The Vatican Library

By: Ambrogio M. Piazzoni; Antonio Manfredi; Dalma Frascarelli; Alessandro Zuccari; Paolo Vian

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Milano, Editoriale Jaca Book SpA: 2014

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 060927

Condition: Like New

This book reconstructs the history of the Vatican Library from its earliest days, with a focus on the Pope's Library in the phase following its final move to the Vatican in the fourteenth century (from the description on the dust jacket). Dark brown paper boards and titled in cream on spine. Illustrated. Indexed, 351 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book and dust jacket both in like new condition. Very nice copy. Due to this book's size and/or weight, additional shipping may be needed. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

The Benedictine Monastery of Medieval Ely (First Edition)

By: Anne Holton-Krayenbuhl

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Ely Society: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 019339

ISBN: 0903616165

Condition: Fine

Stapled booklet, illustrated, 23pp., a nice clean copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Scarce. View more info

The Secret Instructions of the Jesuits (From the library of Morton H. Smith)

By: Anonymous

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Aurora, Missouri, Menace Publishing Company:

Seller ID: 058104

Condition: Very Good

The first page is the cover. The last page (48) is the back cover. Booklet stapled together. 48 pp. Small stains on front and back cover, and throughout text. Front cover page and back both having some tearing along the foot of the spine. Pages crinkled here and there. Overall in-tact and very condition. This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith and is a clean copy with no underlining or notes (neither does it contain his signature). Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Evangeliarium pro Diebus Praesertim Dominicis et Festis (Above all on Sundays and feast days for the days in the Gospels) Missal Missale

By: By the authority of the Second Vatican Council by decree of Pope Paul VI. promulgated by Pope John Paul II.

Price: $2,250.00

Publisher: Rome, Art'E: 2000

Edition: limited 965/975

Seller ID: 026165

Condition: Like New

Though a marvelous work of art this Missal could be used In any Catholic Church today. This book made with special sculpture by Ugo Riva on the cover and beautiful color lithographs based on drawings by Riva. The 100% cotton paper is 120 g and 210 g. The binding is full leather with five hubs on the spine and metal clasps on the fore edge. On the cover is a steel plate featuring Riva's work. The book has two ribbon book marks.The book is presented in a wonderful clamshell box covered with light yellow moire silk and with the title in gilt on the front.With the book comes a document of aut... View more info

Returns of Papists 1767 Diocese of Chester

By: E.S. Worrall, Director of Transcription

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Oxford, Catholic Record Society: 1980

Seller ID: 060154

Condition: Very Good +

Forest green cloth covers. vii, 185pp. Covers have minor staining here and there. Edges are slightly foxed. A few pages have foxing, but the rest of the text body is clean. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

De Mutuo Auxilio Inter Tribunalia Ecclesiastica (Pontificium Institutum Utriusque Juris) First Edition

By: Eduardus Glavin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rome, Officum Libri Catholici (Catholic Book Agency): 1951

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 060269

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Written in Latin. Orange paper covers. Uncut and unopened pages. 95pp. Binding is tight. Covers and spine are stained. Spine is also sunned. Stamp on title page. Text body is browned with slight foxing. Book is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Catholicity in Its Relationship to Protestantism and Romanism Being Six Conferences.

By: Ewer, Rev. F. C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, The Young Churchman Co: 1878

Edition: first edition (presumed)

Seller ID: 003599

Condition: Very Good

296 pages. Binding tight. No writing in book. Previous owner stamped his name 4 times (small stamp) Covers slightly dirty, but all in all its a nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Guillelmi De Ockham, Scriptum In Librum Primum Sententiarum Ordinatio (Opera Philosophica Et Theologica) Opera Theologica I-II

By: Gedeon Gal and Sephanus Brown, Editors

Price: $80.00

Publisher: St. Bonaventure, New York, Franciscan Institute: 1967 / 1970

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 061753

Condition: Very Good

Latin text. Volumes 1 and 2. Light maroon red cloth covers. 535pp. 599pp. Covers and spines have a few stains (and Volume one has a few spots of rubbing). Corners and edges of Volume 1's covers have some bumps. Ex-library. Text bodies are clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Augustus to Constantine: The Rise and Triumph of Christianity in the Roman World

By: Grant, Robert M.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Harpercollins: 1990-02-01

Seller ID: 018187

ISBN: 0062503502

Condition: Very Good +

Very good to near fine condition. Light foxing on page edges. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Catholic Pocket Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Containing a Brief Explanation of the Doctrines, Discipline, Rites, Ceremonies and Councils of the Holy Catholic Church, Including an Abridge Account of the Religious Orders, To Which is Added "One Hundred and Fifty Important Facts in Church History Explained"

By: James J. McGovern, Compiler

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Catholic Art and Publication Office: 1906

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 061615

Condition: Very Good

Purple cloth covers. Purple stained page edges. 304pp. Spine is sunned and bumped in a couple places. Covers have a few stains (one noticeable one on the front cover, a long line with staining). Front and back hinges starting. Mild foxing within. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

The Worcester Liber Albus: Glimpses of Life in a Great Benedictine Monastery in the Fourteenth Century

By: James M. Wilson, D.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1920

Seller ID: 017621

Condition: Very Good

No writing or markings in the book. Pages are lightly toned from age. Includes fold-out facsimile of Folio xxvi. r. of Liber Albus. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers show modest edgewear. Binding is tight. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Another Thousand Radio Replies (Third Volume) Given From the Catholic Broadcasting Station 2SM, Sydney, Australia; 1364 Questions and Answers on Catholicism and Protestantism (From the Library of Morton H. Smith)

By: Leslie Rumble; Charles Mortimer Carty, Collaborative Editor; Fulton J. Sheen, Preface

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Minnesota, Radio Replies Press: 1942

Edition: Thirtieth Printing

Seller ID: 060840

Condition: Very Good

Third volume only (out of 3 volumes). Red paper cloth covers. 346pp. Slight sunning to the spine and back cover near spine (as well as a few stains to the covers. Binding is slightly revealed inside the front and back covers, but is holding tight. A single page is almost detached (there is a crack to the spine beside that page). Pages age-toned. This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith and is a copy with no underlining or notes. It does, however, contain his library stamp. Full refund if not satisfied. This is from Wikipedia: Morton Howison Smith (December 11, 1923 to Novem... View more info

Radio Replies (First Volume) Given From the Catholic Broadcasting Station 2SM, Sydney, Australia; 1588 Questions and Answers on Catholicism and Protestantism (From the Library of Morton H. Smith)

By: Leslie Rumble; Charles Mortimer Carty, Collaborative Editor; Fulton J. Sheen, Preface

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Minnesota, Radio Replies Press: 1938

Seller ID: 060842

Condition: Very Good

First volume only (out of 3 volumes). Orange paper cloth covers. 342pp. Spine is sunned and covers are stained. The front cover has a few small chips to it's edge. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith and is a copy with no underlining or notes. It does, however, contain his library stamp. Full refund if not satisfied. This is from Wikipedia: Morton Howison Smith (December 11, 1923 to November 12, 2017) was an American Presbyterian minister. He was the first Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, serving from 1973 to 1988, ... View more info

Another Thousand Radio Replies (Second Volume) Given From the Catholic Broadcasting Station 2SM, Sydney, Australia; 1422 Questions and Answers on Catholicism and Protestantism (From the Library of Morton H. Smith)

By: Leslie Rumble; Charles Mortimer Carty, Collaborative Editor; John Gregory Murray, Preface

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Minnesota, Radio Replies Press: 1940

Edition: Thirtieth Printing

Seller ID: 060841

Condition: Very Good

Second volume only (out of 3 volumes). Light blue paper cloth covers. 358pp. Spine and covers are sunned, as well as have a few small stains. Front cover has a few small chips to it's edge. Small tear to bottom of spine and onto the back cover (leading lower part of the back cover to be creased). Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. This book comes from the personal library of Morton H. Smith and is a copy with no underlining or notes. It does, however, contain his library stamp. Full refund if not satisfied. This is from Wikipedia: Morton Howison Smith (December 11, 1923 to November 12, 2017) w... View more info

Catholic Intellectual Life in America: A Historical Study of Persons and Movements (Bicentennial History of the Catholic Chruch in America)

By: Margaret Mary Reher

Price: $14.99

Publisher: New York, Macmillan Publishing Company: 1989

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: 014591

ISBN: 0029259029

Condition: Fine

Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket shows very light wear and is now protected by mylar. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

They Dwell in Monasteries

By: Monaco, Frank

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Seabury Pr: 1982-09-01

Seller ID: 025652

ISBN: 0816424098

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine pictorial paperback. Light shelf wear. Profusely illustrated. This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Saint Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statues [A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church - Volume IX]

By: Saint Chrysostom; Philip Schaff [Editor]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Eerdmans Pub Co: 1983

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 061363

ISBN: 0802881076

Condition: Near Fine

From the preface: "With this volume, we begin the works of St. Chrysostom. It contains a sketch of his life and labors, the book on priesthood, the letters to Theodore, the catechetical instructions, and a selection of ascetic treatises, special homilies, letters to Olympias and Innocent, and the twenty-one Homilies on the Statues." Bound in grey-brown cloth. Green spine label titled in gold. 514 pp. No dust jacket as issued. In near fine condition with minor wear and light foxing to page edges and end papers. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Mary the Virgin as Commemorated in the Church of Christ; Who was James, the Lord's Brother?

By: Samuel Seabury; M. Mahan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Pott & Amery: 1868

Seller ID: 015313

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth, gilt decoration on front board, 72pp., nice copy. View more info

The Renewing of Catholicism: Evangelical Essays towards Religious Renewal and Unification

By: Sinclair Burton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Robert Scott: 1916

Seller ID: 013943

Condition: Very Good

Small ink name on flyleaf - no other writing in the book. Light foxing on endpapers, but majority of text is clean and bright. Binding tight. Blue cloth covers show minimal wear; spine faded. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

Dominican Saints by the Novices of the Dominican House of Studies Washington, D. C. (First Edition)

By: Thomas J. Shahan, Introduction

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Dominicana: 1921

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 023391

Condition: Good

Worn denim cloth, handwritten spine label, reminder of library mark on spine, internal library marks, black marks on title page and half-title pages, frontispiece, illustrated, 433pp., index. View more info

The Road Back To God: Lenton Reflections on the Meaning of Life

By: Thomas Merton

Price: $40.00

Publisher: St. Louis, 1982

Seller ID: 025655

Condition: Fine

Fine pamphlet. "The Road back to God was edited from the works of Thomas Merton by James E. Adams for Creative Communications for the Parish.." This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info

The Victorian: For Our Mother Mary (Vo. 27, No. 1, January, 1921) First Edition

By: Various

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Lackawanna, New York, Self-Published: 1921

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 059982

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Light blue pictorial paper covers. Stapled together. Illustrated. 48pp. Covers and spine are stained, creased, and sunned in places. Very light foxing inside, but text is mostly clean. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info