1881-94, 1905. Hardcover. Ex-library 3/4 leather with decorative banded spine (except volume 37 in library buckram). Two volumes in black leather. Rest calf-colored. Volumes 1-25 and 37 covering years 1881-94 and 1905 in 27 books. Volume 2 front board detached. Volumes 3, 17, 26 chipped spine. Volume 20 back gutter... More about ACTA SANCTAE SEDIS (Volumes 1-26, 37 in 27 books
Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1965. Paperback. 36p. A staplebound softcover book in fine condition. More about CLOSING SPEECHES VATICAN COUNCIL II December 7-8, 1965
Avenione: L. Aubanel, 1851. Paperback. 113p plus 94p appendix. Ex-library copy of a large softcover book in acceptable condition. Library markings on front cover and first few pages. Large sticker inside front cover. Some pages uncut. Mild foxing throughout. The cover is tanned, lightly stained, and quite chipped on the... More about CONCILIUM PROVINCIAE AVENIONENSIS, Avenione Habitum Anno Domini MDCCCXLIX Mense Decembri, IV...
Washington DC: USCCB, 2009. Softcover. Sticker on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight softcover book in fine condition. 93p. Pope Benedict XVI's reflections on marriage, parenting, and other familial issues. More about POPE BENEDICT XVI: FAMILY (SPIRITUAL THOUGHT SERIES
Washington DC: USCCB, 2010. Softcover. Sticker on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight softcover book in fine condition. 66p. A collection of Pope Benedict XVI's reflections on pastoral care of the sick, death, and suffering. More about POPE BENEDICT XVI: SICKNESS (SPIRITUAL THOUGHT SERIES
Washington DC: USCCB, 2009. Softcover. Sticker on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight softcover book in fine condition. 109p. A collection of Pope Benedict XVI's reflections on the mass, the priesthood, and devotion to the Eucharist. More about POPE BENEDICT XVI: THE EUCHARIST (SPIRITUAL THOUGHT SERIES
Washington DC: USCCB, 2009. Softcover. Sticker on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight softcover book in fine condition. 123p. A collection of Pope Benedict XVI's reflections on the mass, the priesthood, and devotion to the Eucharist. More about POPE BENEDICT XVI: THE FOLLOWING CHRIST (SPIRITUAL THOUGHT SERIES
Washington DC: USCCB, 2009. Softcover. Sticker on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight softcover book in fine condition. 83p. A collection of Pope Benedict XVI's reflections on the mass, the priesthood, and devotion to the Eucharist. More about POPE BENEDICT XVI: THE PRIESTHOOD (SPIRITUAL THOUGHT SERIES
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1903. Paperback. 38p. A light blue staplebound softcover booklet in very good condition. Edges tanned. Sticker on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. An anti-Catholic essay condemning Pope Leo XIII as an enemy of Protestant religious freedom. More about TRIAL AND SELF-CONVICTION OF POPE LEO XIII
London: T. Fisher Unwin Limited, 1925. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 136p. Blue cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Previous owner's name, pages rough-cut, otherwise clean and tight. By Abate Achille Ratti, otherwise known as Pope Pius XI. Translated by J.E.C. Eaton. Includes b/w photographs. A biography of Pope Pius..... More about CLIMBS ON ALPINE PEAKS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First American Edition. Hardcover. 139p. A light grey cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light fading along the top. Initials of former owner on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Pius XI was an avid mountaineer before his papacy. This book, written before... More about CLIMBS ON ALPINE PEAKS
Belgium: The Regina Press, 1966. Robert Rigot. Paperback. Approx. 80p. A staplebound yellow softcover book in very good condition. A few faint cover creases. Otherwise clean and tight. No. 1 in the Catholic Picture Library for children. A life of Pope John XXIII told in a comic-book-like format, with four... More about THE GOOD POPE JOHN
New York: Herder and Herder, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 199p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Head of spine lightly bumped. Stamp on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has several small closed edge tears, but is otherwise intact. Filled with... More about POPE PAUL VI IN THE HOLY LAND
New York: Wonder Books, 1966. Softcover. A clean, tight softcover book in very good condition. 48p. A biography of Roncalli from his birth to papacy. With black/white and color photographs. More about THE STORY OF POPE JOHN XXIII
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1963. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamps on endpapers and page edges. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition in like dustjacket. 287p. A detailed yet accessible biography of Angelo Roncalli. More about A MAN NAMED JOHN: THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN XXIII
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963. Allene Gaty Hatch. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 287p. Ex-library copy of a hardcover book and its dustjacket, both in very good condition. Usual library markings and stamps inside and on jacket's spine. The flaps of the dustjacket are attached to the pastedown endpapers. Otherwise, text, clean... More about A MAN NAMED JOHN: The Life of Pope John XXIII
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1957. Louis Priscilla. Hardcover. 251p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Pen note on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Black and white illustrations by Louis Priscilla at the beginning of each chapter. More about CROWN OF GLORY: The Life of Pope Pius XII
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. Louis Priscilla. Memorial Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 271p. A black gilt cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed. Edges faintly faded. Signature on reverse side of frontis. Otherwise clean and tight. Color photograph frontis. Three sections of black and white photographs... More about CROWN OF GLORY: The Life of Pope Pius XII
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 216p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Blacked-out signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly edgeworn, but fully intact. An account of Cardinal Roncalli's time as Papal Nuncio to France. Contains black... More about MISSION TO FRANCE 1944-1953
New York: A Mentor Book (The New American Library), 1956. Paperback. 317p. Ex-library. A gold softcover book in good condition. Sticker on spine. Call number on front cover. Stamps and markings inside. Light shelf wear; text clean and binding tight. Important papal encyclicals discussed in their historical context. More about THE PAPAL ENCYLCICALS IN THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 238p. A half cloth hardcover book in very good condition with dustjacket in good condition. Spine rubbed and bumped. Slight fading on endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket very rubbed, with slight nicking around edges. Tanning on spine. A compilation... More about VATICAN JOURNAL 1921-1954
New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 64p. An oversize pictorial board hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Old price sticker on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Large color photographs documenting Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland in September-October 1979. Measures approx. 12.2" x 8.75" More about THE POPE IN IRELAND: A Pictorial Record
New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 64p. An oversize pictorial board hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed and spine slightly crooked. Otherwise clean and tight. Color photographs chronicling Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland in September-October 1979. Measures approx. 12.2" x 8.75" More about THE POPE IN IRELAND: A Pictorial Record
Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1960. Paperback. 294p. White cloth. A softcover book in very good condition. Several pages creased and slightly torn across top, otherwise clean and tight. Text in Latin. The constitution of the first Roman synod. More about PRIMAE ROMANAE SYNODI CONSTITUTIONES
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 280p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. A study of the power and condition of the Vatican after the unification of Italy. More about THE POWER OF ROME IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Tha Vatican in the Age of Liberal Democracies, 1870-1922