Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First edition. Quarto, original paper boards over brown cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut, original paper slipcase. Slipcase worn and split but intact. Fine. "THE HIVE OF SAINT THOMAS SHELTERED GOD AND MAN, MIND AND MATTER, THE UNIVERSE AND THE ATOM, THE..... More
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
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. Later printing. Small octavo (8 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Very minor wear to edges of bright, unfaded dust jacket. A beautiful copy. "I WILL SLEEP ROUGH AND COVER THIRTY MILES A DAY, AND I WILL HEAR MASS EVERY MORNING; AND I...... More
New York: The Douay Bible House, 1953. Later printing. Octavo, original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt spine, black endpapers, all edges red, original dust jacket, original cardboard box with white printed upper lid. Book fine, bright dust jacket with faint stain to front panel, original box sound with only modest..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First illustrated edition. Tall octavo (9 inches tall), original gilt russet cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Mild tanning to blank flyleaves, gentle wear to corners and, slight fraying to head of the spine. A near-fine copy. "AND THOUGH THEY SCATTER NOW AND GO /..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), original light-green cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Tiny bookseller's ticket. Penciled presentation inscription to blank flyleaf, mild toning to spine and top front board, corners sharp, boards clean, gilt bright. A handsome copy. "TRADITION MEANS GIVING..... More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1963. First edition. Octavo, original pink cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine. "LIFE IS A GREAT GIFT, AND THE WAY IT IS PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF GOD'S MIRACLES" First edition of this illustrated book on the cycle..... More
New York and London: Seabury Press/Geoffrey Chapman, 1983. First edition. Three volumes. Small folio, original tan, green, and blue cloth, original dust jackets. Volume III with price sticker on inside flap of the dust jacket. A fine set. "EACH ONE OF US HAS HIS OWN GIFTS, HIS OWN MEANS AND..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. About-fine. "CULTURE CAN NEVER BE WHOLLY CONSCIOUS—THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO IT THAN WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF; AND IT CANNOT BE PLANNED BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE UNCONSCIOUS BACKGROUND OF ALL OUR PLANNING" First..... More
St. Louis: B Herder Book Company, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Book about-fine, dust jacket with only minor rubbing, creasing to top spine head, closed tears to top of front and back panels. A near-fine copy. "THE MORAL THEOLOGY OF ST. THOMAS HAS NOT YET..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Minor foxing to top edge, minimal edge-wear, vertical slice to center of front panel, crease to front flap of price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE PRESENT STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO REPAY A DEBT TO..... More
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1979, 1981. First editions. Two volumes. Sixteenmo (each volume measures 7 1/4 inches tall), maroon and light blue textured paper boards, original dust jackets. Slight separation to the lamination of the dust jacket of first volume. Books and dust jackets about-fine. "JESUS WHO LOVES YOU PARTICULARLY..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First edition. Tall octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth stamped in gold and silver. Lower corner bumped, previous owner marks to endpapers inked over in black, bright cloth boards and dust jacket with only very gentle wear to corners and spine ends. An excellent..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Ink notes to rear flyleaf of about-fine book, moderate toning and soiling to top rear panel of still bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "WITH ALL THE STRENGTH OF HIS FAITH, AND ALL THE POWER OF..... More
Dickinson, Texas: The Angelus Press, 1985. Octavo pamphlet, original stapled pictorial wrappers. Gentle crease to rear corner of bright, clean original wrappers. Nearly-fine. AD ORIENTEM ("TOWARD THE EAST") Second printing of Michael Davies' affirmation of the traditional Roman liturgy, enlarged to assert that "no legal barrier exists, or has existed..... More
London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, 1932. Fourth edition. Thick octavo (8 3/4 inches tall), original beveled gilt black cloth, red top edge. Bookplate. Housed in a custom black cloth slipcase. Penciled initials (dated 1934), faint tanning to blank flyleaves, gilt bright, corners sharp, small puckered spot to upper front..... More
London: Charles Dolman, 1850. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 inches tall). Original purple cloth with gilt spine and blind-stamped papal arms, coated yellow endpapers, uncut. Ex-library with bookplate and shelf number to front pastedown, boards largely toned to brown, scattered foxing, corners bumped, edges of the text block darkened, expertly..... 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: Harper and Row, 1986. First American edition. Octavo, original grey cloth, original dust jacket. Small abrasion to top corner of front pastedown, creasing to corners and ends of dust jacket. Very good indeed. "CATHOLICISM IS NOT JUST A RELIGION: IT IS A COUNTRY OF THE HEART AND OF..... More
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Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986. First edition. Octavo, original white paper boards, original dust jacket. Extremely faint marginal pencil marks in the earliest sections, price sticker on front flap of dust jacket. "PERHAPS NO QUESTION, EXCEPT THE PROBLEM OF GOD, SO OBSESSED AUGUSTINE AS THE ISSUE OF TIME, WITH..... More
London: Burns & Oates/Anthony Clarke Books, 1964. Early edition. 16mo. (6 5/8 inches tall), original black leatherette with gilt spine titling, original gold dust jacket. Paper label pasted at bottom of title page, a fine book in a price-clipped, nearly-fine dust jacket. "THIS BOOK HAS HAD FAITHFUL FRIENDS THROUGH TWO..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1958. First edition. Small folio (10 inches tall), original maroon cloth over paper boards, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "INTROÏBO AD ALTARE DEI" First edition in English of this pictorial narrative of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, as celebrated by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen..... More
London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1924. First edition. Tall octavo (10 inches tall), original black cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, original dust jacket. Book nearly-fine, rare dust jacket with minor foxing on the front panel and moderate foxing on the back panel. A splendid copy. First edition of this two-part..... More
New York: Herder and Herder, 1967. First edition. Octavo, original pale blue cloth, original dust jacket. Gentle toning to the spine and edges of the boards, very modest edge-wear to the dust jacket. A bright, near-fine copy. "MANY WINDOWS HAVE BEEN OPENED FOR US TO SEE INTO THE CENTER BUT..... More
New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1967. Second printing. Octavo, original silver blue cloth, original dust jacket. Corners of book slightly bumped, light edge-wear, closed tear, and shallow scoring to dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE MOST POWERFUL CARDINAL IN THE ROMAN CURIA HAD BEEN SILENCED, AND THE COUNCIL FATHERS CLAPPED..... More