New York: Benziger Brothers, (1938). First Thus. 32mo. 3.875 x 6 in. 360, [2], 6 pp. Original black leatherette, all edges gilt, with green ribbon marker; decorative endpapers. Includes Supplement for the Use of the Sisters Magdalens of Angers. Roman Psalter. Text in Latin, with a little English. Printed in.....
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First Edition. 3.5 x 6 in. 480 pp. Original black cloth, ornamented in gilt on upper cover, titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt, with three ribbon markers. Perhaps the only Catholic handmissal offered by a major secular publishing house in America. A well-loved copy.....
Saint-André-lez-Bruges and Paris: Apostolat Liturgique / Société Liturgique, (1938). Early Printing. Tall 32mo. 3.5 x 5.875 in. 655, [3], [28 Propers of the France & Canada] pp. Full leather, bordered and ornamented in blind on both covers, titled in gilt on spine, all edges red-under-gold; gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Lavishly.....
New York: Sheed and Ward, (1961). First American Edition. Crown 8vo. 5.125 x 7.5 in. 247 pp. Light brown boards in red dust jacket. Approbations.
London: J.M. Dent, 1919. First Thus. Royal 4to. 12.25 x 13 in. 178 pp. Deluxe edition. Green cloth, titles in gilt. Illustrated with 30 tipped-in color plates, from drawings by EUGÈNE BURNAND. This magnificent edition is limited to 700 copies for Great Britain & 500 for America. Fresh material from.....
Los Angeles: Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archives, 1988. First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 34, [2], [4 blanks] pp. Grey quarter-cloth over decorative paper; without dust jacket (as issued). Title page printed in blue; rubricated capitals. Printed by RICHARD J. HOFFMAN, Van Nuys, California. One of 350 copies.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1907. First Thus. 16mo. 4.625 x 7 in. xxvi, 255, [1] pp. Brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine, beautiful gilt vignettes to upper & lower cover, top edge gilt, deckled fore-edge. Title page printed in red; headpieces, decorative drop capitals. Printed at.....
Jerusalem: Franciscan Press, 1946. First Edition. 4to. 8.5 x 11in. xvi + 200 pp. with frontis., 26 illustrations in text & 36 black & white plates. Original cream cloth, titles in black. Uncommon.
Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1967. First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. xxxiii, 265 pp. Original dark blue cloth, in bright blue pictorial dust jacket. 'In this collection of 132 essays, the author gives a realistic view of the Church's contribution, both lay and clerical, to the diversified areas.....
Los Angeles: (Chancery Archives, Archdiocese of Los Angeles), 1979. First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. xv, 207 pp. Original blue cloth, in glossy cream dust jacket. A sweeping collection of essays on Catholicism in California. Sections include 'People of God' (Mother Elizabeth Seton, 'Irish Pioneer Journeys West', 'Catholic.....
N.p. California Catholic Conference by the Knights of Columbus, (1976). First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.375 x 8.25 in. ix, 166 pp. Original powder blue cloth, titles in gilt; without dust jacket (as issued). Twelve essays, including 'The Catholic Philosophy of History' by NEWMAN C. EBERHARDT; 'Leather-Jackets in Hispanic California, 1769-1774'.....
Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1968. First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.875 x 8.25 in. 65 pp. Original brown cloth, in cream dust jacket printed in brown. Illustrated with 18 black & white reproductions, including frontispiece. Title page printed in black & pink. Approbations. 'History has no more interesting page of romance.....
Freiburg / Montreal: Herder / Palm, (1967). First Thus. Demy 8vo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 207 pp. Original black boards in blue & white dust jacket. Edited & translated by KEVIN SMYTH.
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1970. Second Edition. 8vo. 6.625 x 9.625 in. xl, 237 pp. + adverts. Newly edited by LUDWIG FRÜCHTEL. Rebound in blue cloth. OTTO STÄHLIN's Critical text of Clement of Alexandria's Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae Propheticae, Quis Dives Salvetur, Fragmente. Text in Greek, with introduction & notes etc. in.....
Braine-le-Comte: Zech et Fils, (1902). 32mo. 4 x 5.375 in. 516 pp. Forest green leather, titled & ornamented in gilt with floral motif, all edges gilt; decorative endpapers with reinforced hinges. Profusely illustrated with black & white vignettes in three-quarter border; tissue-guarded frontis. of Annunciation. Roman handmissal including the Ordinary.....
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1960. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. 7 x 10.25 in. xix, 540 pp. Newly edited by LUDWIG FRÜCHTEL. Rebound in blue cloth. OTTO STÄHLIN's Critical text of Clement of Alexandria's Stromata. Illustrated with three black & white plates of manuscripts. Text in Greek, with introduction & notes in German.....
Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, (1965). First Edition. 4to. 7.5 x 10.25 in. xiii, 177 pp. Original powder blue cloth, in black & white pictorial dust jacket. The Franco codex of magnificats, presented here in modern score. Designed by ANDOR BRAUN.
Washington DC: Catholic University of America, 1934. First Edition. 8vo. 6 x 9 in. xix, 209 pp. Plain printed wrappers. Published as Vol. 2 of 'The Catholic University of America Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Latin' series, edited by Roy J. Deferrari, Martin R.P. McGuire, and Brother Giles, C.F.X. Scarce.....
Philadelphia: St. Peter's Church, (1930). First Thus. 48mo. 3 x 4.5 in. 281, [7] pp. Black leatherette, titled in gilt on upper cover with small IHS monogram, all edges red-under-gold; presented in original box. Preface on Devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory by St. Alphonsus Liguori. Approbations. A pristine.....
New York: Sheed and Ward, [c. 1949]. Early Printing. Demy 8vo. 5.625 x 8.75 in. vii, 107 pp. Attractive reprint of the 1934 Edition. Red boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of black & white drawings by Marigold Hunt. Contains the stories of St. Longinus, St. Christopher.....
London: Cassell, (1969). First Thus. A complete set in three volumes. 8vo. 5.625 x 8 in. 258; 344; 359 pp. Black boards, in plain colored paper dust jackets. The uncommon first English set of Kristin Lavransdatter in jackets.
Novi Eboraci (New York): Benziger Brothers, (1949). Later Printing. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. 1033, 298 (Commune Sanctorum) pp. etc. Black imitation leather, titled in gilt on spine with Chi Rho interposed between Alpha & Omega in gilt on upper cover, in blind on lower; all edges red under gold.....
Novi Eboraci (New York): Benziger Brothers, (1949). Later Printing. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. 1104, 305 (Commune Sanctorum) pp. etc. Black imitation leather, titled in gilt on spine with Chi Rho interposed between Alpha & Omega in gilt on upper cover, in blind on lower; all edges red under gold.....
Novi Eboraci (New York): Benziger Brothers, (1949). Later Printing. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. 1238, 335 (Commune Sanctorum) pp. etc. Black imitation leather, titled in gilt on spine with Chi Rho interposed between Alpha & Omega in gilt on upper cover, in blind on lower; all edges red under gold.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Second Edition. 16mo. 4.375 x 6.625 in. xx, 300 pp. Contemp. dark blue polished half-calf over blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. First published in 1913, this New Edition includes the Appendix 'In Praise of.....