition. Octavo, staple-bound in buff paper wrappers. Minor rubbing to spine, closed tear to base of front wrapper, rounded chip to lower fore-edge of back wrapper, smaller chips to corners of bright and clean original paper wrappers. A splendid copy. Rare first edition... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Square octavo (8 3/4 inches), black cloth spine, original gray paper boards, maroon endpapers, gift inscription to front flyleaf, minor wear to spine ends and front corner, spot of tape residue, closed abraided tear and crease to bottom of front panel, small... More
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Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1985. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. First edition of Drinan's collected "Writings and Addresses on Peace and Justice" with a Preface by President Jimmy Carter. Father Robert Drinan, S. J. was elected to the House of Representatives in 1970 on an anti-war... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1985. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth over blue paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, with only 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..... More
Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1995. First edition. Oblong folio (11 1/8 by 14 1/8 inches), original illustrated folded paper wrappers. Prints and wrappers fine. "THE WORLD WILL BE SAVED BY BEAUTY" (DOSTOEVKSY) Scarce first edition of this selection of 12 wood-engraved prints by Fritz Eichenberg, an extraordinary anthology of... More
New York: Duffield and Company, 1907. First edition thus. Small thin octavo, original decorated paper boards over black cloth spine, uncut. Very modest edge-wear to boards. Nearly-fine. "PRAISE BE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR OUR MOTHER THE EARTH" Charming 1907 rendition of The Canticle of the Sun. The years preceding... More
Union Village, New Jersey: The Sower Press, 1944. First edition. Folded pamphlet (7 3/4 inches tall), unpaginated text loose in original dusty pink wrappers decorated with a simple red cross. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Fine. "HE FALLS THE THIRD TIME: YET AGAIN, VERY NEAR THE PLACE OF EXECUTION... More
Newport, Rhode Island: John Stevens, 1938. Limited edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original staple-bound orange paper wrappers. Modest soiling along spine. A near-fine copy. "MY THESIS IS THAT HUMAN CULTURE IS THE NATURAL PRODUCT OF HUMAN LIVING AND THAT HUMAN LIVING IS NATURALLY A MATTER OF HUMAN WORKING" Limited first... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition. Octavo, original mustard cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Ink marks to top and bottom edges, likely remainder marks, owner stamp to bottom corner of free-front endpaper, toning to spine and edges of dust jacket. A very good copy. "THIS IS A BOOK... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1917. First edition. Small octavo, original gilt brick cloth. Very faint toning to spine. A nearly-fine copy. First edition of the German-American Jesuit's guide for lay Catholics in an industrialized society. Born in Milwaukee to German immigrant parents, Husslein joined the Society of Jesus in 1891... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First edition. Octavo, original pale gray cloth, original dust jacket. Slight bump to one corner. Trace of bubbling to bottom of front panel of dust jacket. A near-fine copy. First edition of Illich's argument for a radical approach to reforming education. Ivan Illich... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1936. First edition. Small octavo (7 3/4 inches tall), original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature (dated July 1944,) in red pencil to blank flyleaf of about-fine book, chipping to spine ends, crease and closed tear to the base of front panel of... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth with silver spine label, original dust jacket. Small bookseller's label. Near-fine book in a dust jacket with minor edge-wear, chipping, closed tears, and small smudges to bottom of front and back panels. Very good indeed. First edition... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1950. First edition. Octavo, original gray cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Very faint pencil inscription (price and date of publication) at the base of the rear inside flap of the dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "CERTAIN THINGS, AS I SEE IT, MUST BE DONE... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1935. First American edition. Octavo, original half brown cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. The book is nearly-fine, the rare pink dust jacket is stained, torn, and chipped on the spine and the lower front panel but whole with the illustration largely unaffected. A.... More
New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1921. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book, moderate toning and chipping to rare original dust jacket. An excellent copy. "THE MODERN SYSTEM OF CAPITALISM HAS ARISEN LARGELY FROM THE DISREGARDING OF THE SACRED RIGHTS OF THE LABORER TO... More
Kansas City: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, 1976. Second printing. Octavo, original white cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature on front free endpaper. Mild soiling to cloth and minor edge-wear and toning to spine of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "I PARTICULARLY WANT TO REACH, AND OPEN UP NEW, HOPEFUL... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. First printing. Octavo, original brick cloth spine, paper boards, red top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to front pastedown, bookplate to free front endpaper, card pocket removed from rear pastedown. Dust jacket with edge-wear, closed tears, and chipping to spine. Very... 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
London: Allen and Unwin, 1964. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. Book fine, very mild soiling and edge-wear to bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "NONVIOLENCE HAS DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, EXEMPLIFIED IN ITS... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1971. Early American edition. Octavo, original red paper boards over black cloth, orignal dust jacket. Book fine, price-clipped dust jacket nearly-so. "TO ME, MOTHER TERESA REPRESENTS, ESSENTIALLY, LOVE IN ACTION, WHICH IS SURELY WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS ALL ABOUT" Early American edition of Malcolm Muggeridge's lovely... More
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1984. First edition. Octavo, original black paper boards, original dust jacket. Year of publication in ink at base of title page, slight toning to spine and creasing to inner flap rear panel of dust jacket. A near-fine book in a very good dust jacket... More