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Ottawa, Canada: Justin Press, 2012. 8vo size trade paperback; 124 pages From back cover: "(This story) is a moving account of the First Christmas, seen through the eyes of the innkeeper at Bethlehem, a shepherd boy with Down Syndrome, a housemaid, a donkey and the star. It's cast includes Gabriel and Herod, the Wise Men and Simeon,… Read more

Padova, Italy: Edizioni Messaggero, 1977. Brown pleather (vinyl) binding with gilt titles on front cover. The covers slips over softcovers and could be removed. There are clear "pockets" in the front and back where prayer cards could be kept. 221 pages with some black and white decorations. Text is in Italian. Text is in black with… Read more

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955. Edited and with an introduction by Gwendolyn Greene Preface by John B. Sheerin, CSP Foreword by Michael de la Bedoyere Nihil Obstat: Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Gerald Kealy, Censor 20 October 1954 Imprimatur: Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago 20 October 1954 8vo size black clothbound hardcover… Read more

8vo size green clothbound hardcover with dark green title blocks and gilt titles and decorations; 270 toned pages Circa 1946: title page with publication information is missing. Book has, interestingly, two half title pages. Edward Kavanaugh (1795 - 1844) was a United States politician. He served as state representative and senator in Maine, was a United… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. Stated First Printing 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with silver titles on the spine and a gilt decoration on the cover; 320 pages with light green topstain and a few black and white illustrations. Sunned spine with some sunning to covers; green topstain is faded. Edgewear; lightly bumped heel of spine;… Read more

2003. The true story of Juan and Amalia Arcos, naturalists and lay missionaries in the jungle of eastern Ecuador, 1922-2003 Signed by co-author Robert Howe on half title page. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 373 pages with some black and white photographs. Color photo illustrated dust jacket. From jacket: "Tigres of the Night is… Read more

Alba House, 1996. 8vo size trade paperback; 174 bright, white pages with black and white illustrations From back: "Eighty-three fascinating stories relating to the lives and experiences of nearly 100 saints are told here in an entertaining, catechetical fashion. Each emphasizes the way in which that particular saint lived the Good News of Jesus in his or… Read more

Boston: Daughters of St. Paul, 1977. Volume 1, Number 1; 1977 8vo size staple-bound booklet; 94 pages English language edition of Informationes published by Daughters of St. Paul, Boston. Nihil Obstat: John A. Hardon, SJ; Censor Deputatus Imprimatur: James J. Hogan, JCD; Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown Some rubbing, light soil and wear to covers,… Read more

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1965. Preface by Cardinal Ritter Foreword by Sister Mary Rose McPhee 8vo size hardcover; 364 pages Imprimi Potest: George E. Dolan, Director, Saint Louis Province Nihil Obstat: Nicholas E. Persich, Censor Librorum Imprimatur: Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archiepiscopus Sancti Ludovici Contents include: Relevance of Religious Life… Read more

Beagle Books Publishing, 2011. 8vo size trade paperback; 221 bright, white pages with some black and white photographs From back: "Share the personal journey of (the author) from her early days growing up in a New England Italian family through her 18 year convent life style with the Religious Venerini Sisters. She offers insight into her various… Read more

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1973. 8vo size trade paperback; 442 bright, white pages From back: "This enduring study of Christian baptism ...presents a critical defense of believers' baptism on the basis of the New Testament evidence. (The author) first discusses the various rites that precede Christian baptism historically, then analyzes the relationship between these earlier rites… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1957. compiled and edited by Marion Turner Sheehan with an introduction by Clare Boothe Luce First Printing 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 238 pages From jacket: "This book opens with eye-witness accounts of two historic events which took place in Rome in July, 1921 - Benedict XV's last consistory… Read more

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1928. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul First American Edition 8vo size black clothbound hardcover; 315 deckle edged pages with black and white illustrations on glossy stock after the style of Rembrandt. Bumped head and heal of spine and bottom corners, small blister and wrinkle on back cover;… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Stated First American Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 217 pages From jacket: "(This book) is an attempt to explain the complete and extraordinarily rapid collapse of the Catholic world in which I grew up, a society still in 1960 at the peak of confidence and unity...a revolution is… Read more

Golete, CA: Queenship, 1989. Revised Edition 8vo size trade paperback; 321 pages including index From back: "Are you not feeling well spiritually, emotionally, or physically? (The author) guides you through a healing process to clean up the effects of sin in you life that result for the sins of past generations. Each chapter touches on… Read more

8vo size trade paperback; 93 bright, white pages. Contributors include: Mary Susan Rogers Lynn Fingerhunt Clare Bressani Sue Daley Amy Cole Patti Hoppin Mohler Cathy Buescher Maija Beattie Elaine Nortz Katie Costello Tom Conroy Doug Schenkelberg Stephen Hagerty Rita Abdallah-Baran Kathy Cloherty, more. Edgewear, handling wear to covers. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Read more

San Francisco, CA: Harper, 2006. Signed and inscribed on half title page Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 390 cream colored pages From jacket: "There was no neutral response to the announcement that the "enforcer" Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - had been elected Benedict XVI... (The author) persuasively argues that… Read more

St Meinrad, IN: Grail Publications, 1957. 4to size horizontal staple-bound softcover; 33 pages Second printing Nihil Obstat: Francis J. Reine, STD; Censor liborum Imprimatur: Paul C. Schultz, DD, Archbishop of Indianapolis More than a coloring book, this vintage softcover is actually a 33-page picture book with illustrations that can be colored. The book… Read more

Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1983. 8vo size trade paperback; 128 pages Foreword by Most Reverend Rembert C. Weakland, Archbishop of Milwaukee From back: "Reverend Dennis Geaney examines the possibility that a community of faith can...become a prophetic parish that challenges, rather than reflects, the dominate values of the surrounding culture. -- Roy Larson" Edgewear, sunned spine, light shelf soil… Read more

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Signed and inscribed by editor Stephen Pope on title page 8vo sized trade paperback; 272 pages From back: "Theologians, historians, scription scholars, and canon lawyers draw on the Church's own rich tradition to remind bishops and lay people alike that we can do better. The means are at hand for a system of… Read more