Advent 2022: Bethlehem
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1955. Small quarto (6 7/8 inches tall), original illustrated paper boards, decorated endpapers, original illustrated dust jacket. About-Fine. "GOD LOVED US FIRST" First edition of Fulton Sheen's mid-century meditation on the meaning of the Incarnation—now uncommon in the original dust wrapper with a photographic..... More
Boston: E.P. Dutton, 1903. Limited edition. Octavo (8 1/2 inches tall), original gilt illustrated paper boards, blank green cloth spine, uncut, original glassine wrapper, original olive-green lidded cloth box. Partially unopened, gentle bump to lower corner, tiny stain to back board, minor wear to original glassine and box. Fine. "O..... More
New York: The Douay Bible House, 1953. Octavo (8 1/4 inches tall), original pebbled black cloth, gilt spine and blind-stamped, black endpapers, all edges red, original dust jacket, original cardboard box with printed upper lid with printed label. Book fine, faint ring stain and toning to bright dust jacket, original..... More
Toronto: Rous & Mann, 1927. Tall octavo (9 1/2 inches tall), side-stitched in original gilt-flecked green paper boards, white cloth spine, illustrated mounted paper label. Interiors fine, slight wear to corners and edges, mild toning to front board (not affecting label), tiny scrape to rear board. A near-fine copy. "WITHIN..... More
Boston: Tichnor and Fields, 1864. First American edition. 12 mo. (7 1/8 inches tall), blind-stamped boards with gilt spine, coated endpapers, all edges red. Early owner signature to upper title page, faint toning to spine, slight wear to corners and spine ends with very short tear to upper spine. Now..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1949. Second edition. Large octavo (10 1/8 inches tall), original navy cloth, gilt spine, original dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket, upper front corner bumped, slight creasing and edge-wear, gentle toning to spine of unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE MONASTIC LIFE MET AND SATISFIED THE DEEPEST SPIRITUAL..... More
St. Meinrad, Indiana: Grail Publications, 1950. Second printing. Octavo, original mottled green cloth, gilt spine and front board, original printed dust wrapper. Faint toning to original wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. 'HEARKEN, O MY SON, TO THE PRECEPTS OF THY MASTER, AND INCLINE THE EAR OF THY HEART" Second printing..... More
London: Society of SS. Peter and Paul, 1923. Stapled in brown wrappers (4 3/4 inches tall), printed in black with the emblems of the SSPP. Mild foxing to edges. A near-fine copy. A CALENDAR OF SAINTS Charles Marson's Calendar of Saints—a small handbook from the Canterbury Books series printed..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c.1913. Quarto (11 inches tall), original printed paper boards with mounted color illustration, brown cloth spine lettered in black, brown endpapers. Slight scuffing to mounted illustration, small stain to bottom front board. A near-fine copy. "COULD YOU BE A MONK AND A KNIGHT AT..... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Limited edition. Quarto (10 3/4 inches tall), contemporary green morocco, elaborately gilt flat spine, gilt boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, black ribbon marker. Light toning to spine, very faint wear to front joint, occasional light foxing, mainly to tissue guards, otherwise clean..... More
London: Joseph Masters, 1850. Octavo (8 7/8 inches tall), contemporary gilt-paneled vellum, bookseller's ticket, early owner's blind-stamps. Slight bumping, minor soiling to vellum boards. A near-fine copy. THE PRINTED RITUAL BOOKS OF THE ENGLISH USES Unique copy—printed on vellum and bound in vellum—of this important Anglican liturgical bibliography..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, [1947]. 12 mo. (7 inches tall), original textured navy cloth with rounded corners, gilt spine, blindstamped front board, all edges red, original dust wrapper, original lidded box with printed label. Early religious signature in ink, else about-Fine. THE PSALTER AND CANTICLES OF POPE PIUS XII... More
Westminster: The Council for Defense of Church Principles, [1943]. First edition. Staple-bound (7 1/4 inches tall) in original printed brown wrappers. Fine. "I AM WRITING AS AN ANGLICAN LAYMAN TO THE LAITY" First edition of T.S. Eliot's argument against a proposed plan to unite the Anglican dioceses in South..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Limited edition. Octavo, original three-quarter red morocco, gilt spine with papal arms, marbled boards, red endpapers, top-edge gilt, glassine wrapper, original paper slipcase. Glassine wrapper torn, original slipcase lightly worn at the corners, else Fine. "THE HUMBLE YOUNG PRIEST OF LONG AGO HAS BEEN..... More
London & New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth, gilt spine, original dust wrapper. Book fine, slight edge wear to unclipped original wrapper. An excellent copy. "ENGLAND LOOKE UP, THY SOYLE IS STAIND WITH BLOOD / THOU HAST MADE MARTIRS MANY OF THINE OWN"... More
Philadelphia: David Mckay Company, 1929. Quarto (11 1/8 inches tall), original blue cloth, gilt spine and front board. Gilt bright, faint toning to spine, slight bumping to upper corners, mild offsetting from plates, ink inscription to blank flyleaf. A near-fine copy. "CHILDREN, THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO..... More
Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press. Small quarto (8 inches tall), original three-quarter red morocco with patterned paper boards, gilt spine, top edge gilt, brown endpapers, original paper slipcase. Only mild wear to original slipcase. A nearly-fine copy. "SERMONS TO THE PEOPLE THAT FILLED THE MARKET-PLACES AND THE GREAT FRANCISCAN..... More
New York: H. Felix Kraus Books International, 1949. Limited edition. Folio (18 1/4 inches tall), original blue paper boards, large printed label mounted to front board, blank cloth spine. Mild toning to boards, tape marks and earlier glassine fragments to endpapers, slight wave to mounted label. A near-fine copy. "LO..... More
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 inches tall), original purple silk-covered boards decorated in gilt, silver, pink, white, incorporating cross, crowns, fleurs-de-lys, roses, and dove descending, dark navy silk endpapers with repeating rampant lions, top edge gilt, uncut. Tiny bookseller’s ticket (Brentanos) to rear endpaper..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1952. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original blue cloth, spine titled in green and white with star at the base, original dust jacket. Owner ink-stamp and signature to blank flyleaf, very minor wear to book and unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1954. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/4 inches tall), original marron cloth, gilt spine and blind-stamped front board, original dust jacket. About-Fine. "THE CATHOLIC FAITH IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE" First edition of this collection of the accomplishments of Catholics in..... More
London and New York: Sheed and Ward, 1962. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth, spine lettered in silver, original dust jacket. Several short closed tears to unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE RUMOUR THAT A BROTHER CHOLERIC MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN STARTED" First edition..... More
London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. First edition. Original blue cloth (7 5/8 inches tall), printed paper spine label, uncut, original dust jacket. Final leaf unopened, mild offsetting to two blank flyleaves, short closed tear to front panel of price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "CLASSICIST IN LITERATURE, ROYALIST IN POLITICS..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Pepler & Sewell / St. Dominic's Press, 1935. Limited edition. Octavo (8 3/5 inches tall), beige linen spine, printed tan paper boards, uncut, buff printed dust wrapper. Book fine, owner's ink-stamp, minor tearing and creasing to edges of scarce dust wrapper. A nearly-fine copy. "HIS TECHNIQUE ESTABLISHED A...... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1944. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Shallow crease, minor edge-wear to bright, unclipped dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE FIGURE OF DESCARTES DOMINATES ALL PHILOSOPHY OF THE PAST THREE CENTURIES" First edition of Jacques Maritain's consideration of Descartes and the Cartesian..... More