1. [Ammonas] Chitty, Derwas J. [Trans].

The Letters of Ammonas, Successor of Saint Antony. Revised and with an introduction by Sebastian Brock.

Oxford, SLG Press Ltd., 1979. 14 x 20.5cm (4), 21 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. [Fairacres Publications, No. 72].

2. Anonymous.

Blessed Mary of Saint Euphrasia Pelletier, First Superior-General of the Congregation of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers.

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1933. 14 x 22cm. (8), 419 pages, with black and white plates. Original hardcover. Spine faded, minor signs of shelf wear, otherwise excellent condition. Pre-owner’s stamp on title page.

3. Athanassakis, Apostolos N. [Translator].

The Life of Pachomius / Vita Prima Graeca. Inroduction by Birger A. Pearson.

Missoula, Scholars Press / The Society of Biblical Literature, 1975. 15 x 23cm. (11), 201 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition other than some mild discolouration to edges. Pre-owner’s bookplate affixed. [Texts and Translations No. 7: Early Christian Literature Series No. 2].

4. Basnizki, Ludwig.

Der jüdische Kalender. Entstehung und Aufbau.

1. Auflage. Frankfurt am Main, Jüdischer Verl., 1998. 12.6 cm x 20.3 cm. 73 Seiten. Illustriert. Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen.

5. Batselier, Dom Pieter / Callender, Elsie (trans.)

Saint Benedict – Father of Western Civilization.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, 26 cm x 33 cm. 476 pages. 476 beautiful mononchrome and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition also.

6. Bellocchi, Ugo.

Bollettino Storico Reggiano. Vol. 23 (1973) – Numero Speciale – Giuseppe Adriano Rossi – Dall’ Archivio di Stato di Reggio Emilia Testi in volgare dei secoli XIV e XV, No. 69 (1989) – No. 77 (1992), No. 81 (1994) – No.94 (1997), No.96 (1997) – No. 112 (2001), No. 114 (2001) – No. 130 (2006).

58 volumes. Reggio Emilia, 1973-2006. 8°. c. 8500 pages. Softcover. Original brochure. Very good condition.

7. Best, Elsdon.

The Whare Kohanga (the ‘Nest House’) and its Lore. Comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c.; contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe of the North Island of New Zealand. ‘He puta taua ki te tane, he whanau tama ki te wahine.’

First published 1929. Wellington, New Zealand, A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, 1975. 25 cm x 15.5 cm. 93 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very small tear in front of dustjacket. Rare !

8. Black, Matthew / Best, Ernest / Wilson, R. Mc L.

Text and Interpretation: Studies in the New Testament presented to Matthew Black. Edited by Ernest Best and R. Mc L. Wilson.

Cambridge / London / New York / Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1979. 14 x 22cm. Frontispiece, (15), 268 pages. Original hardcover with silver lettering. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to top edges. Previous owner’s bookplate affixed to front endpaper.

9. Blum, Fred.

Ethics of Industrial Man. An Empirical Study of Religious Awareness and the Experience of Society.

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970. 22.1cm x 14.3cm. xxvi, 290 (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Boulay, Shirley du.

Beyond the Darkness: A Biography of Bede Griffiths.

London, Rider Books, 1998. 16cm x 24cm. 308 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective collector’s – Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Brégy, Katherine.

The Story of St. Francis de Sales, Patron of Catholic Writers.

Dublin / London, Clonmore & Reynolds Ltd. / Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1960. 12.5 x 19cm. (10), 85 pages. Original hardcover. Minor signs of external wear, otherwise very good condition.

12. Brinkworth S.J., Guy.

Take, O Lord: Everyman’s “Spritual Exercises” of St. Ignatius for Private Retreat or Prayerful Reading, at Home or Elsewhere, Full-time or Part-time.

Third Enlarged Edition. Fishguard, Convent of Mercy, No date (c.1980). 15 cm x 21 cm. 123 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some light scuffing on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

13. Brockett, Lorna / Yarnold, Edward (General Editor).

The Theology of Baptism.

Cork, The Mercier Press, 1971. 11 cm x 18 cm. 94 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages and inside covers discoloured. [Theology Today Series No. 25].

14. Brother Lawrence [Nicholas Herman] / David, Mary (Translator).

The Practice of the Presence of God.

New York / New Jersey, Paulist Press, 1978. 11 cm x 18 cm. 127 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor creases and dog ears to several pages. Pages clear and bright.

15. Brown, Peter.

The Making of Late Antiquity. Carl Newell Jackson Lectures.

First Harvard University Press paperback edition. Cambridge, MA / London, Harvard University Press, 1993. 14 x 21cm. (8), 135 pages. Original softcover. Spine sunned, otherwise excellent condition. Some pencilled text markings.

16. Butt, G.E.

My Travels in North West Rhodesia. Or a Missionary Journey of Sixteen Thousand Miles.

London, E. Dalton, no year. 13 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XIII, 283 pages. 48 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some scratching, staining and discoloration to boards. Minor foxing to edges. Some spotting within. Interior is unmarked and sharp cornered. Binding still firm and strong.

17. Cagnolo, Fr. C.

The Akikuyu – Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore. English Translation, With Illustrations and a Map.

Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School, no year (c.1933). 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners.

18. Campenhausen, Hans von.

Lateinische Kirchenväter.

Stuttgart W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1960. 11,5 x 18,5cm. 255 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Urban-Bücher: Die Wissenschaftliche Taschenbuchreihe, Nr. 50].

19. Carter, Emmett G.

The Catholic Public Schools of Quebec.

Toronto / Montreal, W.J. Gage Limited, 1957. 15.5 x 23.5cm. (13), 128 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. Chittister, Joan.

The Fire in These Ashes – A Spirituality of Contemporary Religious Life.

Herefordshire, Gracewing, 1996. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XI, 178 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

21. Christin, Olivier.

Les yeux pour le croire – Les Dix Commandements en images XVe-XVIIe Siécle.

Éditions du Seuil, 2003. 8°. 156 pages. Softcover / Broché. Tres bon etat.

22. Coleburt, Russell.

Christian Evolution.

London, Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd., 1967. 11 cm x 18 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Staple binding, staples not rusted. Some very minor discolouration to endpapers and inside covers. Previous owner’s name stamped onto title page. [Where We Stand Series].

23. Conn, Eileen (editor) / Stewart, James (editor).

Visions of Creation.

Alresford, Godsfield Press, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIX, 139 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Fold-crease at corner of front cover. Partially torn-off name-sticker inside front cover. Volume clean inside with binding intact.

24. Cook, Michael L.

Responses To 101 Questions About Jesus.

New York / Mahwah, Paulist Press, 1993. 13.5 x 20.5cm. (10), 124 pages. Original softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

25. Cornford, F.M.

From Religion to Philosophy – A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation.

New York / Evanston, Harper & Row, 1957. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. X, 275 pages. Original Softcover. Poor condition with obvious signs of external wear. Several annotations in pencil throughout book. from the library of philosopher Graham Parkes with his name on endpaper, dated Berkeley, 1977.

26. [Crawford, Mabel] Anonymous.

Through Algeria.

London, Richard Bentley, 1863. 12 cm x 19 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 362 pages. The frontispiece is a colour-lithograph of El Kantara. Attractive hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering and ornamental design on spine. Gilt lettering and richly decorative tooling on front board. Blind tooling on back board also. Pebbled boards. All edges gilt. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cloth frayed at spine head and tail. Slight cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still very good and firm. Some foxing to endpapers. Interior very clean and bright. Some untrimmed pages. Handwritten message on front endpaper reads “A Prize gained by Louisea Mells for Progress in her French studies, Xmas. 1869. Magdalen House.” An extremely rare, rather scarce, early publication by an Irish Woman Traveller in Africa who also lived and helped through the Irish Famine and was not only an early Feminist but also one of the first members of the Suffragette Movement.

27. Cupitt, Don.

Taking Leave Of God.

London, SCM Press Ltd., 1980. 14 x 21.5cm. (13), 174 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition, other than fading to spine and jacket. Some text markings. Pre-owner’s name on half-title page.

28. Cushing, Cardinal Richard.

Mary.

Boston, St. Paul Editions, 1963. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 152 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

29. Dale, Godfrey.

The Peoples of Zanzibar, Their Customs and Religious Beliefs.

Westminster, The Universities’ Mission to Central Africa, 1920. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 124 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and ornament on front board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

30. De Caussade, J.P.

Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence. Translated from the standard French edition of Father P.H. Ramiére, S.J. by Algar Thorold. Revised by Father John Joyce, S.J. with an introduction by David Knowles Emeritus Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge.

Glasgow, Collins, 1972. 10.5 cm x 18 cm. 160 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages discoloured. Foxing to edges.

31. De Caussade, Jean-Pierre / Muggeridge, Kitty (Translator).

The Sacrament of The Present Moment. From the original text of the treatise on Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence.

Glasgow, Collins, 1982. 11 cm x 18 cm. 128 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages discoloured. Minor foxing to edges and endpapers.

32. de Sales, Francis / de Chantal, Jane.

Letters of Spiritual Direction.

New York / Mahwah, Paulist Press, 1988. 15 cm x 23 cm. XII, 296 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Some wear at corners and discolouration of page edges. Clean inside with intact binding. [The Classics of Western Spirituality]

33. Dennett, R.E.[Richard Edward].

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo). With an Introduction by Mary H. Kingsley.

London, The Folk-Lore Society [David Nutt], 1898. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXII, 169 pages. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Emblem of Folk-Lore Society embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard in excellent condition. Scarce. Inscribed by the author R.E. Dennett on half-title. Very important early account on the Congo. Dennett later would meet Roger Casement. This inscribded book by him is of extreme value. [Publications of the Folk-Lore Society – Volume XLI – (1897)].

34. Dillistone, F.W.

The Novelist and The Passion Story.

London, Collins, 1960. 14.2 cm x 20.7 cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket by Michael Harvey in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate discolouration and foxing to edges and dustjacket. Spine of dustjacket slightly faded. Minor discolouration to front and rear pastedown enpapers and enpapers. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

35. Dollard, Kit / Marett-Crosby, Anthony / Wright, Timothy.

Doing Business with Benedict. The Rule of Saint Benedict and business management: a conversation.

London / New York, Continuum, 2002. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 215 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscription, notes, underlinings and a couple of highlighted passages by preowner.

36. Ducornet, Rikki.

The One Marvelous Thing. Decorated by T. Motley.

Champaign / London, Dalkey Archive Press, 2008. 14 cm x 21 cm. 161 pages. A profusion of black and white drawings and illustrations. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author Rikki Ducornet on the endpaper.

37. Edwards, Jonathan.

Basic Writings. Selected, Edited and with a Foreword by Ola Elizabeth Winslow.

New York, New American Library, 1966. 10.5 x 18cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some age darkening. Pencilled price marking on front jacket. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [A Signet Classic, No. CT 297].

38. Eliot, Sir Charles Eliot. Sometime H.M. Ambassador at Tokyo.

Japanese Buddhism. With a Memoir of the Author by Sir Harold Parlett.

First Published in 1935. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1969. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XXXIV, 449 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

39. Elliott, W.A.

Gold From the Quartz. With Seventy-Five Illustrations and Two Maps.

London, London Missionary Society, 1910. 17 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 223 pages. 77 illustrations including frontispiece. 2 maps of region within book. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial image on front board Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is very bright and clean.

40. Ellis, Alfred Burdon.

The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa. Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1887. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. VII, 343 pages. Map near front showing Gold Coast. Hardcover [publisher’s original burgundy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to boards. Dark brown surface-paper endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rubbing to corners and spine ends with minor scuff marks to boards. Very minor staining to spine. Cracking to gutter between front pastedown and endpapers near head of spine. Cracking to gutter between rear pastedown and endpaper also but binding still strong. A hint of browning to a nice and clean interior.

41. Elmslie, W.A.

Among The Wild Ngoni – Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa.

Edinburgh and London, Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 319 pages. 14 illustrations including frontispiece. Folded Map at rear showing ‘Livingstonia Mission.’ Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial illustration on spine and board. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean.

42. Fanning, Tim.

The Fethard-On-Sea Boycott.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. 234 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most remarkable newspaper-clippings related to this sectarian episode of irish history.

43. [Fermor, Patrick Leigh] Doughty, Charles M.

Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence. [Patrick Leigh Fermor’s personal copy] / [Also including all three Volumes of his autobiographical journey (one of them signed), on foot across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople in the years 1933 – 1934].

Second Impression of the ‘New and definitive Edition’. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Jonathan Cape, 1943. 20 cm x 26 cm. Volume I: Frontispice- Portrait of Doughty, 674 pages. Volume II: 696 pages. With both Volumes including each the beautiful large colour-fold-out-map in the rear showing “North Western Arabia and Negd”. Hardcover / Publisher’s original buckram with gilt lettering on spine and original dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore- and tail-edges. Coloured top edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjackets slightly stained and price-clipped. Interior is bright and clean. Patrick Leigh Fermor’s personal copy with his name in ink on the endpaper of Volume II: “Patrick Leigh Fermor. London, July 1945.”. Leigh Fermor obviously rewarded himself with the purchase of Doughty’s masterpiece directly after World War Two. Stunning item, manifesting Doughty’s heavy influence on Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Travel writing. The set includes also three first editions in original dustjackets, of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s famous Travel writings: A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water [SIGNED], The Broken Road (with the second book, “Between the Woods and the Water” signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor.

44. Foley, Marc.

The Love That Keeps Us Sane – Living the Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

New York / Mahwah, New Jersey, Paulist Press, 2000. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. X, 93 pages. Several black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. Gibson, J.Y.

The Story of the Zulus. With 11 Illustrations.

London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta, Longmans, Green and Co., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 338 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Blind double-ruling to front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional foxing. Interior otherwise unmarked and bright. Binding firm and strong.

46. Goldberg, B.Z. / Potter, Charles Francis (Illustrator and Introduction).

The Sacred Fire – The Story of Sex in Religion. A Black Cat Book.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1962. 10.5 cm x 18 cm. 288 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration to page margins and more markedly to endpapers and inside covers. Foxing to edges.

47. Grant, Robert M.

Jesus After The Gospels: The Christ of the Second Century.

London, SCM Press Ltd., 1990. 15 x 23cm. 134 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by previous owner on half-title page.

48. Hattersley, C.W.

The Baganda at Home. With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda.

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1908. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 227 pages. 80 monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and designs on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Binding firm and strong. Foxing to edges and interior. Interior unmarked.

49. Heinz-Mohr, Gerd.

Lexikon der Symbole: Bilder und Zeichen der christlichen Kunst. Mit 225 Zeichnungen von Isabella Seeger.

Freiburg / Basel / Wien, Verlag Herder, 1991. 12 x 19cm. 350 Seiten, mit Schwarzweißabbildungen. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand, neuwertig. [Herder / Spektrum, Band 4008].

50. Herbert, A. S.

Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible, 1525-1961. Revised and Expanded By A.S. Herbert.

London / New York, The British and Foreign Bible Society / The American Bible Society, 1968. 19.2 cm x 25.4 cm. XXXI, 549 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Gilt decoration and title on spine. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges. Small tear to mylar. Otherwise clean and bright. Contains Errata – leaf / ‘Errata to Historical Catalogue’.