Bishop John Marie Simon

Bishop for the Hottentots: African Memories 1882-1909

New York, Benziger Brothers, Inc, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 235p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Library stamps and labels inside, but otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, but encased in an old mylar cover with a label on the spine. Memoir of an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales who was a missionary in South Africa. Fair .

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Book number: 188282

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Charlie May Simon

Faith Has Need of All the Truth: A Life of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 180p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is crinkled on the front, but otherwise intact. .

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Book number: 177691

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Fr. M. Raphael Simon

The Glory of Thy People: The Story of a Conversion

New York, Macmillan, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 139p. Ex-library, original cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faintly toned and marked with a call number. Seminary stamps inside, but otherwise clean and tight. Features a preface by the Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Fair .

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Book number: 195178

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Paul Siwek, S. J., Ph. D., S. T. D.

The Riddle of Konnersreuth: A Psychological and Religious Study

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1953. Hardcover. 228p. A dark blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped slightly. Endpapers tanned and discolored. Otherwise, tight and clean. A detailed inquiry into the case of Theresa Neumann, an alleged German mystic, from Konnersreuth. .

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Book number: 124806

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Paul Siwek

The Riddle of Konnersreuth: A Psychological and Religious Study

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 228p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Signatures on both endpapers and on title page. Otherwise clean and tight. A study of the stigmata and sufferings of Therese Neumann. .

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Book number: 149053

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Simon Harcourt-Smith

Cardinal of Spain: The Life and Strange Career of Alberoni

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First American Edition. Hardcover. 282p plus 15p index. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in good condition. The book is clean and tight. The dustjacket has a lightly faded spine, lightly chipped edges, and a 2" closed tear on the back. Overall, in very good condition as a whole. Cardinal Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752) was an Italian Catholic statesman who became very powerful in Spain. He was nearly chosen to be Pope Innocent III's successor. This biography of Alberoni contains black and white plates. .

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Book number: 142946

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Bill Snyder

Soular Quest: An Autobiography

Patchwork Heart Ministry, 2012. Paperback. 36p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A staplebound booklet in near-fine condition. Mild crinkling around the staples; otherwise clean and tight. Inscribed by Snyder inside the front cover, stating this is the very first copyof the book printed. The author is a Catholic youth minister of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement. Very Good .

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Book number: 186716

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M.J. Spalding

Sketches of the Life, Times, and Character of the Rt. Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget, First Bishop of Louisville

Louisville, KY, Webb & Levering, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. Leather. 405p; 8p catalogue in back. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 1/4 brown leather. POOR CONDITION. Front cover is detached. Edges heavily rubbed and call number on spine. Convent sticker and stamp inside, and closed tear in front free endpaper. Mild foxing inside, but text clean and pages tightly bound, despite external damage. OFFERED AS-IS. A scarce biography of the first Catholic bishop of Louisville, Kentucky. Fair .

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Book number: 184028

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M.J. Spalding

Sketches of the Life, Times, and Character of the Rt. Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget, First Bishop of Louisville

Lousiville, Webb & Levering, 1852. First Edition, First Printing. Leather. 405p; 8p catalogue in back. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in 1/4 black leather with marbled green boards. Acceptable reading condition. Edges heavily scuffed; lots of little rub marks on the boards. Label on spine; stamps, call number, bookplate, and card pocket inside. Pages browned and foxed with age. Scattered pencil marginalia, but most text unmarked, and binding tight. Mid-19th century biography of Bishop Flaget, who died in 1850. Fair .

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Book number: 188638

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Walter Starkie

The Road to Santiago: Pilgrims of St. James

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 339p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Label on spine; stamps, call number, bookplate, and card pocket inside. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn along the edges and encased in an old mylar cover with a label on the spine. Scarce memoir of a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Fair .

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Book number: 188335

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Karl Stern

The Pillar of Fire

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. Hardcover. 310p. Ex-library. A black cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Corners and spine ends worn, and sticker residue on spine. Library markings and card pocket residue inside. Text itself is clean and binding is tight. The author's account of his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism. Fair .

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Book number: 182579

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Maria Sticco

Father Gemelli: Notes for the Biography of a Great Man

Chicago, Franciscan Herald Press, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 302p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is mildly worn, with a tiny tear on the edge of the rear flap fold and a small closed tear at the bottom of the spine. Otherwise intact and clean. A very scarce biography of Fr. Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959), a Franciscan friar and psychologist who was commissioned by the Vatican to examine the wounds of Padre Pio. .

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Book number: 180182

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Werenfried von Straaten

They Call Me Bacon Priest

Haarlem, N.V. Drukkerij De Spaarnestad, 1961. Paperback. 155p. A small softcover book in very good condition. The spine is creased. Otherwise clean and tight. Father von Straaten was a Dutch missionary who worked among World War II refugees. This is his memoir, containing many black and white photographs. Measures approx. 7" x 4.25.

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Book number: 143372

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Rev. D.J. O'Sullivan

Life Sketch of Mother Mary Lawrence, F.M. M.

Boston, Propagation of the Faith Society, 1919. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 58p. A red pictorial cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light shelf wear and a few pale stains on cover. Signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Contains black and white photographs. Mother Lawrence was an American missionary in China in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. .

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Book number: 148844

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David Francis Sweeney

The Life of John Lancaster Spalding: First Bishop of Peoria, 1840-1916

New York, Herder and Herder, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 384p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Small white smudge at top of back cover and owner's signature on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly rubbed, but fully intact. Spalding co-founded the Catholic University of America and was the primary compiler of the Baltimore Catechism. Very Good .

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Book number: 193540

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