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...
Publisher:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin., The Bruce Publishing Company.: 1940
Seller ID: 33987
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Good in Good dust jacket
8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; x - 186 pp. Light green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. The text block head edge is stained red as issued. Dramatic short stories of saints written by members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to interest young readers. Contents: 1 - "Christ's Passionflower - St. Agnes" by Edward D. Harris, 2 - "Mary of Light - Maria de la Luz Camacho" by John J. Walsh, 3 - "White Dove of Rome - Cecilia" by James W. Naughton, 4 - The Flame of Lucca - Gemma Galgani" by John J. Walsh, 5 - "The maid of orleans - Joan of... View More...
Publisher:
Lisieux, Calvados, France., Office Central de Lisieux.: 1961
Seller ID: 31607
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
8vo - 22.5 x 17.5 cm.; The text volume: 81 pp. The photographs: unpaginated with 47 photographs and 47 enlargements taken from the originals that detail Thérèse in particular. All text is in French. For both volumes: plain white wrappers with dark brown lettering and with dust jackets illustrated with a black and white photograph of Thérèse. The text volume has a three page fold out at the back with a plan map of the "Communauté de Notre Dame du Mont Carmel à Lisieux" and various notes on known photographs and is illustrated with 3 full page reproductions of paintings of Thérèse. The v... View More...
8vo - 24 x 16.5 cm.; xxi - 138 pp. Approbations present. Most of the text is in French though there are letters in Italian and Latin. Besides the life of Leunis, there is a look at the sources of information about him. Paper wraps, with a sewn binding. Some wear and sunning on cover and the text pages are browned a bit on the margins. View More...
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 249 pp. Translated from the original Dutch by Ingeborg Lund and first published in English in 1938. Msgr. Doheny states that this revised edition is "pro manuscripto", however he does not say whether this was the Swedish manuscript or the English translation by Lund. Jorgensen describes this book as a companion volume to his "Life of Saint Francis of Assisi". General though light wear to the pink covers and there is a reading crease in the spine (between pages 48 and 49). Otherwise clean with a reasonably sound binding. View More...
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 249 pp. Translated from the original Dutch by Ingeborg Lund and first published in English in 1938. Msgr, Doheny states that this revised edition is "pro manuscripto", however he does not say whether this was the Swedish manuscript or the English translation by Lund. Jorgensen describes this book as a companion volume to his "Life of Saint Francis of Assisi". General though light wear to the pink covers. The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and attachment remains on the inside of the back cover and the verso of the last page. Otherw... View More...
Publisher:
Boston, Massachusetts., Daughters of St. Paul / St. Paul Editions.: 1985
Seller ID: 33980
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
0819839140 8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; (18) - 328 - (6) pp. Black and white frontis photograph of Fr. Alberione. Footnotes at the end of each of the 5 chapters. Twelve page bibliography. Previous owner's name stamped on the first page. Otherwise clean with a sound binding and having mild wear to the edges of the covers. View More...
8vo - 21 x 13 cm.; xiii - 173 pp. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. In 1954, twenty-one religious sisters wrote about how they were prompted to enter the religious life and these thoughts were published as the book, "Why I Entered Religious Life". Thirteen of those same sisters now reflect on their vocations after their novitiates are over. Three page introduction by the Most Reverend Richard J. Cushing, the then Archbishop of Boston. The externals of the book show only mild wear and that to the board corners and spine tips while the end papers have brown tape stains as ... View More...
Publisher:
New York., Harper & Brothers Publishers.: (1939)
Seller ID: 34284
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
8vo - 24 x 16 cm.; vi - 33 pp. Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and a blind stamped publisher's device on the lower fore edge corner of the front board. Black and white frontis portrait of Bishop Kelley by Rembski, 1938. Copyrighted in 1939, this is the third edition (printing). Five page index at the back. Bishop Kelley, 1870-1948, Canadian born, was the founder of the Catholic Church Extension Society of the USA, served in various diplomatic capacities during the peace talks following the first world war, openly opposed the KKK and served as the second bishop of ... View More...
8vo - 19.5 x 13.5 cm.; 32 pp. An ancestor of the church bell manufacturing Eldridges of Sussex, England, John (1837-1908) immigrated to Canada, settled on a farm in the Owen Sound area of Ontario, and did much to aid the development of the Catholic Church in the area. A saddle stapled booklet with brown card stock covers and 1/4" yapped edges. The cover has some soiling and edgewear, former owner's name (Elizabeth Eldridge) is on the first blank page; frontis is a photograph of Mr. And Mrs. John Eldridge in 1891. The interior is very clean and the binding is solid. The shipping cost for th... View More...
Publisher:
Trois Rivieres, Quebec., Editions Du Bien Public.: 1995
Seller ID: 32741
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Fine
12mo - 18 x 13.5 cm.; 64 pp. White wraps with a saddle stapled binding and a black and white photograph of Fr. Frederick on front. A condensation of the book by Fr. Romain Legare on Fr. Frederick. That translation was done by Raphael Brown and this condensation is from a French text prepared by Leandre Poirier. Fr. Frederick was declared Blessed in 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Incuded is a small medal of Fr. Frederick with a second class relic. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
