Mother Dolores Hart & Richard DeNeut

The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows

San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st printing. Hardcover. 457p. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Clean and tight. The remarkable story of Dolores Hart, a young actress who left her successful career in Hollywood to become a nun. This book includes her writings and additional material by Richard DeNeut. Includes sections of b/w and color photographs. .

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Book number: 1249580

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Dominic Devas

Mother Mary of the Passion: Foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1839-1904)

New York, Longmans, Green & Co, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 102p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped at the very tips. Endpapers tanned; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Biography of Helene Marie Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville, known as Mary of the Passion. She was beatified in 2002. Very Good .

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Book number: 193407

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Claudia Devaux and George Bernard Wong

Bamboo Swaying in the Wind: A Survivor's Story of Faith and Imprisonment in Communist China

Chicago, Loyola Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 206p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Wong, a Chinese Jesuit, was put in prison for 25 years by the Communist Chinese because of his religious faith. Contains black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 143083

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

M.C. Devine

The World's Cardinal

Boston, St. Paul Editions, 1964. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 356p. INSCRIBED BY CARDINAL CUSHING. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The binding is cockeyed, but still tight. Corners and tips of spine are lightly rubbed, and there is faint foxing on the top edge. Patchy tanning on the endpapers; otherwise clean. The jacket has a few small worn spots along the edges, but is essentially intact. A biography of Richard James Cushing (1895-1970), an American cardinal and Archbishop of Boston. This copy is inscribed and signed by Cardinal Cushing on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with a lengthy section of black and white photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 189497

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Anthony H. Deye

Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of Cincinnati: Pre-CIVIL War Years

Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, Department of History, 1959. Hardcover. 465p. A large, thick hardcover book bound in black buckram. Very good condition overall. Publication date on title page was corrected by hand. Page 360 is not bound, but instead folded in half and tucked inside, as if originally omitted by mistake and added in later. Otherwise clean and tight. A Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Notre Dame. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9. Very Good .

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Book number: 193481

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Ernest Dimnet

My New World

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1937. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 396p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Gutters of endpapers are tanned. Back cover has a pale streak across the middle. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket has rubbed edges, and the back is tanned, but otherwise, the jacket is in very good condition. A continuation of Father Dimnet's autobiography begun in MY OLD WORLD. .

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Book number: 142441

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Ernest Dimnet

My New World

London, Jonathan Cape, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 403p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Light shelf wear and faint staining to cover. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Lacks front free endpaper. A continuation of the Catholic priest's autobiography as begun in MY OLD WORLD. .

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Book number: 149903

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John Berchmans Dockery

They That Build: The Life of Mother Clare of Brentwood

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1963. Hardcover. 244p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Convent stamps and bookplate inside; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is encased in an old plastic cover with a label on the spine. A biography of Clare Arthur (d. 1954), foundress of the Brentwood Ursulines. Fair .

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Book number: 188324

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Eddie Doherty

Matt Talbot

Mikwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1954. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 200p. Ex-library. A black cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Spine is faded and lightly rubbed. Label on spine; bookplate, stamps, call number, and card pocket inside. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Tiny pen mark on page 18. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of the Irish alcoholic who achieved sobriety through devout Catholicism. He has been declared Venerable. Fair .

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Book number: 188517

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Joseph P. Donnelly

Jacques Marquette, S.J. 1637-1675

Chicago, Loyola University Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 395p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Convent stamps on bottom edge, endpapers, and title page; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket flaps have been pasted to the book, so the jacket cannot be removed without tearing. It is also encased in a plastic cover with a label on the spine. Spine and edges sunfaded, but jacket otherwise intact. A biography of the Jesuit missionary who founded Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan's first European settlement. Fair .

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Book number: 188526

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John F. Donovan

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 223p. A hardcover book in good condition with a very good dustjacket. Spotty discoloration on front and back covers. Small tan stain on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a small tear at the top of the spine, plus a few creases, but is otherwise intact. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Good .

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Book number: 189062

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John F. Donovan

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. 223p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Boards stained. Stamps, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket has a few tears, plus a library label on the spine, but is still mostly intact. A biography of Francvis Xavier Ford, a Maryknoll bishop in China. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Fair .

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Book number: 189493

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John F. Donovan

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 223p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Library stamps, labels, and card pocket inside, but text clean and binding tight. The jacket is lightly worn and sunfaded and has a label on the spine. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Fair .

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Book number: 188284

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John F. Donovan

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 223p. Ex-library. A golden-yellow cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. This copy once belonged to the Maryknoll Seminary in New York. Spine lightly tanned. Label on spine; stamps, bookplate, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. Fair .

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Book number: 189475

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Patrick Dougherty

Mother Mary Potter: Foundress of the Little Company of Mary

London, Sands & Co, 1961. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 304p, frontis. A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The Venerable Mary Potter (1847-1913) was an English nun who founded the Little Company of Mary in 1877 in Nottingham. Very Good .

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Book number: 300034

Catalogue: Catholic Biography