Publisher:
Monroe, Michigan., Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.: 1977
Seller ID: 31580
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 180 pp. Not so much a biography of St. Alphonsus, but more of a history of the charism he had and that was left with the Redemptorists. Eighteen pages of footnotes. Mild shelf wear to the edges of the covers and the spine is a tad faded. View More...
Publisher:
Buffalo, New York., Immaculate Heart Publications.: 2007
Seller ID: 25977
ISBN: 1896384080
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; viii - 284 pp. From the back cover: "This book recounts the life of Lucia dos Santos, the eldest of the three children of Fatima to whom Our Lady appeared". Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs. The covers show some very light shelf wear to the edges, otherwise very clean and tight. View More...
Publisher:
Buffalo, New York., Immaculate Heart Publications.: 2007
Seller ID: 30921
ISBN: 1896384080
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Fine
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; viii - 284 pp. From the back cover: "This book recounts the life of Lucia dos Santos, the eldest of the three children of Fatima to whom Our Lady appeared". Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs. An as-new and unused book. View More...
8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; 200 pp. In 1926, six sisters of the newly founded Irish order arrived in China beginning the establishing of schools and hospitals in Hanyang, Nancheng and Shanghai. The order was expelled by the Communist government in 1951. Illustrated with a map on page 8 and a centre section of 16 pages of black and white photographs. The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and a pocket on the inside of the back cover. Previous owner's name and gift note on the first (half title) page. Otherwise the book is clean with a sound binding and having m... View More...
Publisher:
Yardley, Pennsylvania., Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart.: 2000
Seller ID: 30836
ISBN: 0967971608
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fine
8vo - 20.5 x 13 cm.; xiii - 293 pp. Approbations present. Biography of the Foundress of the Grey Nuns. Bibliography, index. An as-new and unused book. View More...
Publisher:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin., Bruce Publishing.: 1951
Seller ID: 31035
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xvii - 428 pp. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Black and white frontis portrait of St. John Baptist de La Salle. Fourteen pages of notes, 3 appendices: "Mémoire sur l'habit" (in English), "La Salle Removed as Superior, November, 1702", "Brief of Our Holy Father Pope Pius XII Proclaiming Saint John Baptist de La Salle Patron of . . .", and a 6 page index. The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and a pocket on the back paste down end paper. Previous owner's name blacked out on the front end papers. The book ... View More...
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...
8vo - 19 x 13.5 cm.; 170 pp. Five page preface by Fr. Thomas Rosica and a four page introduction by Karl Rahner, SJ. Written by Giorgio's sister and first published in Italian in 1975 as "Pier Giorgio Frassati: I giorni della sua vita" and translated into English by Dinah Livingstone in 1990, this is a revised edition, adapted and edited by Patricia O'Rourke. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. French folded flaps on the fore edges of the covers. An as-new and unused book. 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...
Publisher:
San Francisco. California., Ignatius Press.: 1992
Seller ID: 31106
ISBN: 0898703875
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; 180 pp. First published as a Vision Book in 1957 by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, this is the later Ignatius reprint. The illustrations by Rose Goufket are 12 black and white drawings serving as chapter headpieces (the appendix "Campion's Brag" does not have one). Mild wear to the edges of the covers, otherwise clean with a sound binding. 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...
