London: Chapman and Hall, 1951. First edition. Thin quarto (10 inches tall), original cream linen cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. Very gentle edge-wear to top of front board, faint offsetting to free endpapers. A clean and sharp-cornered copy. "SO WE MAY SAY IN A TRUE SENSE THAT..... More
Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony Guild Press, 1958. First edition. Tall octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original stamped blue cloth, decorated endpapers, original dust jacket. Book near-fine, modest creasing and edge-wear to original dust jacket. A crisp and clean copy. "MEXICO IS A LAND WITH DEEP AND WIDESPREAD DEVOTION TO..... More
Published by the Dean and Chapter, 1948. Small quarto (8 3/4 inches tall, staple-bound in original illustrated wrapper. Gift inscription to a young chorister to half-title, gentle toning to edges, mild spotting to rear wrapper. A near-fine copy. "IN THE QUIRE OF CANTERBURY WE STAND IN THE 'HOLY OF HOLIES..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth over paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, short closed tears, moderate wear and creasing to bight, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "OUR LORD CAME TO DIE" First edition in English of this..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1946. First edition. Original mauve cloth (7 1/2 inches tall), gilt spine, separate folding map (7 3/8 by 9 7/8 inches). Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, gentle bumping to corner, slight toning to bright spine, two fold lines to map, closed tear along left..... More
New York: Ridge Press/Odyssey Press, 1964. First edition. Small folio (11 3/4 inches tall), original stamped gold cloth, original photographic dust jacket. Book gently bumped at top of spine, closed tear and gentle edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy in the rare dust jacket. "HOW STRONGLY DOES..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First edition. Quarto (11 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Very little wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Nearly-fine. "THE GENIUS FOR ORDER AND BEAUTY OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES" First edition of this photographic survey of the sites and..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark red crushed morocco, two ribbon markers, all edges gilt. Very minor toning to spine, faint crack to front joint, gentle wear to head of spine and one upper corner. A near-fine. "COUNTLESS MARTYRS CHEERFULLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES..... More
Louisville, Kentucky: Trappist, Kentucky, U.S.A., 1949. First edition. Folio (12 inches tall), original gilt blue paper wrappers with mounted illustration, russet endpapers. Early owner signature to flyleaf and half-title, gentle toning to edges, slight wear to mounted illustration, not affecting image. A near-fine copy. "THIS BOOK IS A SONG OF..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1956. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original cloth spine, marbled paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, small chip to upper rear upper panel of the excellent dust jacket. "CHURCH ART TODAY—AS AT ANY OTHER PERIOD—WORKS WITH THE FORMS, COLOURS AND MATERIALS OF..... More
New York: Ridge Press/Odyssey Press, 1964. First edition. Small folio (11 3/4 inches tall), original stamped gold cloth. Imperceptible wear to spine ends and corners. A beautiful copy. POPE JOHN XXIII'S "PACEM IN TERRIS" First edition of this elegant illustrated printing of Pope John XXIII's "Pacem in Terris,"..... More
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Folio, half blue cloth over paper boards, cartographic endpapers, red top edge, bumping to the front corners, mild scuffing to the price-clipped dust jacket, small chip to the base of the back panel. Very good indeed. "A PILGRIMAGE IN WORDS AND PICTURES" First edition..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/4 inches tall), original white paper vellum boards, gilt spine and front board, original dust jacket. Book fine with only slight offsetting to blank flyleaves, minor peeling and edge-wear to the jacket. A near-fine copy. "ST. DOMINIC'S ROOTS LAY..... More