Antonio Dragon

Miguel Augustin Pro of the Society of Jesus: Martyr of Christ the King, Executed in Mexico November 23, 1927

Montreal, The Messenger Press, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 219p. Ex-library. A hardcover book bound in marbled red cloth. Good, sturdy reading condition. Mild shelf wear, and label residue on spine. Gilt spine text has grown dull with age. Stamps, bookplate, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Very scarce biography of Padre Pro, the martyred Mexican priest, illustrated with black and white photographs. Pro was beatified in 1988. Fair .

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Book number: 189424

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Avery Dulles

A Testimonial to Grace

New York, Sheed and Ward, 1952. 5th printing. Hardcover. 121p. Ex-library. An orange hardcover book in good reading condition. Call number on spine and seminary library stamps inside. Dustjacket clipping was taped to front endpaper, but has since detached, leaving small tape stains. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The conversion memoir of a Catholic cardinal who was the son of John Foster Dulles (President Eisenhower's Secretary of State). Fair .

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Book number: 194673

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Rev. Frederick John Easterly

The Life of Rt. Rev. Joseph Rosati, C.M. , First Bishop of St. Louis, 1789-1843

Washington DC, The Catholic University of America Press, 1942. Paperback. 203p. Ex-library. A softcover book in good reading condition. Spine lightly tanned; handwritten number 33 at the top, and small library label at the bottom. Seminary stamps on front cover and title page; otherwise clean and tight. A Ph.D. dissertation about the Italian-born missionary and archbishop. Rosati has been declared a Servant of God. Catholic University of America Studies in American Church History, volume 33. Fair .

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Book number: 193580

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Sister Mary Margaret; Sister Mary Elisbeth, ed

In Our Lady's Household, Volume II: Reverend Mother Mary Anna, Sister Mary Aloysia, Sister Mary Ignatia

Rome, The Motherhouse Press, 1961. Paperback. 225p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased and edges of cover lightly crinkled; otherwise clean and tight. Volume 2 only. Very Good .

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Book number: 188568

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John Tracy Ellis

The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons: Archbishop of Baltimore 1834-1921, Volumes I-II

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. 707p; 735p. Ex-library. A set of two red cloth hardcover books in good reading condition. A few light scribbles on the cloth, and semicircular stain on back cover of volume 1. Label residue and call numbers on both spines. The front free endpapers have been clipped out. Library stamps and card pocket residue inside, and pencil marginalia on a few pages in volume 1. Volume 2's text is unmarked. Otherwise, binding tight in both. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Fair .

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Book number: 193521

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

John Tracy Ellis

The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons: Archbishop of Baltimore 1834-1921, Volumes I-II

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. 707p; 735p. A boxed set of two red cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. Very faint soiling on volume 1's spine, but oterwise clean and tight. Both volumes appear virtually unhandled. The slipcase is rubbed along the edges, but still sturdy. This copy belonged to Raymond E. Goedert, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago; his stamp is on both volumes' front endpapers. Very Good .

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Book number: 195721

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Gilbert Ahr Enderle

I Desire to Be Everywhere: Louis Florent Gillet; Frontier Missionary, Founder, and Contemplative Monk

Monroe, MI, Oblate Sisters of Providence / Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Board of Directors, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 536p. A softcover book in very good condition. Crease in front cover; top corners of first several pages are bent. Otherwise clean and tight. Biography of the Redemptorist priest Louis Florent Gillet (1813-1892), founder of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Very Good .

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Book number: 191794

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Fr. Zephyrin Engelhardt

The Holy Man of Santa Clara or Life, Virtues, and Miracles of Fr. Magin Catala, O.F. M.

San Francisco, The James H. Barry Company, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 199p. Ex-library hardcover book in original binding.No library marks on the exterior, but there is a stamp on the title page and a sticker in the back. Owner's signature inside front cover. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Biography of a Spanish Franciscan missionary, illustrated with a few black and white plates. Measures approx. 7.25" x 4.75. Good .

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Book number: 197713

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Edward P. Evans

Apostle of the Karens: Venerable Fr. Paolo Manna

Fyshwick, Australia, A.R. McLean, 1996. Paperback. 73p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover is creased, lightly tanned, and faintly soiled. Small, pale yellow stain (about the size of a half-dollar) on p. 71. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Fr. Manna, a Catholic missionary in Burma, who has been beatified. .

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Book number: 142635

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Ita Ford; Jeanne Evans, ed

Here I Am, Lord": The Letters and Writings of Ita Ford

Maryknoll, Orbis Books, 2005. Paperback. 250p. A softcover book in fine condition. The writings of a Maryknoll missionary who was murdered in El Salvador. As New .

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Book number: 193727

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

David W. Fagerberb

The Size of Chesterton's Catholicism

Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, 1998. Hardcover. A new hardcover book in dustjacket. 214p. An intellectual biography of Chesterton as a Christian, a Catholic, and a writer. .

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Book number: 124158

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Sean O'Faolain

Newman's Way: The Odyssey of John Henry Newman

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 335p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Edges lightly rubbed. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly chipped along the edges, but otherwise intact. A biography of John Henry Newman. Contains a section of black and white plates. .

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Book number: 146641

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

James F. Finley

James Gillis, Paulist

Garden City, Hanover House, 1958. Hardcover. Tan cloth. 270p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Lacks the blank front free endpaper else complete, unmarked, clean and tight. Biography of the popular Catholic priest. Gillis authored numerous works and was the long-time editor of The Catholic World. Very good .

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Book number: 84172

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Keywords: Catholic biography

Thomas F. Martin & Allan D. Fitzgerald

Augustine of Hippo: Faithful Servant, Spiritual Leader

Boston, Prentice Hall, 2011. Paperback. 158p. A softcover book in fine condition. "This concise biography introduces readers to Augustine of Hippo through his own writings, in which he dedicates and enormous amount of energy seeking to understand himself and exploring human nature. .

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Book number: 150316

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Knox Brothers

Washington DC, Counterpoint, 2000. Hardcover. 288p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly shelf-worn, but fully intact. The author was the duaghter of Edmund Knox. This book is a portrait of her father and of her uncles, Ronald, Wilfred, and Dillwyn Knox. .

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Book number: 160453

Catalogue: Catholic Biography