Liturgical Arts: November 1971, February & May 1972 (Volume 40, Nos. 1-3)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1972. Hardcover. 116p plus ads. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in black cloth. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume containing three issues of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. The covers of each issue are included. This volume contains an essay by Augustin Cardinal Bea called "Unity in Freedom" and photos of sculptures by Frederick Shrady. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193373

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Liturgical Arts: November 1965 - August 1968 (Volumes 34-36)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1968. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in buckram. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Contains issues for November 1965, February-May-August-November 1966, February-May-August-November 1967, and February-May-August 1968. The covers of each issue are included. This volume contains blessings from Pope Paul VI and Cardinal Spellman on the Society's 35th anniversary, a cartoon by Dom Hubert van Zeller, and a commentary on the Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy by Frederick R. McManus. The August 1968 issue spotlights the renovation of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, including an essay by Thomas Merton, "Note on the New Church at Gethsemani." Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193375

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Liturgical Arts: November 1959 - August 1962 (Volumes 28-30)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1962. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in buckram. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Contains issues for November 1959, February-May-August-November 1960, February-May-August-November 1961, and February-May-August 1962. The covers of each issue are included. This volume contains an essay by Dom Hubert van Zeller, "Deadlock in Sculpture," with a frontispiece photo of one of his sculptures; essays by Ade Bethune called "Tabernacle and Altar" and "Acoustics, Light, and Seating for the People's Participation in the Mass"; an essay by Vincent Cronin, "Exotic Madonnas"; an essay by John LaFarge on the occasion of the Society's 30th anniversary; a tipped-in copy of a painting by William Congdon, with foreword by Jacques Maritain to Congdon's book ITINERARY TO CHRIST; and an essay by Donald Attwater on Eastern Catholic liturgies. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193377

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Liturgical Arts: November 1956 - August 1959 (Volumes 25-27)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1959. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with blue cloth boards. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Contains issues for November 1956, February-May-August-November 1957, February-May-August-November 1958, and February-May-August 1959. This volume contains photos of religious sculptures by Giacomo Manzu, an article about how to make and wear a chasuble, and an essay by John LaFarge on church art in Africa. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193378

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Liturgical Arts, Volumes 22-24 (November 1953 - August 1956)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1956. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with black cloth boards. Library stamps on foredges and endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Contains issues for November 1953, February-May-August-November 1954, February-May-August-November 1955, and February-May-August 1956. This volume contains an article on Gothic Revival stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb; an entire issue devoted to Mexican religious art, music and architecture; an essay by Peter Anson on "Mass Facing the People"; and an article on chasubles in the Roman Rite. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193485

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Liturgical Arts, Volumes 19-21 (November 1950 - August 1953)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1953. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with black cloth boards. Library stamps on foredges and endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Contains issues for November 1950, February-May-August-November 1951, February-May-August-November 1952, and February-May-August 1953. This volume contains an address by Pope Pius XII to the first International Congress of Catholic Artists; views of "The Madonna of Port Lligat" by Salvador Dali; an essay by Jacques Maritain on "A Synthesis in Modern Sacred Art"; an essay by Peter Anson on St. Ninian's church in Tynet, Banffshire; and multiple contributions by John LaFarge. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193486

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Liturgical Arts, Volumes 16-18 (November 1947 - August 1950)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, Inc, 1950. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with black cloth boards. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Includes the covers of each issue. Contains issues for November 1947, February-May-August-November 1948, February-May-August-November 1949, and February-May-August 1950. This volume contains three essays by John LaFarge: "Catholic Religious Art," Private Opinion and Church Authority," and "Letter to a Critic"; a section of photographs of religious statues for the Liturgical Arts Society's Statue project, with information on each sculptor; a supplementary section on 16th-century calligraphy and printing; and an article on art historian Bernard Berenson. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193487

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Liturgical Arts, Volumes 10-12 (November 1941 - August 1944)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, 1944. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with black cloth boards. LACKS THE NOVEMBER 1943 AND FEBRUARY 1944 ISSUES. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Includes the covers of each issue. Contains issues for November 1941, February-May-August-November 1942, February-May-August 1943, and May-August 1944. This volume contains an essay on liturgical music reform, with a reproduction of a Ward Method music chart; an essay by Caryll Houselander on the Stations of the Cross; an essay by John LaFarge called "Tradition and Art; a tipped-in color plate by Lauren Ford called "Star of Bethlehem"; and essays by Eric Gill, Dietrich von Hildebrand, and Jacques Maritain, all in the February 1943 issue. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193617

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Liturgical Arts, Volumes 7-9 (October 1938 - August 1941)

Concord, NH, Liturgical Arts Society, 1941. Hardcover. Ex-library; REBOUND. Magazines rebound in 1/4 black buckram with black cloth boards. Library stamps on foredges, endpapers, and each issue's front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A bound volume of the Catholic quarterly LITURGICAL ARTS, an illustrated digest of church art and architecture. Includes the covers of each issue. Contains issues for October 1938, February-May-July-October 1939, January-April-July-October 1940, and February-May-August 1941. This volume contains illustrations by Ade Bethune for an article by Cardinal Joseph Cardijn; essays by John LaFarge on "Devotion to the Liturgy" and Saint Peter Claver Chapel; a two-part article on fresco painting by Tom LaFarge; an essay on the influence of the Shroud of Turin on religious art; and an essay by Jean Charlot on "Catholic Art, Its Quandaries." Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Fair .

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Book number: 193618

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Katharine Ball

Notre-Dame de Paris

Paris, Association Maurice de Sully, 1993. English edition. Paperback. 28p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed; otherwise clean and tight. Souvenir guide to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (before the 2019 fire), illustrated with color photographs. Very Good .

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Book number: 188912

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George Willard Benson

The Cross: Its History & Symbolism; an Account of the Symbol More Universal in Its Use and More Important in Its Significance Than Any Other in the World

Buffalo, NY, Privately printed, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 197p. Ex-library. A hardcover book with a dark tan cloth spine. Good reading condition. Edges wearing through and light rub marks on the boards. Label on spine; bookplate, call number, stamps, and card pocket inside. Text clean and binding tight. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fair .

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Book number: 188840

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Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner

The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican

New York, HarperOne, 2009. Paperback. 320p. A softcover book in fine condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a section of color plates. As New .

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Book number: 189333

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Msgr. William Cleves and Margo Warminski; Robert A. Flischel, Joe Simon, and Jay Yocis, photography

Messages of Glory: The Narrative Art of Roman Catholicism

Cincinnati, David-Flischel Enterprises, LLC, 2012. Hardcover. 221p. SIGNED BY ROBERT FLISCHEL. A large hardcover book in good condition. Cracks forming on the edges of the spine, extending about 2 inches up from the bottom; the boards remains securely enough attached for normal handling. Otherwise, text clean and pages tightly bound. Captioned color photographs of stunning stained glass windows, mostly from churches in the Cincinnati area. This copy is signed on the title page by photographer Robert Flischel. Comes with a foldout map of Catholic churches in Cincinnati. The book measures approx. 12.25" x 9.25. Good .

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Book number: 186247

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Painton Cowen

Rose Windows

San Francisco, Chronicle, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 144p, numerous illustrations in both color and b/w. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Oversize. .

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Book number: 1243755

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Justus Dahinden

New Trends in Church Architecture

New York, Universe Books Inc, 1967. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 144p. Ex-library. A grey cloth hardcover book in good reading conidtion. Spine text rubbing off, and cloth starting to split along the edge of the spine. Corners also wearing through. Small label on front cover. Labels and stamps on endpapers and title page; small scuffs and tear on rear endpaper where labels were peeled off. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Illustrated with lots of black and white photographs and architectural diagrams. Fair .

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Book number: 190085

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