New York: 1938. Archive of five items. Typed manuscript with title page and 7 sheets, housed in a blank envelope, three postcards, 4-page printed program. Manuscript folded in thirds, fastened with a rusting paper clip, blank envelope worn, embrowned and splitting. Postcards embrowned but quite legible. Program folded in quarters..... More
[Atlanta]: E.S.C.R.U., [1962]. Single sheet (10 by 15 inches), folded vertically in quarters then horizontally across lower margin of sheet, printed and illustrated on both sides. About-Fine. "SEWANEE NEEDS YOUR CRITICISM FOR IT BELONGS TO THE CHURCH" Scarce 1962 Civil Rights leaflet protesting segregation at Sewanee Divinity School—with 3..... More
Privately Printed, 1967. Limited edition. Octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), stapled in original stiff paper wrappers, printed in red. Faint toning to upper margin, shallow vertical crease to front wrapper. A near-fine copy. "THE APPARATUS OF THE STATE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CATHOLICISM WAS EXTENSIVE" Limited edition of Charles Fracchia's..... More
St. Louis: Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, [1948]. Staple-bound in original wrappers (7 1/2 inches tall), illustrated front panel, blank back panel. A near-fine copy. "WE CATHOLICS WANT OUR NON-CATHOLIC FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO KNOW US AS WE REALLY ARE" Knights of Columbus pamphlet presenting the Catholic..... More
Stamford, Connecticut: The Overbrook Press, circa 1963. Folio broadside (measuring 16 by 11 inches tall), single deckle-edged leaf with watermark, printed in two colors on recto only, with single dotted rule border and captions. Custom tab-mounted on a black mat (measuring 24 by 19 inches). About-fine. A handsome piece of..... More
New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1924. Original black pebbled cloth (2 inches by 1 1/2 inches), gilt vignette, rounded corners, decorated endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "OUT OF THE DEPTHS I HAVE CRIED TO THEE, O LORD: LORD HEAR MY PRAYER" Lovely miniature illustrated prayer book—measuring only 2..... More
New York: The Museum Press, 1939. Quarto (10 inches tall) booklet, four leaves sewn, self-title with single page of text. Bookplate. Some light spotting and marginal toning to first page. Very good indeed. "GOD'S HAND WAS CARVING LETTERS INTO THE ROCKS WHEN HE GAVE THE LAW TO HIS PEOPLE"... 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: Illustrated News of the World, 1890. Original broadside print (measuring 23 by 16 inches), custom mounted on tabs in a black window mat. Folding crease across center sheet, else Fine. "THEN LORD, IN THY MERCY, GRANT US A SAFE LODGING, A HOLY REST, AND PEACE AT THE LAST"... More
London: Society of SS. Peter & Paul, 1925. Original staple-bound pictorial green wrappers (6 inches tall). Gentle creasing and slight toning to illustrated wrappers, staples rusted but secure, text clean. Very good indeed. "CHRIST INVITES US TO A BANQUET PROVIDED FOR HIS FRIENDS, A SACRED BANQUET OF WHICH HE IS..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1904. Oblong (6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches), staple-bound in original gilt decorated paper boards, red cloth spine. Owner ink-stamp to corner blank flyleaf, some splitting to gutters, very gentle wear and soiling to original decorated boards. Very good indeed. "INTO THY HANDS, O LORD..... More
London: Samuel Gurney / The Society of SS Peter & Paul, 1914. First edition. Octavo (9 inches tall), stitched in original illustrated paper wrappers, contemporary gilt-stamped red cloth, bookplate. Slight soiling to wrappers. A near-fine copy. "NEVER, I WEEN / WAS A PROUDER SEEN, / READ OF IN BOOKS, OR..... More
London: Burns & Oates, Ltd., circa 1915. Stitched in original paper wrappers (7 inches tall), decorated front panel, uncut. Early owner signature to blank flyleaf, mild edge-wear, faint soiling and blemishes to wrappers, final leaf of text misopened. Very good indeed. "THE GREAT POETRY OF IT TRANSCENDED, IN ITSELF AND..... More