Charles Angell & Charles LaFontaine

Prophet of Reunion: The Life of Paul of Graymoor

NY, Seabury Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Fr. Paul of Graymoor founded the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. The Church has declared him a Servant of God. .

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Book number: 87911

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

G.R. Lamb

Roman Road

New York, Sheed and Ward, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 125p. A tan cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Call number on spine and seminary stamps inside. Dustjacket clipping taped to front pastedown, leaving small stains on the facing endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The author's memoir of his conversion to Catholicism. Fair .

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Book number: 194926

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Corinna Laughlin and Maria Laughlin; Didier Pagot, illustrations

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

Strasbourg, Editions du Signe (dist. Liturgy Training Publications), 2015. Hardcover. 48p. A large, glossy hardcover book in fine condition. The African-American priest's life told in the form of a graphic novel. Fr. Tolton was declared Venerable in 2019. Measures approx. 12.7" x 9.1. As New .

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Book number: 195506

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Michael O'Laughlin

Henri Nouwen: His Life and Vision

Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2005. Paperback. 172p. A softcover book in fine condition. Illustrated with lots of black and white photographs. As New .

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Book number: 195722

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Msgr. A. Laveille

A Life of Cardinal Mercier

New York, The Century Co, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 251p. Ex-library hardcover book in original binding. Label residue on spine; stamps on edges, endpapers, and title page; card pocket in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Good .

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Book number: 197536

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Ellin Craven Learned

Finding the Way

New York, Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 107p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Call number on spine and seminary stamps inside. Otherwise clean and tight. A scarce work about Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, who was Cardinal Secretary of State under Pope Pius X. Fair .

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Book number: 194911

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Jean Leclercq

Memoirs: From Grace to Grace

Petersham, MA, St. Bede's Publications, 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. 194p. A blue softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. The autobiography of the French Benedictine priest. .

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Book number: 160111

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G. Lee

The Life of the Venerable Francis Libermann: A Pioneer of the African Missions

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. 333p. Brown cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded, large stained spots on front and back covers, otherwise pages clean and tight. Francis Libermann was born in France in 1804 to a Jewish family, and he later converted to Catholicism and became a Catholic priest. He founded the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and is a Venerable of the Catholic Church. .

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Book number: 125015

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Margaret Leigh

The Fruit in the Seed: Chapters of Autobiography

New York, Sheed & Ward, Inc, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 128p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Stamp inside front cover and paste residue inside back cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly chipped, most visibly along the top, but is still mostly intact; there are also some spotty, light stains on the back. A scarce title by the well-known author of books on life in the Scottish highlands. .

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Book number: 180430

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[Mary Leonilla]

Mother Saint John Fontbonne: Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Lyons

New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1936. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 403p. A burgundy cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed; head and foot of spine worn. Spine is also lightly sunned. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. A couple tiny flecks of white paint at bottom of front cover. Front free endpaper has been torn out; owner's signature on blank side of frontispiece. Inch-long closed tear at top of page 33, and small crumpled tear on side of page 53; neither tear affects the text. Pleates foxed; otherwise clean and tight. A scarce biography of Jeanne Fontbonne (1759-1843), a nun who formed the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons from the remnants of religious sisters dispersed by the French Revolution. She was slated for death at the guillotine, but was saved because the fall of Robespierre occurred the day before her scheduled execution. This book is illustrated with black and white plates. Good .

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Book number: 186568

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Charles Lepetit

Two Dancers in the Desert: The Life of Charles de Foucauld

Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. 118p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The spine of the jacket is a bit sunfaded. The book is clean and tight. St. Charles de Foucauld was a French priest who lived and worked in Algeria, where he was martyred. He was beatified in 2005 and canonized in 2022. Lepetit was one of Foucauld's followers. .

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Book number: 1256310

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Ignace Lepp

From Karl Marx to Jesus Christ

New York, Sheed & Ward, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 212p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Call number on spine and seminary stamps inside. Dustjacket clipping taped to front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. A former Communist's memoir of his conversion to Catholicism and entry into the priesthood. Fair .

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Book number: 194912

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Elisabeth Leseur

The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur: The Woman Whose Goodness Changed Her Husband from Atheist to Priest

Manchester, NH, Sophia Institute Press, 2002. Paperback. 290p. A softcover book in fine condition. The spiritual journal of a French woman whose holiness inspired her atheist husband to become a Catholic priest after her death. Elisabeth was declared a Servant of God in 1951. As New .

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Book number: 196619

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Shane Leslie

Cardinal Gasquet

New York, P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 273p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is edgeworn and a bit faded, but fully intact. A biography of Francis Gasquet (1846-1929), an English cardinal and scholar. .

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Book number: 147858

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Shane Leslie

Henry Edward Manning: His Life and Labours

New York, P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 516p. Ex-library copy of a hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Contains library stamps and markings, including one on the spine. Some pages are uncut and unopened. Edges mildly rubbed. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is chipped and deeply tanned (mainly on the spine, which also has sticker residue and a tiny hole). Overall intact and in generally good condition. A first-edition biography of Cardinal Manning, scarcely found in its dustjacket. Manning was originally an Anglican priest; he converted to Catholicism and then became the Archbishop of Westminster. Contains several black and white plates. .

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Book number: 142663

Catalogue: Catholic Biography