Bruxellis: Apud Ant. Collaer Bibliopolam, 1778. Second edition. Thin quarto (11 inches tall), twentieth-century full crushed tan morocco, front board decorated in blind with cathedral-style motif, with twin inlaid circular morocco window panes, gilt stamped signature on rear pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Binding and plates... More about Vita D. Thomae Aqvinatis; Othonis Vaeni Ingenio et Manu Delineata
New York: The Barry Vail Corporation, 1931. Limited edition. Quarto (12 1/2 inches tall), original three-quarter red crushed morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Partially unopened, very minor edge-wear and faint toning to top of front board. A wonderful copy. "HOW GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF CHASTE WEDLOCK, VENERABLE... More about On Christian Marriage; In the Original Latin with English Translation
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First edition. Narrow and slender (7 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, uncut, original dust jacket. Small original owner signature (dated in year of publication), mild offsetting to margins of front and rear blanks, faint stain to front panel, two short closed tears to rear... More about The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ; According to the Four Evangelists
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 about The Legal Status of the Tridentine Mass
London: Burns Oates, 1952. Early edition. Small octavo, original green cloth, dark top edge, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket. Very faint pencil marks to the margins of the preface, toning to folds and spine of the dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "HEARKEN MY SON TO THE PRECEPTS OF THE MASTER... More about The Rule of Saint Benedict; In Latin and English
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition. Quarto, original charcoal grey cloth, original dust jacket. Slight creasing to upper front panel of the dust jacket. Nearly-fine. "THE FRANCISCAN BASILICA AT ASSISI IS MORE THAN THE SHRINE OF THE MOST BELOVED OF MEDIEVAL SAINTS: IT IS NO LESS THE CRADLE... More about The Assisi Problem and the Art of Giotto; A Study of the Legend of St. Francis in the Upper...