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...
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...
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; (22) - 226 - (6) pp. First published in 1984 simply as "Thomas Merton", this is the Cistercian Publications' edition (Cistercian Studies Series #102) with the addition of a 40 page afterword, "Scholarship and Thomas Merton", added by the author for this edition. Twelve page listing of notes and references, 8 page select bibliography, and a 12 page general index. Previous owner's name stamped on the first page, otherwise clean with a sound binding and showing only very minor shelf wear to the edges of the covers. View More...
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; 260 pp. A biography of St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660), yes, but more than that, this is an extensive look at her spirituality and her relevance today. Sister LaFleur is a member of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, Ontario and has dedicated years to the study of the life and teaching of de Marillac. Eight page bibliography at the back and extensive footnotes accompany each chapter. The cover edges show very mild shelf wear, otherwise very clean and tight with the appearanceof having been used very little if at all. View More...
Publisher:
Montreal, Quebec., Aide a l'Eglise en Detresse.: 2015
Seller ID: 31372
ISBN: 2981083635
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
4to - 26.5 x 16.5 cm.; 64 pp. The text is in French. Preface by Mgr. Georges Casmoussa. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A series of 12 short biographies of Philomène Mujawimana, Claudia Strada, Bernadette Bona Genova Bodushka, Meena Barwa, Maria Presentación López Vivar, Hanan Youssef & Micheline Lattouf, Daniela Baronchelli, Maria Elena Díaz Tercero, Angelita Ibrahim, Karolina Mukakagina, Cacilia Zhao and Marie-Marcelle Desmarais. Previous owner's name on the first page. Minor wear to the edges of the covers, otherwise very clean and sound. View More...
Publisher:
Boston, Massachusetts., St. Paul Editions.: 1977
Seller ID: 33670
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 20.5 x 13 cm.; 181 - (11) pp. Translated into English by the daughters of St. Paul. One page foreword by Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin followed by a 3 page description of Fr. Alberione by Pope Paul VI. Illustrated with a centre section of 64 pages of black and white photographs. The library markings are a label ghost/scar on the lower spine and a monastic library stamp on the first page. Previous owner's name and address on the inside of the front cover. Otherwise clean with a sound binding and showing mild wear to the edges of the covers. Otherwise clean with a sound binding. View More...
Publisher:
Boston, Massachusetts., Daughters of St. Paul / St. Paul Editions.: 1959
Seller ID: 33950
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
8vo - 21 x 13 cm.; 153 pp. Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. A translation of the Italian "Figura di San Paolo" by Rev. Joseph Barbero SSP which in turn was a translation of the Latin work "Effigies Divi Pauli Sive Vitae Apostolicae" which was revised and edited by Rev. Romualdo Galdos SJ. The final translating and editing for this present work was done by the Daughters of St. Paul. The library markings on the book are a stamp on the front free end paper and attachments on the back free end paper. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper also, o... View More...
Publisher:
Saint Louis, Missouri., Fathers of the Sacerdotal Fraternity.: 1952
Seller ID: 32983
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
12mo - 18.5 x 12 cm.; 15 pp. Green and white wraps in a saddle stapled (single staple) binding. A brief biography with a 1 page chronology. Essentialy a booklet published so as to promote the cause of Fr. Prevost with that informaion on the inside of the back cover. Quite minor wear to the wraps, otherwise in a near-fine to fine condition. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
Publisher:
Notre Dame, Indiana., University of Notre Dame Press.: 1963
Seller ID: 33415
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Good
12mo - 18 x 10.5 cm.; xiv - 113 pp. Translated from the French edition, 'Quatre Saints", of 1951 by Dorothea O'Sullivan. "Following an introductory essay on holiness, the author examines four kinds of spirituality; those of Francis of Assisi, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, and Francis de Sales." The library markings are a label on the lower spine, a pocket and stamp on the first page and another quite small pocket on the inside of the back cover. Wear and scuffing to the covers and the spine is faded. Otherwise clean with a sound binding. View More...
Publisher:
Montreal, Quebec., Les Editions Paulines.: 1988
Seller ID: 33470
ISBN: 2890391817
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine
8vo - 20.5 x 14 cm.; 415 pp. The text is in French. Illustrated with 12 pages of black and white photographs. Three page fold-out chart facing page 336, "La vie du Père Frédéric et son contexte historique" which covers 1830 to 1920. Père Frédéric Janssoone OFM, lived from 1838 to 1916. Very mild wear to the edges of the covers, else fine. View More...
Publisher:
Lanham, Maryland., University Press of America.: 1991
Seller ID: 4525
ISBN: 0819182214
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; viii - 244 pp. Footnotes, Bibliography, Index. Petre (1863-1942) was an aristocratic Victorian English woman who was involved in what has come to be known as Roman Catholic Modernism and was an associate of George Tyrrell, von Hugel and Bremond. The text block edges show slight soiling, else fine. View More...
Publisher:
Montreal, Quebec., Centre Missionaire Ste Therese.:
Seller ID: 31499
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 45 - (3) pp. The text is in French. No date of publication is given. Full colour card stock wraps in a saddle stapled binding. A series of 20 excerpts from the writings of St. Thérèse each illustrated with a reproduction of a painting by Zotique Steben. The illustration is on the verso of the page (left hand side) and the text is on the facin recto (right hand side). The top fore edge coner of the booklet has a slight crease, otherwise clean with a sound binding. All-in-all, a rather beautiful presentation. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it i... View More...
Publisher:
London, UK., The Office of the Vice-Postulation.: (1961)
Seller ID: 34065
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Good
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; 23 pp. White paper wraps with green lettering in a saddle stapled binding. John Kemble was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. Four page appendix of an anonymous poem composed in the early 1800's about John Kemble. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View More...
