Worcester, UK: Ebenezer Baylis & Son, Ltd, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with dustjacket. 320p. Dustjacket significantly soiled and shows some signs of shelf wear, especially at top of spine. Light ink splattering on side of book on page edges. Otherwise a clean and tight book in good condition..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 272p. A very good hardcover book in a good dustjacket. A few marks on jacket, a few small closed tears, price tag on jacket, previous owner's name, otherwise clean and tight. "This is a scholarly, documented contribution to English religious history and..... More
London: Burns & Oates, Limited, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 178p plus 16p catalogue in back. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in poor condition. Front panel is detached, but currently held on with acid-free clear tape. However, it is only weakly attached. Spine tanned and panels faded. Interior lightly foxed. Otherwise..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 159p. A burgundy cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly shelf-worn. Former owners' bookplate, inscription, and private library stamps on endpapers. Additional stamp on title page. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A few pages still uncut. An Anglican priest discusses..... More
London: Sands & Co., 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with embossed title and decorative lines in black. 318p. Cover somewhat faded on spine. Corners somewhat bent. Some cracking within. Otherwise a tight and clean book in good condition. A British novel written on the occasion of early 20th century..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ex library green cloth. xv, 242p. Minor signs of shelf wear. Dust staining on top page edges. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Biography of Catholic author, Robert Hugh Benson. More
London: Burns & Oates, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth. Plates. xiii, 351p. Some soiling on back cover. some cracking on title page. Otherwise a clean and tight book in good condition. Appears seldom used. Herbert Alfred Vaughan (1832–1903) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served..... More
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Co., 1882. Hardcover. Two-volume set. 335p., 422p. Two half cloth hardcover books in good condition and original linen dustjackets in very good condition. Volume I, edges rubbed and bumped, with light foxing on spine. Remnants of card pocket on front endpaper. Original linen..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. xviii, 194p. Cover shows some sign of shelf wear. Some fading present on front and back. Some foxing within. Otherwise, a clean and tight book in good condition. William Barlow (Barlowe; alias Finch) (died 1568) was an English Augustinian..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 414p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Patchy tanning on a few pages. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket's spine is a bit wrinkled, and the edges are lightly worn. Overall, fully intact. A..... More
London: Macmillan & Co, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth. Plates. vii, 182p. Minor blemishes on spine. Cracking within. Otherwise a clean book in good condition. Fernand Portal was born in 1855 in the South of France and after school he entered the seminary, being ordained a priest of St..... More
Stratton on the Fosse: Downside Abbey, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with dustjacket. Plates. 115p. Dustjacket is lightly soiled but in good condition. The cover and text are well kept. Only the lightest sign of foxing on the front endpapers. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good..... More
London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Dustjacket. 272p. Dustjacket and book are clean, tight, and in very good condition. Basil Christopher Butler, OSB (7 May 1902 – 20 September 1986) was a convert from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Roman..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. Yellow softcover. 456p. Modern, reprinted version of a 1907 text. Clean, tight, and in very good condition. A 1907 reference work detailing the Catholic Missions in England since the Reformation. More
London: Michael Gandy, 1995. Later printing. Paperback. Yellow softcover. 456p. This is a facscimile reprinting of the 1907 edition published in London by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. It is in fine condition with no signs of ever having been opened, moved, stored, read, or otherwise interfered with since..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Plates. Two volumes. Covers show signs of wear. Volumes are cocked. Foxing present. Otherwise a clean and tight set in good condition. Ward details the social and political events and trends that led to the eventual emancipation of Catholics..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Plates. Three volumes. Covers show signs of wear. Volumes are cocked. Foxing present and some pencil marginalia. Otherwise a clean and tight set in good condition. The subtitle of this work is: "being the history of the English Catholics..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Plates. Two volumes. Covers show signs of wear. Volume I is cocked. Volume II has a loose photographic plate. Otherwise a clean and tight set in good condition. The subtitle of this work is: the story of the English..... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with pictorial dustjacket. Plates. 303p. Dustjacket shows signs of shelf wear but is in good condition. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Appears to have been seldom read. Biography of prominent English Catholic Cardinal Wiseman..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 160p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Contains black and white illustrations. More
Baltimore: James Myres, 1834. First American Edition. Hardcover. 300p. A 1/4 brown cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Surfaces heavily scuffed. Spine and front hinge reinforced with clear acid-free tape. Rear free endpaper torn. Signature on p. iii. Inside is foxed and faintly dampstained near the front, but otherwise unmarked..... More
London: S.P.C.K., 1949. Hardcover. 409p. A teal-blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Stain on back cover, encroaching a bit onto the spine. Endpapers and some inner pages tanned. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Another former owner's pen inscription on the front free endpaper. Otherwise..... More
Old Windsor: THE BEAUMONT REVIEW OFFICE, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Decorated blue cloth. Plates. xv, 169p.Some shelf wear and corner bending. Black and white photographic plates in excellent condition. A clean and tight book in very good condition. Recased. A pictorial and textual history of Beaumont College, 1861-1911, a Jesuit..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1923. New Edition, 4th printing. Hardcover. 589p. A mint-green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned. Edges lightly rubbed. Horizontal rub mark across back cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A novelized story of Mary, Queen of Scots. 4th printing of the New Edition. More
London: Heinemann, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth with dustjacket. 241p. Dustjacket in acceptable condition with significant tearing and soiling. Covers are lightly shelf worn and pages appear seldom read. The book in clean and tight and in very good condition. A collection of autobiographical sketches by Maurice Christopher Hollis..... More