New York: The Press of Valenti Angelo, 1951. Original stiff card (10 1/8 inches tall) with integral blue paper dust wrapper lettered in brown. Penciled signature to front flyleaf, gentle toning to edges, short closed tear to upper front wrapper, slight closed split to bottom front joint, but a pristine..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Fine. "ESPOUSING LADY POVERTY" First edition of Bishop's life of "Il Poverello," published shortly after Bishop's death in 1973. Bishop was professor emeritus and curator of the Dante and Petrarch Collections of Cornell University. "Francis..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1954]. Early edition. 12mo., original patterned red cloth, original dust jacket. Near-fine book with early owner signature, whisper of tanning to front flyleaf, front jacket flap torn with loss, spine faded, slight edge-wear. Very good indeed. "HIS FIGURE STANDS ON A SORT OF BRIDGE CONNECTING MY..... More
New York: Duffield and Company, 1907. First edition thus. Small thin octavo, original decorated paper boards over black cloth spine, uncut. Very modest edge-wear to boards. Nearly-fine. "PRAISE BE TO THEE, O LORD, FOR OUR MOTHER THE EARTH" Charming 1907 rendition of The Canticle of the Sun. The years preceding..... More
Old Saybrook: Konecky & Konecky, 2005. First edition thus. Octavo, original navy paper boards, ribbon marker, original dust jacket. Gentle creasing to edges of dust jacket, book and dust jacket both about-fine. Modern small press edition of The Little Flowers. A smart reprint of the 1915 edition, translated by H...... More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d. Limited edition. Small quarto, original 3/4 red morocco with patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, original paper slipcase. Book near-fine with some wear to intact original slipcase. Handsome limited edition of the "Fioretti di San Francesco," decorated by Valenti Angelo with a title-page..... More
San Marino: The Huntngton Library. Large octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Bookplates, penciled call number to blank flyleaf, neat tape reinforcement to verso of unclipped jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "NOW LET US CALL THE ROLL OF FAMOUS MEN THAT WERE OUR FATHERS LONG AGO" (ECCLESIASTES) First edition of..... More
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket, bookplate and early owner signature, a fine book in a clipped dust jacket with faint toning, spotting and tape-repairs to the verso. A handsome copy. "DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BUT..... More
Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1941. First edition. Folio (13 inches tall), original half burlap over green paper boards with mounted illustration, original dust jacket. Light spotting to excellent dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE OLD MUSIC REMAINS, TO BE SUNG AGAIN WITH REVERENCE, AND TO TOUCH OUR MATTER-OF-FACT LIVES..... More
London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original blue cloth gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. Small bookplate and bookseller's label to front pastedown. Gentle spine toning, mild wear to corners and ends, scattered foxing, text block cracked, boards clean, corners sharp, gilt bright. A near fine..... More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1933. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, mounted labels, cartographic endpapers, uncut, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. Very minor creasing to edges of bright and fresh dust jacket. About-fine. "THE ATLANTIC COAST KNOWS LITTLE BUT HIS NAME, AND SOMETIMES NOT EVEN THAT; BUT..... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1953. First edition. Original patterned paper boards (11 1/8 inches tall) over gray cloth spine, top edge gilt, uncut. Very faint offsetting from plates. About fine. "FRANCIS, GO, REPAIR MY HOUSE THAT THOU SEEST IS ALL IN RUINS" Limited illustrated edition of the Legends of Francis..... More
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
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Limited edition. Folio (10 7/8 inches tall), marbled boards over a half cloth spine. printed paper spine label, uncut. Sharp corners, fully intact paper spine label. Very modest wear and soiling to original boards. A nearly-fine copy. "HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE..... More