London: Williams & Norgate, 1914. First British edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, uncut, original dust wrapper. Ink stamp, slight tanning to endpapers of nearly-fine book, creasing, soiling and wear to rare original dust wrapper. Very good indeed. "THE DIVINA COMMEDIA REPAYS THE STUDY OF THE HISTORIAN, THE PHILOSOPHER, THE ARCHAEOLOGIST..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1932. First edition. 12 mo., original brick cloth with blindstamp, illustrated rear endpapers, original dust jacket. Early owner signature (dated year of publication), mild tanning to blank front flyleaf, toning and creasing to ends of jacket. Very good indeed. "DANTE, TO ENGLISH-READING CATHOLICS, IS A NEGLECTED..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1948. First American edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Spine leaning, early gift inscription (dated April 1949) to free front endpaper, toning to spine and faint soiling to fore-edge of dust jacket. An excellent, near-fine copy. "TO READ DANTE IS A JOY. TO..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1978. First edition thus. Octavo, original purple cloth over lavender boards, original dust jacket. Upper right corner bumped. About-fine. "AS MY WHIMSICAL LORD TAKES ME" First Macmillan edition of these "simple, powerful reflections on the human condition in the scientific age," a splendid introduction to..... More