Summer 2020: On Pilgrimage
New York: Catholic Worker Books, 1949. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 inches tall), staple-bound in original buff paper wrappers. Gentle edge-wear, discrete reinforcement to lower spine and rear wrapper, rounded chip to rear fore-edge, smaller chips to corners of bright and clean original paper wrappers. A splendid copy. "I PRAY..... More
Springfield, Illinois: Templegate Publishers, 1982. First edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket. About Fine. "THE MILLIONS OF WORDS WRITTEN CAN NOURISH US, ENLIGHTEN US, STRENGTHEN US – IN FACT, BE OUR FOOD JUST AS CHRIST, THE WORD, IS ALSO OUR FOOD" First edition of this engaging tribute to..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. First edition. Octavo, original blue paper boards over cloth spine, original dust jacket. Very minor wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "I NOW SEE THAT MY WORDS ARE NO MORE THAN THE WALLS THAT SURROUND A SILENT PLACE"..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Three volumes. Quarto (12 1/4 inches tall), original pebbled navy cloth, coated endpapers, top edges gilt. Bookseller's tickets, gentle bumping to several corners, small nicks to upper corners of volume II, shallow tideline to uppermost corner of volume III not affecting text or plates, cloth..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1959. Quarto (10 inches tall) original gray cloth, gray endpapers, gray top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Early owner signature and bookseller's stamp to blank flyleaf, toned spine, browning to laminated edges on verso of price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "MAY THIS WORK CONTINUE..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First edition. Octavo, original brick red cloth, original dust wrapper. Slight toning and gentle wear to original wrapper. A near-fine copy. "THE TRADITION FOR WHICH CATHOLIC LITERATURE IN ENGLISH STANDS" First edition of this comprehensive anthology of Catholic literature in English—a..... 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
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1964. Octavo, original blue cloth, colored endpapers, original dust jacket. Book fine, modest toning to unclipped original dust jacket. A handsome copy. "LET HIM WHO HAS EVER HAD HIS PRAYER REJECTED REFUSE TO PRAY TO MARY" (ST. BERNARD) First edition of this extraordinary collection..... More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1938. Small octavo (8 inches tall), original green cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, Bookseller's label, early owner signature, discrete reinforcement to jacket verso. A crisp, near-fine copy. "THE BARK OF THE CHURCH WAS INDEED LOST NOW IN A STORMY NIGHT, AND HER DAILY LIFE..... More
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1957. First edition. 12 mo. (7 1/2 inches tall), original black cloth, original dust jacket. Minor wear to lower edges of the boards, short closed tear to upper front panel, gentle toning to spine of dust jacket. A near-fine copy. 'WHEN A MAN IS..... More
London: Christian Community Press, [1960]. First edition. Octavo, original side-stitched blue cloth, original dust jacket. Cloth bright and clean, early presentation inscription, gentle spine toning and minor blemishes to unclipped original dust jacket. Very good indeed. "THE PEOPLE SAY THAT THE SUN DANCES ON THIS DAY IN JOY FOR A...... 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
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Society of Sant John the Evangelist, 1947. First edition. Tall thin octavo (9 3/8 inches tall), original gilt red cloth. Faint offsetting to endpapers, minor speckling to fore-edges of bright, sharp boards. A near-fine copy. "UNTO MANY THIS SEEMETH AN HARD SPEECH, 'DENY THYSELF, TAKE UP THY CROSS..... More
New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1939. First American edition. Octavo, original burnt orange cloth, bottom edge uncut, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with small creased tear to top rear panel, very faint toning to spine and edges. A handsome copy. "THE HEAVENLY SECRETS OPENED UPON THEM, AND THERE..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. New edition. Original pale gray cloth (6 5/8 inches tall) stamped in red, original dust jacket. Minor tanning to endpapers, modest toning and soiling to unclipped original dust jacket. Very good indeed. "YE HOLY ANGELS, WHO STAND ALWAYS BEFORE GOD IN HEAVEN, DEFEND US..... More
London: Burns & Oates Ltd., 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), contemporary three-quarter gilt calf, colored endpapers, marbled boards. A nearly-fine copy. "THE FRUITS OF THE LABOURS OF FIVE CENTURIES—ALL IS NOW DUST" First edition of the official English translation of Cardinal Mercier's pastoral letter of Christmas 1914 descrying..... 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
London: Burns Oates, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, red top edge, original dust jacket. Very minor wear to edges of price-clipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "SO CLEARLY DOES HIS ACHIEVEMENT STAND OUT FROM THE TURMOIL OF HIS AGE, THAT THE SIX FOLLOWING CENTURIES ARE KNOWN AS 'BENEDICTINE'"..... More
London: S.P.C.K., 1952. 12 mo., original navy cloth, blue top edge, original dust jacket. Very light edge-wear to price-clipped dust jacket, else Fine. "ONE CATHOLICK AND APOSTOLICK CHURCH" First edition of these writings tracing the dispute between Rome and Canterbury over the "claim of universal jurisdiction for the Pope as..... More
London: Burns & Oates, 1955. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Faint crease to spine head of price-clipped dust jacket, else Fine. "ASSIST ME WITH YOUR PRAYERS, THAT AT THE VERY POINT OF MY DEATH'S STROKE, AND IN THE VERY MOMENT MY DEATH, I THEN FAINT NOT..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, circa 1950. Original illustrated paper boards (7 inches tall) , original illustrated dust jacket. Tiny closed tear to upper front panel of jacket. About Fine. "BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY" Charming mid-century Peter Pauper Press edition of the..... More
New York: St. Bartholomew's Church, 1935. First edition. Octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), original gilt blue cloth. Slight slacking to cracked lower front hinge, interior plates and text clean, bright boards, corners sharp. Very good indeed. "CONSERVING ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE THOUGHT OF THE AGES, IT HAS EVER..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1956. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 inches tall), original cloth spine, marbled paper boards, original dust jacket. Book fine, small chip to upper rear upper panel of the excellent dust jacket. "CHURCH ART TODAY—AS AT ANY OTHER PERIOD—WORKS WITH THE FORMS, COLOURS AND MATERIALS OF..... 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
New York: The Seabury Press, 1976. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, several discrete penciled marginal notes in early chapters, trace of foxing to center front panel, modest toning and wear to spine head of bright, unclipped dust jacket. "LITURGY IS THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT..... More