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.; 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...
Publisher:
Toronto, Ontario., Griffin House Graphics.: 1986
Seller ID: 32203
ISBN: 887601111
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Good
8vo - 23 x 14.5 cm.; (8) - 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. Ten pages of Sources Consulted. Minor shelf wear to the covers with a sticker ghost on the front while the interior is clean and the binding is sound. View More...
Publisher:
St. Louis, Missouri., B. Herder Book Company.: 1945
Seller ID: 33874
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
8vo - 23.5 x 15.5 cm.; vi - 502 pp. Wine red cloth over boards with gilt lettering (quite faded) on the spine. Translated from the German, "Paulus, sein Leben und seine Briefe" by Rev. Frederic C. Eckhoff. First published in English in 1944, this is the second printing. Illustrated with 3 full page maps (printed on coated paper) of the 3 missionary journeys of Paul. One 2 page appendix, "Chronology of the Life of St. Paul", and a comprehensive 12 page index. The library markings are a label on the lower spine, a stamp on the title page and a pocket on the back paste down end pa... View More...
Publisher:
Notre Dame, Indiana., Ave Maria Press.: 2014
Seller ID: 32795
ISBN: 1594714223
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fine
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xxvi - 260 pp. From the author's introduction: "It is not at first apparent, and it has long been overlooked, but among the myriad influences that combine to shape and inform the life, thought, and writing of Thomas Merton stands the Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition. It is widely known that Merton first sought to enter the Order of the Friars Minor . . ." One appendix, "Merton's Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi". Twenty-three pages of notes followed by 10 page index. An as-new and unused book. View More...
Publisher:
Taipei, Taiwan., September 8th Editorial Board: 2003
Seller ID: 11142
ISBN: 9579390525
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 15 cm.; (36) - 458 pp. Illustrated with 17 pages of photographs most of which are in colour. The memoirs of a Chinese Catholic. Philomena is one of the survivors of the Shanghai persecution and left China for Hong Kong in 1978. From 1982 to 1999, she has written bits and pieces of her story and now presents it as a whole in this edition. From her time in a labour camp, being under house arrest with her family, her leaving and her subsequent life of evangelization and sharing her story. The September 8th editorial board is a group of Chinese Catholic youth of the 1950's who have come... View More...
Publisher:
Taipei, Taiwan., September 8th Editorial Board.: 2003
Seller ID: 11739
ISBN: 9579390525
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21 x 15 cm.; [36] - 458 pp. Illustrated with 17 pages of photographs most of which are in colour. The memoirs of a Chinese Catholic. Philomena is one of the survivors of the Shanghai persecution and left China for Hong Kong in 1978. From 1982 to 1999, she has written bits and pieces of her story and now presents it as a whole in this edition. From her time in a labour camp, being under house arrest with her family, her leaving and her subsequent life of evangelization and sharing her story. The September 8th editorial board is a group of Chinese Catholic youth of the 1950's who have come... View More...
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xiii - 330 pp. Foreword by René Motte OMI. Illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs and reproductions. Four page bibliography. The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and attachments on the inside of the back cover and the blank verso of the last page. Previous owner's name on the first page, mild wear to the edges of the covers, otherwise clean with a sound binding. View More...
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xiii - 330 pp. Foreword by René Motte OMI. Illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs and reproductions. Four page bibliography. The top quarter of the title page has been clipped, otherwise the book appears to have been used very little if at all. View More...
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xi - 268 pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Translated from the German and French texts by Michael Barry. The dust jacket is edge worn (more so on the top edge) with light soiling. Illustrated with 8 rather nice line drawings throughout the text - illustrator is unknown. This biography relates not only the happenings in Paul's life but also his thoughts, his teachings, and the evolution of his character and personality. View More...
