Biography from Star of the Sea Books

New York: Alba House, 1965. First American edition. Octavo, original red linen boards, original illustrated dust jacket. Book fine with short closed tear to top and faint toning to the bottom of dust jacket. About fine. First American edition of this biography of Augustine's formative years, centering on the Confessions, and illustrated with 3 plates. The text is prefaced… Read more about this item

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1935 . First edition. Small octavo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket. Minor soiling to yellow cloth and top of textblock, trace of foxing to the fore-edge, dust jacket spine toned with creasing to the ends, modest soiling on both panels. Rare complete with original dust jacket. Very good indeed. FOUR SINGULAR CATHOLIC LIVES.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. Thick octavo (9 5/8 inches tall), original black cloth, gilt spine and front board, cartographic endpapers, red top edge, uncut, original dust jacket. Faint damp-stain to top edge, dust jacket with minor creasing to flap, slight edge-wear, small closed chip to bottom of front panel. A near-fine copy. First edition of… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth, original illustrated dust jacket. Books' front corners bumped, gentle creasing to top of pack panel of bright dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE FIRST MODERN POPE" First edition of this first biography, by an American Marianist brother, of the first modern Pope, with a frontispiece photographic portrait. Gioacchino… Read more about this item

London: William Collins, 1972. First edition. Octavo, original white paper boards, original dust jacket. Fine. "AFTER JESUS, PAUL IS THE KEY FIGURE IN THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN STORY" First edition of this extended dialogue on St. Paul between longtime friends Malcolm Muggeridge and Alec Vidler. Based on the five-episode BBC Television series from the previous year, the conversation is divided into… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1967. First American edition. Large octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. A near-fine copy with only faint toning to spine and upper edge of front panel of the dust jacket. "PIUS XI WAS TOO EXALTED TO BE TOUCHED BY VANITY; AND WITH HIM IT WAS THE POPE, RATHER THAN HIMSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL,… Read more about this item