Greenwich, Connecticut: The Seabury Press, [1953]. Oblong quarto (7 7/8 by 11 inches), original pictorial wrappers, illustrated calendar, three pages of text. A nearly-fine copy. "FEAR NOTHING: I BRING GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY TO YOU AND ALL MANKIND" First American printing of this lovely Advent Calendar—a collaboration between Dorothy..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1926. Limited edition. Small quarto (6 x 7 1/2 inches), original vellum binding. Bookplate, printed card laid-in. Slight toning and wear to spine but title lettering still visible. A beautiful copy. Splendid limited edition of Valenti Angelo's The Book of Ruth, a notable achievement by..... More
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
Birmingham: Cornish Bros. 1895. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original slate blue paper boards, uncut. Bookplate. Boards lightly toned, corners bumped, spine ends worn, minor abrasion to rear joint, plates fine. An excellent unrestored copy. "THEREFORE, CHRISTIAN MEN, BE SURE / WEALTH OR RANK POSSESSING / YE WHO..... More
Newport, Rhode Island: John Stevens, 1938. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), printed on laid paper with a deckled edge, stapled violet wrappers with shallow fore-edge indent. Early owner signature to bottom of blank endpaper, slight toning to spine-fold. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. A near-fine copy. "FOR..... More
Boston: Printed by The Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. Limited edition. Large folio (17 1/2 inches tall), original patterned tan paper boards, vellum tips and spine lettered in brown, remnants of original glassine wrapper. Gentle bump to upper corner, small stain on vellum spine, small spot on..... More
London and St. Louis: Burns & Oates/B. Herder, 1908. Folio (13 1/2 inches tall), original khaki cloth, gilt spine. Slight tanning to endpapers, 1908 Christmas religious inscription, spotting to fore-edges, cloth boards clean, corners sharp. A bright, crisp near-fine copy. "THE CHURCH'S CENTRAL AND ALL-PERVADING RITE" Second—and first illustrated—edition of..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Folio (13 inches tall), original blind-stamped cream boards, uncut, original dust jacket. Bookplate. Small spot to top edge, trace of soiling and toning, very shallow vertical crease, tiny nicks top edge of back panel of bright, unclipped dust jacket. A nearly..... More
The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Gentle crease to lower right wrapper, small sticker abrasion to blank rear wrapper. About Fine. "I MEAN BY A PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL ROMANTIC DREAM OF SOMETHING THAT NEVER WAS, NEVER WILL..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Douglas Pepler, 1918. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 inches tall), original cloth spine, gray paper boards, original dust wrapper. Book about-fine, very good original wrapper re-margined and made complete. A wonderful copy. "LEND ME, O LEND ME / THE TERRORS OF THAT SOUND, / THAT ITS MUSIC MAY..... More
London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1936. First edition. Small folio (12 inches tall), original decorated white paper boards over cloth spine, original price-stamped glassine wrapper. Gentle bumping to lower corners of clean white boards, very scarce glassine wrapper torn and chipped but complete. A bright, fresh copy. "LET..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1927. Limited edition. Octavo (10 inches tall), original brocade cloth woven in scarlet and silver thread, renewed endpapers, gilt edges, uncut. Fine. "A HEART ALONE / IS SUCH A STONE / AS NOTHING BUT / THY POWER DOTH CUT" Superb Nonesuch Press edition of The Temple—an exceptional..... More
Press of Reuben Pearson, 1948. Limited edition. Broadside, single leaf of tan wove paper (10 inches tall), mounted on stiff paper board in original shrinkwrap, very faint wear to upper right corner, slight blemish to lower right corner, not affecting text. 'FELIX RANDAL, THE FARRIER, O HE IS DEAD THEN?"..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First edition. Original stiff card sheet (11 1/2 by 8 inches) folded into three panels. A nearly-fine copy with some gentle spotting and finger-soiling to blank rear panel. About fine. "WHY SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD? / THE LORD IS RISEN, AS HE SAID" First..... More
London: The Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1916. Disbound leaf, retaining deckle-edge and original tissue-guard, measuring 7 3/8 inches tall. About Fine. "DEAR BROTHERS IN CHRIST WHY DO YOU NOT TAKE THIS NOBLE BEAUTIFUL LAND WHEREIN A HUMAN BEINGS BLOOD HATH NEVER BEEN SPILT" Stunning color-printed plate, part of..... More
London: The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), original white cloth decorated in yellow. Bookplates to front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers, bump to lower front corner, trace of soiling to bright boards. A near-fine copy. "SHE IS CALLED THE STAR OF THE..... 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
Chicago: Monastery Hill Bindery, 1968. Thin quarto (10 1/8 inches tall), original beige cloth stamped in blue and gold. Fine. "REJOICE AND BE GLAD, BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN" Striking Monastery Hill edition of "this greatest of all Sermons"—the very beating heart of Christianity. The Sermon on the..... More
San Francisco: Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Albert Bender, 1939. Limited edition. Folio sheet (15 by 10 1/2 inches), printed on watermarked paper, folded once to make four pages. Title in black with printer's device on the front page, fore-and-bottom edges uncut, text in gilt and black with..... More
London: Faith Press Ltd., circa 1926. Original staple-bound illustrated stiff cloth wrappers (4 1/8 inches tall). Plates and text clean, gentle edge-wear, minor spotting to original wrappers. THOMAS NOYES-LEWIS AND THE FAITH PRESS Pocket liturgical missal with color illustrations by Thomas Noyes-Lewis, scarce in the original illustrated cloth wrappers. Much..... 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
Flansham: Pear Tree Press, 1930. First edition. Twelvemo, deckle-edged, handmade paper with watermark, uncut and unbound sheets in two sections each measuring 8 1/2 x 18 inches, each folded to measure 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Fine. THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES, THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, THE..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1964. Original cream cloth (9 1/4 inches tall), original dust jacket. Modest bump to top front corner, very faint bump to top corner of the text block, mild tanning to endpapers. A near-fine copy. "JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS WILL TELL YOU BETTER THAN I"..... 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