London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Early printing. Large octavo (9 inches tall), original dark red cloth, original dust wrapper. Small Christmas inscription (dated "Xmas 1925") to upper blank flyleaf, spotting to edges and preliminary leaves, mild spine toning, short tears and creasing along top margins of rare original wrapper. Very..... More
New York: The John Lane Company, 1905. First American edition. Original red cloth (7 5/8 inches tall), gilt titles to spine and front board. Bookplate. Front upper corner bumped, very slight wear to corners and spine ends. A near fine copy. "THE SERIOUS OPPONENT OF THE LATIN CHURCH IN HISTORY..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1943. Early printing. Original green paper wrappers (6 3/4 inches tall) lettered in black. Slight browning to interiors, gentle wear to toned spine ends, mild creasing and soiling to wrappers but still quite sound. A near-fine copy. "TRADITION MEANS GIVING VOTES TO THE MOST..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Small early owner signature. A bright copy in an unclipped jacket. About Fine. "A VERY SIMPLE BUT ALMOST FULLY FLEDGED PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY MAKES ITS APPEARANCE AS SOON AS MAN BELIEVES THAT GOD'S JUSTICE WILL WORK..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First American edition. original navy cloth, lettered in white, original dust jacket. Early owner signature, jacket clipped but price intact, very faint edge-wear to bright clean jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "MISEDUCATION OF YOUNG MINDS" First American edition of The Abolition of Man, collecting a series..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1943. First edition. Original orange cloth (7 3/8 inches tall), original dust jacket. Original gift inscription (December 1943) to front endpaper, faint toning to original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS A MUCH SAFER SUBJECT TO THINK ABOUT THAN OUR LOVE FOR HIM"..... More
Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1931. Early edition. Octavo, original dark brown cloth, original dust wrapper. Gilt bright, slight spine lean, early presentation inscription (dated, "9th Sept. 1931") to blank flyleaf, sporadic light pencil marks and notes, minor wear to toned spine of the original wrapper. Very good indeed..... More
New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. First Edition. Octavo, original navy cloth, original dust jacket. Neat clergyman's signature to blank flyleaf, very faint rippling to upper panel of unclipped dust jacket. About-Fine. "A SALVATION OF THE WORLD DOES EXIST" First American edition of the English translation Joseph Ratzinger's best-known book—in..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1947. First edition. 12 mo., original red cloth, original dust jacket. Neat verso reinforcement to corners and ends of unclipped original jacket. A near-fine copy. "LET THE CHURCH REMEMBER THIS: THAT EVERY MAKER AND WORKER IS CALLED TO SERVE GOD IN HIS PROFESSION—NOT OUTSIDE IT" First..... More