CLEMENT VISMARA: APOSTLE OF THE LITTLE ONES
Detroit: Pime World Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Paperback. 171p. Softcover book in fine condition. Father Vismara was a PIME missionary priest in Burma. More
Catholic Biography
PRAY LOVE, REMEMBER: The Story of a Family
New York: Farrar Straus & Co., 1947. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 303p, A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. THe jacket has a couple closed tears but is whole and complete. Memoirs of a Catholic childhood in a small town in upstate New York in the early..... More
THE HOLINESS OF THE CHURCH IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped, previous owner's name, small stain on page edge, otherwise clean and tight. A collection of short biographies of many holy men and women of the 19th century, many of which have..... More
THE LIVING OF MAISIE WARD
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 255p. A fine hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Includes some b/w photographs. More
PLAYED BY EAR: The Autobiography of Daniel A. Lord, S.J.
Chicago/Garden City: Loyola University Press/Hanover House, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 398p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a POOR dustjacket. The binding is slightly cockeyed, but still tight, and the text is unmarked. The jacket is in pieces --- the flaps are detached, and the edges..... More
PLAYED BY EAR: The Autobiography of Daniel A. Lord, S.J.
Chicago/Garden City: Loyola University Press/Hanover House, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 398p. Ex-library. A black cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Cover rubbed and various library markings inside, but text itself unmarked and binding tight. The memoirs of the famous Catholic priest and author. More
ALL THE DAY LONG
New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 259p. A brown cloth hardcover book in near-fine codnition. Mild shelf wear; otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Bishop James Anthony Walsh, cofounder of Maryknoll. Contains black and white photographs. More
WOMAN OF FAITH: A Profile of the Sercvant of God Mother Thelca Merlo
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1965. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. 226p. Venerable Thelca Merlo (1894-1964) was the co-foundress of the Daughters of St. Paul. More
ARCHBISHOP ROBERTS S.J.: His Life and Writings
London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1966. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 196p. Ex-seminary library copy of a brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Apart from having the usual library stamps and markings, plus a sticker on the spine, the book is clean and tight. First edition of this biography of Thomas..... More
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CAMPAIGNER FOR CHRIST
Boston: Catholic Campaigners for Christ, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 416p. A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Scarce in this condition. David Goldstein (1870-1958) was a Jewish convert to Catholicism. He was an activist against Marxism in labor unions. More
ISAAC HECKER: An American Catholic
Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992. Hardcover. 446p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The book is clean and tight and appears unread. The dustjacket has a 1/2" closed and creased tear at the top-left front corner. Otherwise in excellent condition. A biography of..... More
THE SIZE OF CHESTERTON'S CATHOLICISM
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1998. Hardcover. A new hardcover book in dustjacket. 214p. An intellectual biography of Chesterton as a Christian, a Catholic, and a writer. More
DOROTHY DAY: Friend to the Forgotten
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 147p. A new hardcover book with dustjacket. Appears unread. From the WOMEN OF SPIRIT series. More
ANTONIO ROSMINI: Introduction to His Life and Teaching
Durham: Rosmini House, 1992. Paperback. 80p. A softcover booklet in fine condition. More
AN ARTIST SOUL: Roger Durey
Trappist, KY: The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, 1947. Hardcover. 203p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Another former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The Cistercian Library no. 2. A...... More
MURDERED IN CENTRAL AMERICA: The Stories of Eleven U.S. Missionaries
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1988. Paperback. 366p. Ex-library. A softcover book in good reading condition. Sticker and crease on spine. Sticker and card pocket inside. Otherwise clean and tight. More
FROM UNION SQUARE TO ROME
Silver Spring, MD: Preservation of the Faith Press, 1939. 1st Edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. 173p. Ex-library. A salmon-pink cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine tanned, slightly cockeyed, and marked with a call number. Glue stain inside front cover. Owner's inscription and various library stamps on endpapers, title page..... More
BOSSUET
Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 285p. Ex-library hardcover in dustjacket. Shelf label on spine, stamps and markings on endpapers and title page. Text is clean and tight, unmarked and complete. Good reading condition. Biography of the great 17th century French theologian. Scarce. More
YANKEE PRIEST: An Autobiographical Journey, with Certain Detours, from Salem to New Orleans
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 315p. A hardcover book in very good condition, lacking the dustjacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. The autobiography of a Catholic priest, teacher, and novelist (he wrote THE SCARLET LILY, which was later made into a movie with Ingrid Bergman)..... More
APOSTLE OF THE KARENS: Venerable Fr. Paolo Manna
Fyshwick, Australia: A.R. McLean, 1996. Paperback. 73p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover is creased, lightly tanned, and faintly soiled. Small, pale yellow stain (about the size of a half-dollar) on p. 71. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Fr. Manna, a Catholic missionary in Burma, who..... More
THE BLESSEDS CARLOS, JESUS, FIDEL, MARIANISTS
Dayton: North American Center for Marianist Studies, 1999. Paperback. 221p. Ex-library. A softcover book in very good condition. Library markings inside; two stickers on cover. Spine lightly creased. Otherwise clean and tight. Biographies of three beatified Marianists: Carlos Erana, Fidel Fuidio, and Jesus Hita. Black and white photographs throughout. From..... More
PEOPLE'S PADRE
Boston: The Beacon Press, 1956. 8th printing. Hardcover. 288p. A light green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. The spine is faded and slightly cockeyed, and the corners are worn. Flecks of spotting on foredge and owner's name inside. Otherwise clean and tight. The author was a Catholic priest..... More
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1947. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 300p. 7th prtg. Ex-library copy of a grey cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library stamp on front endpaper. Small bits of underlining in pen throughout. Pen notes on back endpaper. Former owner's signature on front endpaper. Edges rubbed and spine slightly..... More
MY NEW WORLD
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 396p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Gutters of endpapers are tanned. Back cover has a pale streak across the middle. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket has rubbed edges, and the back is tanned, but..... More
MY NEW WORLD
London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 403p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Light shelf wear and faint staining to cover. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Lacks front free endpaper. A continuation of the Catholic priest's autobiography as begun in MY OLD WORLD. More