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 about American Catholic Thought on Social Questions
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 about Movement and Revolution; On American Radicalism
Macmillan, 1958. First edition. Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with only gentle toning to spine. An about-fine copy. "IN GOD'S GOOD TIME, ALL THINGS" First edition of Berrigan's second book, the follow-up to his debut book of poetry, Time without Number. The Bride collects... More about The Bride; Essays in the Church
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 about Rachel Weeping; And Other Essays on Abortion
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 about On Pilgrimage
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 about A Spectacle unto the World; The Catholic Worker Movement
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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 about God and Caesar on the Potomac; A Pilgrimage of Conscience
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 about Such a Vision of the Street; Mother Teresa - The Spirit and the Work
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" Francis of Assisi. The Canticle of the Sun. New York: Duffield and Company, 1907... More about The Canticle of the Sun
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 about The Stations of the Cross; Some Meditations on their Social Aspects
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 about Divine Disobedience; Profiles in Catholic Radicalism
Garden City: Doubleday, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, map of Johannesburg printed over photographic endpapers, original dust jacket. Splash to upper edge of front board, mild soiling and edge wear to dust jacket. Very good indeed. "I HAVE FOUND HIM WHERE EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND HIM... More about Naught for Your Comfort
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 about The Catholic's Work in the World; A Practical Solution of Religious and Social Problems To-Day
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 about Deschooling Society
London: Catholic Truth Society, 1963. Revised edition. Octavo, staplebound in original yellow wrappers. Backed in cardboard and housed loose in a protective clear plastic sleeve. Fine. Revised translated edition of John XXIII's encyclical, "Mother and Teacher," issued in pamphlet form by the Catholic Truth Society in 1963. Originally "given at... More about New Light on Social Problems; "Mater et Magistra" Encyclical Letter of Pope John XXIII
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1936. First edition. Small octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Book is fine, owner signature, dated July 1944, in red pencil to free front endpaper, chipping to spine ends, crease and closed tear to the base of the front panel of the dust jacket... More about Brotherhood Economics
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 about The Manner is Ordinary
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 about No Postponement; U. S. Moral Leadership and the Problem of Racial Minorities
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 about The Morality of the Strike
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. Second printing (one month after the first) of this controversial... More about The Church and the Homosexual
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. First printing. Octavo, original brick cloth spine over 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... More about Seeds of Destruction
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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 about Dorothy Day; A Biography
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 about Non-Violence; A Christian Interpretation
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 about Something Beautiful for God; Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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 about The Naked Public Square; Religion and Democracy in America