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., Saint Martin de Porres Guild.: (1962)
Seller ID: 30592
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
12mo - 17 x 12 cm.; 64 pp. Pale green wraps with brown and yellow lettering and art work in a saddle stapled binding. First published in 1936 and adapted from the original French by the Very Rev. Norbert Georges. This is the 20th edition. Minor wear and light sunning (browning) to the covers, else clean with a sound binding. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. 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 - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; x - 215 pp. From the back cover: "In this original and challenging work, the author reveals the influence that Jewish mysticism and Christian Kabbalah had on Teresa's thought. Exploring the relationship between her mystical experiences and her spiritual teachings, our attention is drawn to the significance of her visions, raptures and ecstasies, and to the symbols she used to express her experiences. Focuing on Teresa not only as a mystic but as a woman, the author draws us into the life of this remarkable and influential character, examining her place in the Western mys... 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.; 206 pp. Eugene was ordained a priest mere hours before he died from cancer and Fr. Groeschel writes of the inscrutable ways of God in all of this. Two page foreword by John Cardinal O'Conner. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Twenty four pages of addenda and a 4 page index of names. An as-new and unused book. 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...
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; vii - (7) - 240 - (2) pp. Burgundy cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine (faded) and the front board (bright). Blind stamped border rules (2) on the head and tail margins of the front board. Black and white frontis piece of 4 Jesuits; Brébeuf, Jogues, Lalemant and Ragueneau. First published in 1893, ths is a reprint of the revised edition of 1912. Five page introduction by Thomas O'Hagan. Two page isting of "Authorities Consulted for this Work" at the back. Minor wear to the spine tips and the fore corners of the boards and the spine is faded or sunne... 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...
8vo - 20 x 13.5 cm.; (6) - 154 pp. Beige paper over boards with maroon cloth and silver gilt lettering on the spine. Born Maria Rita Lopes Pontes in Bahia region of northeast Brazil, she joined the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception to serve the poor and forgotten in that same region. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. The book shows some mild wear to the spine tips and is otherwise clean with a tight binding. The dust jacket has mild wear to the spine tips and a closed tear in the head edge of the back panel. View More...
Publisher:
Toronto, Ontario., Griffin House Graphics.: 1986
Seller ID: 23305
ISBN: 887601111
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 23 x 14.5 cm.; 196 pp. Biographical profiles of Gerald Emmett Carter, Remi de Roo, Mary Jo Leddy, Larry Henderson, Morley Callaghan, Marie-Claire Blais, Marc Lalonde, Andy Hogan, Richard Cashin, Emmett Hall, Jean Forest, and Larkin Kerwin. Illustrated with black and white portrait sketches. Minor shelf wear to the covers while the interior is clean and the binding is tight. View More...
