Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1961. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 172pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, floor plan. Very good/very good. First edition. Enjoyable overview of the development of theatre in early Utah. More
San Francisco: Franciscan Fathers of Calif. July-August 1965. Paperback. (Vol. XXI, No. 6). 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Near fine. Attractive copy of this theological monthly. A nice association copy, for this copy came from the library of JOHN BEECHER (1904-80), noted social protest poet and fine press publisher --..... More
San Francisco: Franciscan Fathers of Calif. March 1965. Paperback. (Vol. XXI, No. 2). 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 64pp. Very good. Attractive copy of this theological monthly. A nice association copy, for this copy came from the library of JOHN BEECHER (1904-80), noted social protest poet and fine press publisher --..... More
San Francisco: Franciscan Fathers of Calif. March 1965. Paperback. (Vol. XXI, No. 2). 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 64pp. Very good. Attractive copy of this theological monthly. A nice association copy, for this copy came from the library of JOHN BEECHER (1904-80), noted social protest poet and fine press publisher --..... More
Chicago: The Priory Press, [1967]. Hardcover. Foreword by James P. Shannon. Small 4to. Grey cloth with blue lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 329pp. Large foldout map tipped to rear pastedown. Very good/very good. Tight, quite nice facsimile reprint of the 1915 first English language edition. Mazzuchelli (1806-64) was a Milanese..... More
Cincinnati: The W.F. Hall Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Coarse brown textured cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. (5pp), 113pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A superbly tight and attractive first edition of this order and its abbey just outside Dubuque, Iowa. Rather uncommon -- and seldom seen in such choice condition..... More
Madison: Published for the Author, [1953]. Hardcover. 16mo. Black pebble-grained cloth with gilt lettering. 41pp. Near fine. First edition -- tight, near pristine. Quirky little essay by the noted Madison, Wisconsin attorney and utility company executive, boldly signed and inscribed by him in black ink on the front flyleaf: "February..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 380pp. Fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. More
Gastonia, NC: Loftin & Co., n.y., [ca. 1925]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 50pp. Good plus. A couple of pages age toned from newsprint contact; minor edgewear and rubbing to outer wrappers. First edition. Profiles of the following reverends: Robert Archibald, Humphrey Hunter, Robert Hall Morrison, John Joseph Kennedy, Robert..... More
Washington, DC: The National Tribune, [1910]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers, string tied. 16pp. Illustrations. Outer wrappers (only) poor; internally very good. First edition of this unusual comparison of Lincoln statements with Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. The outer wrapper is printed on a cheap stock that ages and..... More
Washington, DC: The National Tribune, [1910]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers, string tied. 16pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) slightly age toned and rubbed, else internally near fine. A tight and decent first edition of this oddball comparison of Lincoln statements with Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. Uncommon..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrations by Stanley Clough. 12mo. Tan pictorial paper over boards, dust jacket. 62pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, Early (not first) printing of this nifty, idiosyncratic little "best of" anthology. More
Nashville: RA Publishing, 2003. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xix, 220pp. Near fine. Advance review copy of this motivational text, tight and nice -- and handsome signed and inscribed by the author in black fineline on the title page: "Dear Margo Hammond, / Thank you for looking at /..... More
Boston: Society for the Propogation of the Faith, [1926]. Hardcover. Introduction by Rev. T. Galan Duffy. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. xxiv, 280pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, though internally tight and near fine. A handsome second printing of this detailed history of Catholic missionaries..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 147pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket edgewear; endpapers age toned. A tight and lovely first edition of this oxymoronic Jesuit humor book -- that's right, religion and humor together under..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with black and brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 317pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine slightly sunned. Tight and quite attractive first edition of what some consider one of the most important interpretations of the Old Testament ever..... More
Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, [1943]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 46pp. Very good. Mild bit of wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight, nice third edition of this popular gathering of Biblical wisdom for juvenile readers. More
Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Memoir by the U.S. diplomat assigned to the Vatican (1989-93), boldly signed and inscribed ("With warm best wishes,") in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 297pp, (4pp ads) Frontispiece. Very good. Spine lettering somewhat rubbed. First edition, tight and nice, of this biography of the Episcopal bishop from Utah (1865-1914). Intriguing nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf warrants further research: "To Rev..... More
Dubuque: Stromen Publishing Company, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Illustrations. Fine. Undated (likely 1999), probable sole printing of this slim memoir by this member of Byrd's 1946 fourth Antarctic expedition ("Operation Highjump"). Boldly signed by him in blue ballpoint on the half-title page, where he adds "with..... More
Dubuque: Stromen Publishing Company, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. vii, 206pp. Illustrations. Near fine. "5th Printing for 50th Anniversary" reprint edition, tight and handsome, of this popular account of Byrd's 1946 fourth Antarctic expedition ("Operation Highjump") by the expedition chaplain. Undated, but likely 1996. Boldly signed and inscribed..... More
New York: New Directions, [1953]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with ivory spine lettering. 146pp. Very good. Sans jacket, with faint edgewear and front flyleaf ownership signature. A tight and decent first edition. More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1948]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 311pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight, handsome second printing of this early Merton title. Uncommon. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and turquoise cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 123pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn and age toned. A tight and nice first edition of this 800th anniversary study. More
New York: Herder and Herder, [1963]. Hardcover. 8vo. Off-white cloth, dust jacket. xii, 162pp. Very good/near fine. Bit of inoffensive offsetting to each pastedown. A tight, attractive third printing. More