Catholica - Liturgy from Heaven-Haven Books

Small pamphlet (5 x 7.25) Staplebound wrappers, 32pp. Wrappers show some fading to edges, else a nearly fine copy, preserved in shrink wraps. Merton's brief essay on the praying of Psalms, with drawings contributed by the Grailville Art Center in Minnesota. A rather uncommon Merton item in near pristine shape.

8vo, blue cloth with silver titles. 1st thus, lacking the dust jacket. Boards show mild scuffing and bumping to corners, ownership signature to front endpaper, else unmarked. Firmly bound, a presentable copy. A series of 33 sermons on the Blessed Virgin for the Month of May, as per the custom of Italian preachers. Uncommon in original issue.

1st edition. Blue papered boards with blue titles, 166pp. Dust jacket is unclipped (2.75), showing minimal chipping to top edge of spine and rubbing to rear panel. Else an about fine copy. A book of meditations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin.

1st edition. Aquamarine full cloth with black titles, decorative endpapers, 106pp. Dust jacket is unclipped (two dollars) showing minimal toning and fading to covers. An about fine copy of a scarce Franciscan devotional book detailing the Stations of the Cross of St. Francis of Assisi. Beautifully illustrated and designed.

8vo, blue cloth with gilt titles, 200pp. Library discard with stamping to endpapers, title pages, and catalog marking to spine, otherwise contents clean, binding firm. A work on the revision of the Roman canon, with textual comparisons of the Canon and its anaphoras throughout Church history, with analysis of its potential for revision in light of Vatican II reforms. A… Read more about this item

8vo, black cloth with green titles, 227pp. Unclipped dust jacket (3.75) Panels of dust jacket rubbed with a few chips and closed tears, small pen marking to front panel. Binding firm with clean text. An exposition of the ceremoniale for Holy Week in the Tridentine Rite. A nice copy.

4to, maroon quarter cloth over maroon papered boards, gilt titles, 159pp. Stated First Edition, January 14, 1958. Unclipped dust jacket (4.95). Ex parochial school library copy with stamping to front and rear endpapers, no additional markings. A soil mark beginning at front endpaper bleeds over to a section of text block onto rear endpaper, boards show mild rubbing, corners bumped.… Read more about this item

4to, maroon quarter cloth over maroon papered boards, gilt titles, 159pp. Stated First Edition, January 14, 1958. Price clipped dust jacket, minimally worn, with library decimal marking to spine, minor creases and wear to edges, tape residue to rear flap continuing to rear board. Former library card and tape mark residue to rear endpaper, stamping to title page. Interior is… Read more about this item

4to, turquoise cloth with gilt titles, 144pp. Book club edition. Dust jacket shows some loss to top edge around spine, a quarter nick to rear panel, and mild chipping and edge wear. Firmly bound with clean text. A later installment in a series of collaborations between Fulton Sheen and Yousuf Karsh, following This is the Mass, This is Rome, This… Read more about this item