Biografia

Fr. Augustus Tolton: The First Recognized Black Catholic Priest in America

Corinna Laughlin and Maria Laughlin; Didier Pagot, illustrations · 2015 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Strasbourg, Editions du Signe (dist. Liturgy Training Publications), 2015. Paperback. 48p. Exs-library. A large, glossy hardcover book in good condition. Library markings else clean and tight. The African-American priest's life told in the form of a graphic novel. Fr. Tolton w...

The Goodhue Trilogy Part II: Slow Waltzing Back to Goodhue: Once Upon a Time in a Village

FRANKLIN, JIM · 2002 · Clausen Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

McGregor, Popcorn Press. 2002, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 0963468952). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback, Author's inked gift inscription and signature on title page. Gift quality copy! 429pp. Near Fine. Inscribed & Signed by Author.

Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters; the Essential Collection

Thomas Merton; William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen, eds · 2008 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, HarperOne, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 402p. A hardcover book in fine condition with dustjacket. Virtually like new, save for a touch of wear at the top of the jacket's front flap fold. Text clean and binding tight. As New .

The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton

Michael Mott · 1984 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 690p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a worn dustjacket. Binding cockeyed and foredges lightly foxed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is quite edgeworn, with several chips and closed tears, but...

The Man in the Sycamore Tree: The Good Times and Hard Life of Thomas Merton

Edward Rice · 1972 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Garden City, Image Books, 1972. Paperback. 188p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased and covers lightly rubbed. price sticker residue on front. Patchy tanning inside back cover; otherwise clean and tight. A photo-filled look at the life of the famous Trappis...

Design of my World.

DEHQANI-TAFTI, H. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Lutterworth Press, 1968. 1st.ed. "The author's mother was a Christian; but his earlier years were spent in a wholly Muslin atmosphere. Gradually it became clear to him that it was the way of his mother that he must follow." Pp. 80. Paperback. VG.

The Red Dean of Canterbury - The Public and Private Faces of Hewlett Johnson

John Butler · 2011 · Denton Island Books

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

Scala Publishers, 2011. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781857597363 First Edition, first printing. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; slight creasing and small nick to upper edge of jacket. 'A fascinating slice of mid-twentieth century social and ecclesi...

Woman of Unity

Sister Mary Celine · 1956 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, 1956. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 357p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's name else unmarked, clean and tight. A biography of Mother Lurana of Graymoor, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters...

Kight in the Sun: Harper B. Lee First Yankee Matador

HAIL, MARSHALL · 1962 · Clausen Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company. 1962, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Tom Lea Jacket Art. Hardcover, Author's ink signature and inscription on half title page. Several news articles taped to 2nd ffep, 2nd ffep verso, half title page, and the rear end ...

Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1865: Die Erzahlung Seines Lebens

STICKELBERGER, RUDOLF · 0 · Clausen Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Germany, Verlag Friedrich Reinhardt. Undated Reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Ill.: Map. Ex-Library Hardcover, Published in German; Undated Reprint; Retired library copy, minimally stamped and labeled, else very clean and tight; Maroon cloth; Unclipped dust jacket, s...

I Was Just Thinkin' Thoughts of Yesteryear

GOAD, HELEN BOGGESS · 1972 · Clausen Books

$8.99 (€8.16 | £6.80 | ¥1,436)

University Press. 1972. Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Comb-Bound, sweet look at one woman's memories; text block clean, binding in good condition; lightly shelf worn; small spot, light stains and a couple pin holes on inside and out of covers; 71pp. Very Good+.

A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I

CORNWELL, JOHN · 1989 · Round Table Books, LLC

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 0671683942. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0671683942. Publisher's grey boards, purple cloth back lettered in gilt, unclipped dust jacket. On the eve of September 28, 1978, John Paul I died unexpectedly -- apparently of a heart attack -- after...

Love in a Fearful Land: A Guatemalan Story

Henri J.M. Nouwen · 1985 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Notre Dame, IN, Ave Maria Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Paperback. 116p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine and edges lightly creased and rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. The story of Bl. Stanley Rother, an American martyr, illustrated with black and white photograph...

Understanding Rance: The Spirituality of the Abbot of la Trappe in Context

David N. Bell · 2005 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Kalamazoo, MI, Cistercian Publications, 2005. Softcover. A new softcover book. 371p. A biography of Abbot Rance that is more about his surroundings than the man himself. The author aims to place this controversial figure in his proper context in 17th century France. As new .

Where I Found Christ: The Intimate Personal Stories of Fourteen Converts to the Catholic Faith

John A. O'Brien, ed · 1950 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 271p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine faintly foxed; endpapers more visible foxed and tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has some minor chipping and a faint wa...

A Blessing of Years: The Memoirs of Lawrence Cardinal Shehan

Lawrence Cardinal Shehan · 1982 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 314p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight; there is a very faint bend down the center of the spine. The jacket has several small closed tears, ...

The Road to Damascus

John A. O'Brien, ed · 1949 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London, W.H. Allen, 1949. Hardcover. 273p. A grey cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned and binding slanted (but still tight). Text is unmarked. Conversion testimonies from famous figures such as Evelyn Waugh, Theodore Maynard, Owen Francis Dudley, Clare Bo...

Memories of an Old Country Priest

Msgr. Francis J. Weber · 2000 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Mission Hills, CA, Saint Francis Historical Society, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 691p. Mint condition, brand new book sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Weber was the archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. This memoir is illustrated with black and whi...

Stone in the King's Highway: Selections from the Writings of Bishop Francis Xavier Ford (1892-1952)

Francis Xavier Ford · 1953 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York, McMullen Books, Inc, 1953. Second Printing. Hardcover. 297p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Jacket edges worn and rubbed, with a few chips to corners and rear covers and a tear at the top of the spine. The book is lightly...

Letters of Eric Gill.

Shewring, Walter (ed) · 1947 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Jonathan Cape, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, top edge of front board nibbled, no inscriptions, in an unclipped, grubby dustjacket which is creased and nibbled at the edges, with some loss at base of spine/front cover. 480 pages, 12 illust...