Publ. by the General SEcretariat of the International Catholic Migration Commission. Geneva, Switzerland. No. 2 & No. 3, 1968. 9.5 x 6.5", stapled wraps, vg, the pair. More
Tower Publishing: Allegheny, PA, 1886-1888. 2 volumes. 7.5 x 5, embossed cloth, 352pp, 366 pp, covers a bit rubbed and worn, extremities lightly bumped and worn, hinges loose, contents browned, but still a very nice set of this very elusive text. Volume 1 is 135th Thousand. More
Frederici Pustet: Ratisbonae (Regensburg), 1920. Hardcover. Color frontis, illus. title vignette, full page color plate of the Crucifixion, decorative initials; black and white pictorial chapter heads, 14.25 x 10", full tooled polished calf with metal clasps and five (of eight) circular metal ornaments on covers; aeg, 722pp + 219pp +..... More
Officina Plantiniana: Antwerp, 1614. Hardcover. Ten engraved plates, four-line initials; title page vignette, 8 x 5", full leather with gold-colored clasps, 704pp + cxxxii, covers heavily worn and chipping, top of spine badly chipped, spine dry and chipped showing some of the cords, pp a little toned and moderately finger..... More
Iannis Iaecklini: Monachii [Munich], 1668. Hardcover. Engraved title vignette; full page engraved plate of the Ascension, 13.75 x 9", full gilt-dec tooled leather with two metal clasps; aeg, 612pp + cxvi + (2) + 39pp + pp in double columns, printed in black and red, covers heavily worn, extremities badly..... More
Limoges, nd. With illustr borders showing great French shrines, 6 x 3.5, padded gilt ruled leatherette, aeg, 264 pp, covers rubbed, hinges starting, extremities worn, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner (dated 1936), contents bright, in worn slipcase. In French. More
Np (England) June 1818. Three pp on one folded sheet, 12 x 15", folds, holes at center fold, toning, edgewear else ok. Eliot discusses the aims of the society, and tells members of the importance of missionaries (both abroad and home). He warns the members that "…the time is short..... More
Shutterfly, nd (c 2007). Mostly photos, 8 x 8, color photo boards, 24 pp, nice condition. Privately printed book containing photos of a pretty young (40-year old) female doctor on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. Interesting piece, probably one of a kind! More
Abingdon Press: Nashville, TN, 1994-1998. 12 volumes. 10.5 x 7.75, gilt lettered boards, vp, hinges a little loose else a nice, clean, fresh set in lightly edge-worn dust jackets (vol 1 with a couple edge tears). More
Printed for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge: University Press: Cambridge, 1881. 9.75 x 6.25, full leather, aeg, 606 pp, covers well rubbed, hinges starting, spine dull with leather peeling, ink presentation on front fly, eps spotted, contents edge-toned, a fairly rough but intact copy. Gilt-stamped on front cover: "PRESENTATION..... More
Printed only for John Hinton: London, 22nd edition. 1773? Frontis plus "The First Frontispiece to the Old Duty of Man," 8.5 x 5.5, gilt decorated, tree calf, gilt decorated spine w/gilt lettering, marbled edges and endpapers, xiv, (1)-546, (14). Covers scuffed/scraped, some worming, corners bumped and worn, shelfworn, lacking spine..... More
Samuel Bagster: London, nd (1828?). 11.5 x 8.75, rebound with embossed black leather covers, rebacked with gilt-lettered black cloth spine, [A](4)-2Y, spine dull, Ex-lib with blind stamps and ink stamps, pocket in rear, spine markings, etc.; new endpapers, extremities bumped and fraying, foxed and heavily toned in spots else a...... More
Coloniae Agrippinae, 1874. 5 x 3.25", embossed black leather; aeg, 564pp, covers rubbed, SPINE COVER MISSING, extremities worn, hinges very loose, ink inscription from former owner on ffep, pp toned and worn; a rather sad, little copy but a Greek New Testament nonetheless, with an old bookseller ticket inside front..... More
Jacobi Tonson and Johannes Watts: London, 1730. Hardcover. Frontis, 6.25 x 3.75", cardboard covers with leather on rear cover, 378pp, leather removed from front cover, no spine cover, rear cover detached (but present), ink writing (including fancy signature of former owner dated 1765) on front blank, pp toned with finger..... More
Petrus de la Rouiere: Geneva, 1609. 14.5 x 9.75, later leather backed marbled boards, vp, covers lightly rubbed, earllier spine laid down, extremities bumped and worn, spine light and cracked, hinges loose, eps toned and spotted, old ink inscription from former owner on front fly, contents toned and spotted with..... More
Episcopal Female Tract Society of Philadelphia: Philadelphia, (1800s). 7.25 x 4.5", string-tied self wraps, 12pp, worn, foxed, creased corners. Religion Tracts- No. 220. SCARCE. More
Typographia Balleoniana: Venetiis [Venice], 1741. Hardcover. Two full page illus., title vignette, 8 x 5", highly gilt decorated red leather; aeg, 453pp + index, covers rubbed and lightly scratched, extremities bumped and worn, spine quite worn and lightly chipped at ends, front outer hinge worn, endpapers toned, light marginal foxing..... More
Officina Plantiniana: Antwerp, 1680. Hardcover. 56 full page engravings showing New Testament scenes, tailpieces, 9 x 6.5", later (19th C.?) full leather with metal bas relief coat-of-arms (rampant lion, cross with five stars, crown); aeg, 804pp + 2pp index, printed in red and black, covers a bit extremity-worn, spine sunned..... More
Joannem Moretum/Officina Plantiniana: Antwerp, 1609. Hardcover. 57 full page engraved illus. by Theodoor Galle and Karel van Mallery; with 38 divisional tailpieces by Galle, (40) + 696pp + pp, 19th Century morocco ornately gilt with inlaid green morocco frame on covers and spine; aeg, extremities a bit worn, title page..... More
Typographia Balleoniana: Venetiis, 1769. Seven full page engraved plates, 7.75 x 4.75", beautifully gilt-dec red leather; aeg, xxiii; 453pp + Indice, covers a bit rubbed (esp. spine), spine creased, extremities chipping, hinges loose, pp with very minor scattered finger soiling else a beautifully preserved, bright copy of this Catholic Office..... More
Ex Architypographia Plantiniana [Plantin]: Antverpiae [Antwerp]. 1741. Illustr, 5.5 x 3.25, modern leather, (30) pp + 288 pp, covers moderately worn (extremities esp), contents loose with several pp detached but present, contents toned and stained, several pp professionally reattached at gutter, some pp closely cropped at top, MISSING pp 73-74..... More
Cieras: Venetiis, 1644. Hardcover. Engraved title page; 21 full or half page engraved plates, 11 x 8", full black morocco; aeg, 525pp, covers well worn, extremities chipped, FRONT COVER DETACHED but present, ink inscription from former owner on front fly, pp fairly clean (endpapers toned, title page toned and edge-worn)..... More
Liberia Editrice Vaticana, Wydawnictwo Wlosko-Polskie (1988). Illus of the Pope, 9 x 9", boards, unpaged, ink inscription, corners bumped else ok in slightly used dw. More
London, 1678. 13.75 x 8.75, left margin ragged from removal with some of edge at bottom removed, nice except for tape atttaching leaf to larger sheet with facsimiles of the title page and portrait of Patrick, larger sheet torn horizontally at facsimile title with old failing tape on reverse. More
London, 1626. Leaf is 13 x 8.5, two columns of illust of Wolgangus being prepared for execution (burning at stake), leaf ragged at left margin from removal, closely cropped at righ, minor spotting but still nice, taped at left margin to a larger sheet with facsimile of title page. Nice..... More