Amity, OR: The Brigittine Monks, 1999. Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (ii), viii, 61pp. Bound in original burgundy soft covers, with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover. A little sunning to covers and mild fading to lettering, though text can still easily be read. Just a touch of wear to exterior. Aside from pencil notes to first page, text is clean and fresh. Volume illustrated with black and white photographs
Darien, Connecticut: The Guild of St. Birgitta Vikingsborg, 1982. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 24pp., including covers. Several minor bumps and some minor creasing and tiny tears to extremities, with some light soiling to exterior. Text clean and binding sound. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. SCARCE
Amity, OR: The Brigittine Monks, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (ii), viii, 61pp. Bound in original burgundy soft covers, with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover. A little sunning to covers and mild fading to lettering, though text can still easily be read. Just a touch of wear to exterior. Text is clean and fresh. Volume illustrated with black and white photographs
Bloomington, Indiana: 1st Books Library, 2004. First Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii, 345pp., (ii). Several minor dings to extremities of volume and just light wear to exterior. Text clean and binding sound. A nice copy
St. Charles, Illinois: St. Patrick Mission Church, 1991. First Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Short, unpaginated booklet. Minor wear and a touch of rubbing to exterior. Text clean and binding sound
Minnesota: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, The University of Minnesota, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (iv), 34pp. The James Ford Bell Lectures, Number 36. Minor wear to extremities. Text and covers clean and bright and binding tight
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 310pp. Light wear to cloth. Text clean and binding sound, save for an ink-stamp to front paste-down endpaper. Dust-jacket present, but worn. A good, clean, sound, user friendly copy
Stillwater, Minnesota: St. Croix Antiquarian Booksellers, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 (4 issues). Hand-sewn and bound in Japanese linen over decorated paper boards. Limited edition, hand-numbered, 10/20. Signed by Goodman and Loome, the book designer Nancy Fish, and binder Gregor Campbell. Small bump to bottom edge of front board, else, a very nice copy. Stillwater, MN is universally acknowledged to be the first "Booktown" in North America
St. Paul, Minnesota: Catholic School Press Association, 1948. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 10 older issues of quarterly published by students of the College of St. Catherine in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Volumes contain lino-block illustrations, art criticism, spiritual writings, original poetry and literary works. Exteriors admit to minor dings and a few tiny tears, here and there, with light soiling and a few creases to same. A name in ink to front covers of 2 issues, else, text clean and volumes sound. Volumes present in this lot are: December 1948 (49 pages); March 1949 (49 pages); May 1949 (57 pages); December 1949 (49 pages); March 1950 (49 pages); June 1950 (49 pages); February 1951 (48 pages); May 1951 (74 pages); December 1951 (57 pages); May 1952 (64 pages).
Minneapolis: Lund Press, 1949. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 30pp. Nicely illustrated with several black and white photographs. Several minor bumps to extremities, with light to medium wear to exterior, including some mild creasing to covers, several minor, faint stains and a few marks to back cover. Text clean and binding sound. VERY SCARCE
Washington, D.C.: The New Century Company, 1901. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 39pp. Presentation copy. Definite wear to covers with light soiling to same. "Compliments of the Bishop of Samos" neatly inscribed in ink to front cover. Minor interior wear. Shelf label to front inside cover. Creasing to interior, here and there. No writing to text and binding tight. A good, solid and still attractive copy. RARE
Galion, Ohio: Lifetouch Church Directories and Portraits, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 40pp. Several minor bumps to extremities of volume and just a touch of wear to exterior. Marks in ink, here and there, to interior. Binding sound
Minneapolis: The Newman Foundation, 1953. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 62pp. Light wear to extremities and mild soiling to covers. Text clean and binding tight. "Dedication Issue" for the opening of the new Newman Hall in the early 1950's. Includes "On Being a Newman Chaplain-(Compiled)", "Modern Apologetics: Excerpts-Arnold Lunn", "The Spirit of Oxford-F.H. Walsh", etc. Remains an attractive copy
Bala Cynwyd, PA: The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 1991. Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 93pp. Light wear to exterior. A nice, clean, sound copy with no writing to text
Creighton: The Sisters of Saint Francis, 1930. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 36pp. Pamphlet. Ex-library. Several minor bumps to extremities, with light to medium wear and light soiling to exterior. Unobtrusive ink marks and underlining to a few pages. Binding sound
Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1919. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 39pp. Ex-library, with lovely bookplate from institution. Pamphlet, bound in stiff card covers. Several small bumps to extremities of volume, with some general light wear and a touch of soiling to exterior. Binding close to becoming detached from text block and will require some care in handling to maintain the remaining integrity of the binding. Front cover is torn down the middle and detached from the rest of the volume. Still a nice example of vocational literature. VERY SCARCE
Atchison, Kansas: The Abbey Student Press, 1948. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 24pp. Several very minor dings to extremities and a name in ink to front cover. Bound in soft covers. Text in English. No writing to text and binding sound. VERY SCARCE
Johnstown, Penna: St. Therese Parish, 1954. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated booklet with many illustrations. Several small bumps to extremities of volume. Light wear and a few short creases to covers. Text clean and binding sound. RARE
St. Benedict, Oregon: Benedictine Press, 1972. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 18pp. Circa 1972, actual date of publication unknown. Bound in original wrappers. Several minor bumps to extremities, with only minor wear and a hint of soiling to covers. Inscribed by author to front inside cover to a bishop who is not named. Text clean and binding sound
Peoria, Illinois: Cathedral of St. Mary, 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 28pp. Pamphlet. Several minor bumps to extremities of volume, with a touch of soiling to exterior. Small crease to front cover. An approximately 3", mostly closed tear to one leaf. Text clean and binding sound. Still an attractive copy
