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
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
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 and London: Sheed & Ward, 1939. First edition. Octavo, original heather blue cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature on front pastedown, book with tanning to the pastedowns, gentle toning and light wear to spine ends, small loss to upper edges and toning to spine of bright, unclipped... 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
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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. 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
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
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
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, 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
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: 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. Second printing (one month after the first) of this controversial... More
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
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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. First 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 Muggeridge's appreciation of Mother... 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
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. "MOTHER AND TEACHER OF ALL NATIONS--SUCH IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE MIND OF HER FOUNDER, JESUS CHRIST" Revised translated edition of John XXIII's... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1964. First edition. Small octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. Mild creasing to the top of the dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ABSORBS US MORE AND MORE, AS THOUGH IT WANTED FIRST TO ATTRACT US, THEN TO ENCHANT US, AND FINALLY TO ENCHAIN... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1955. First edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. Book about-fine, dust jacket with a closed tear atop the front flap fold. A near-fine copy. "'GO TO TOUSSAINT' PEOPLE WOULD SAY 'HE WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO'" First edition of this novelistic biography... More