Publisher:
London, UK., The Office of the Vice-Postulation.: 1961
Seller ID: 34052
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 16 pp. Blue wraps in a saddle stapled binding. One page foreword by Bernard Patrick, the bishop of Brentwood. One page bibliography. Illustrated with 1 black and white photograph, a 2 page town plan map of Chelmsford and a a black and white drawing of the Bosworth Burse. John Paine was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. Minor wear and tanning of the wraps, else fine. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
Publisher:
London, UK., The Office of the Vice-Postulation.: (1961)
Seller ID: 34054
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fair
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 15 - (1) pp. Gray wraps with black lettering in a saddle stapled binding. Moderate underlining and minor marginalia throughout. Albert Roe was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. The back cover is lightly foxed and the booklet itself has a mild horizontal crease. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
12mo - 17.5 x 11.5 cm.; ix - 176 - (4) pp. A library rebind in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. First published in 1918, this is the third edition. Illustrated with 7 black and white plates though only 6 are mentioned in the preliminary pages. One page bibliography and a 3 page index at the back. The library markings from a convent, aside from the new binding, are a call number on the lower spine, crossed out library stamps on the preliminary pages and the blank end pages along with a pocket on the back free end paper. The book shows only minimal wear to the externals and the inte... View More...
Publisher:
Rockford, Illinois., Tan Books and Publishers.: 1987
Seller ID: 30531
ISBN: 0895553287
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Good
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; (8) - 125 - (11) pp. First published in 1918 by Burns & Oates of London as "Life of Pius X; Heroes of the Church", this is the much later revised Tan softcover reprint of the 1954 edition. Illustrated with 9 pages of black and white photographs. The bibliography and index present in the earlier editions are not present in this later one. The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and library attachments on the inside of the back cover. A previous owner's name on the first page has been blacked out. Otherwise the book is quite clean with a... View More...
Publisher:
Rockford, Illinois., Tan Books and Publishers.: 1987
Seller ID: 32931
ISBN: 0895553287
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; (8) - 125 - (11) pp. First published in 1918 by Burns & Oates of London as "Life of Pius X; Heroes of the Church", this is the much later revised Tan softcover reprint of the 1954 edition. Illustrated with 9 pages of black and white photographs. The bibliography and index present in the earlier editions are not present in this later one. Previous owner's name stamped on the first page and the inside of the back cover. Otherwise the book is quite clean with a solid binding. View More...
Publisher:
Cincinnati, Ohio., St. Anthony Messenger Press. (Servant Books).: 2005
Seller ID: 30402
ISBN: 0867167181
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 20.5 x 13 cm.; (4) - 172 pp. Two appendices and 3 pages of notes. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, otherwise clean with a tight binding. View More...
Publisher:
Calgary, Alberta., Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary.: 2010
Seller ID: 31659
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fine
8vo - 21 x 15.5 cm.; 59 pp. A series of short biographies of Canadian Catholics who were called to love: Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Fr. James Morrow, Brother Anthony Kowalczyk, Katherine Hughes, Georges and Pauline Vanier, Jeanne Le Ber, Bishop Vital Grandin, The Canadian Martyrs and Joseph Chiwatenwha, Catherine Doherty, and Brother André Bessette. Illustrated with both colour and black and white full colour portraits by Joseph Adolphe one of which is a 2 panel fold-out. Two page bibliography. An as-new and unused book. View More...
8vo - 19 x 12.5 cm.; xxvi, 427 pp. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. To this second edition has been added the funeral discourse of Mrs. Theodore Galton and the sermons preached at the Centenaries of Stonyhurst and New Hall. Here is a collection of funeral orations and centenary sermons for the following: Sir Charles Tempest, Hon. Charles Langdale, George W. Cuninghame, Cecil Marchioness of Lothian, Prince Louis Napoleon, Marcia Lady Herries, Mother Magdalen, Lady Georgiana Fullerton, Charles Weld, William Joseph Middelton, Robert Caddell, Eliza Mary Katharine Devas,... View More...
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 192 pp. Translated from the original French edition of 1960, "Trente visites à Joseph le silencieux", by Jane Wynne Saul RSCJ. Coloured frontis piece of St. Joseph after a drawing by Paul Grout. The library markings, none of which are external, are library stamps and a pocket on the front free end paper. Minor wear to the board fore corners and the spine tips. Oherwise clean with a sound binding. View More...
Publisher:
Notre Dame, Indiana., Ave Maria Press.: 1969
Seller ID: 32957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
8vo - 20 x 13 cm.; 164 pp. Brown cloth over boards with dark brown lettering on the spine and brown art work on the front board. Four page introduction by John S. Dunne CSC. Illustrated with 22 linoleum block prints by Sarah Geissler. The book appears to have never been used. The unclipped dust jacket has some very minor edge wear and a wee bit of soiling on the back panel. View More...
Publisher:
New York., Christian Press Association Publishing Co.: 1898
Seller ID: 2292
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
12mo - 18.5 x 12 cm.; 194 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, black lettering and decorations on front board. Frontis photograph of Littleton, Colorado circa 1890. Previous owner's name (religious order) stamped neatly in various places. Spine title and front board title is "Sketches". The corners (more so on bottom) are bumped and showing some wear. A series of 12 sketches relating the scenery, people and ambience of various locales, all located in the western US. A clear and removable archival cover as been fitted. View More...
8vo - 19.5 x 13 cm.; xix - 274 pp. Blue cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine a silver gilt dove centered on the front board. The text block head edge is stained blue as issued. First published in 1943, this is the fifth printing. An apologia from a "high-class" convert who takes weighty doctrine and puts it into dinner party conversations. Minor wear to the spine tips and the end papers are tanned in the gutters. Otherwise very clean with a sound binding. The clipped dust jacket has mild wear to the spine tips and the fore corners. View More...
8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; 368 pp. , "Along with Fulton Sheen, Gillis may have been one of the best-known Catholic priests in America during the 1940s and early 1950s . . . a charismatic preacher who appeared on The Catholic Hour (NBC radio) and was editor of The Catholic World . . . " View More...
8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; xviii - 258 pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Translated from the German "Die Bekehrung des Aurelius Augustinus" by Elinor Briefs. Four page index at the back. The library markings are a catalogue number on the lower spine and stamps on the half title page. The front free end paper has been trimmed with ~3/4 of it neatly cut off. The text pages are all browned on the margins though not brittle. Wear to the fore corners of the boards (bumped) and the spine tips (rubbed). White spotting on the front board along with some uneven sunning or fading.... View More...
Publisher:
Rome, Italy., Apud Institutum Historicum Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum.: 1998
Seller ID: 30257
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 24 x 17 cm.; 311 pp. Gray wraps with black lettering. The second volume of the "Corpus Hagiographicum Sancti Dominici". Contents: "Bibliography and Abbreviations" - 7 pages, "Bernard Gui" - 7 pages of biographical details, "Catalogus Magistrorum", "Speculum Sanctorale", plus addenda, corrigenda, and 3 indices. The primary text is in Latin with Tugwell's contribution in English. The library markings are a faint label ghost scar on the lower spine and a stamp on the title page. Otherwise very clean with a tight binding. View More...
Publisher:
Maryknoll, New York., Orbis Books.: 1980
Seller ID: 17073
ISBN: 0883442124
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 96 pp. Notes and sources. Dr. Hall has worked with Dom Helder and is a lecturer at Selly Oak Colleges and Oscott College, Birmingham, England. Dom Helder was Bishop of Olinda and Recife in North East Brazil, a very poor region, and has strong views about truth and justice. A clean, tight volume with a few penciled markings of former owner on half-title page. View More...
Publisher:
Maryknoll, New York., Orbis Books.: 1980
Seller ID: 30480
ISBN: 0883442124
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 96 pp. One page of notes and sources. Dr. Hall has worked with Dom Helder and is a lecturer at Selly Oak Colleges and Oscott College, Birmingham, England. Dom Helder was Bishop of Olinda and Recife in North East Brazil, a very poor region, and has strong views about truth and justice. Library markings are a label taped onto the lower spine, stamps on the half title page and attachments on the inside of the back cover. Otherwise clean with a tight binding. View More...
Publisher:
Notre Dame, Indiana., Ave Maria Press.: 1982
Seller ID: 33490
ISBN: 0877932573
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Good
8vo - 21 x 16.5 cm.; 80 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The library markings are a label taped to the lower spine, a stamp on the first (half title) page and attachments on the inside of the back cover. Otherwise clean with a sound binding and having mild wear and scuffing to the covers. View More...
12mo - 18 x 11.5cm.; 48 pp. White card stock wraps with black lettering and a black and white picture on the front cover in a saddle stapled binding. Nine illustrations thoughout the text, one of which is a map. A brief biography of Saint Nicholas, 1245 to 1305, with the Bull of Canonization by Pope Eugene IV in 1446 followed by various prayers and the hymn to Saint Nicholas with words by Rev. Hart and music by Rev. Sheedy on pages 46 and 47. Quite minor wear to the card stock covers, else fine. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
