J. Ignacio Tellechea Idigoras

The Strange Bird: Brother Zacarias

San Sebastian, Michelena Artes Graficas, 2000. Paperback. 115p. A softcover book in fine condition. A few color photographs in back. Black and white images in text. .

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Book number: 147555

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

L. Silliman Ives

The Trials of a Mind in Its Progress to Catholicism: A Letter to His Old Friends

Boston, Patrick Donahoe, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 233p. A dark brown embossed cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges lightly worn. Corners a bit bumped. Lacks front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The author was an Episcopal bishop in North Carolina who eventually converted to Catholicism during a trip to Rome (see DAB). .

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Book number: 146727

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Bruno S. James

Asking for Trouble

New York, Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover. 178p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Tape stains and card pocket on endpapers. Stamp on title page. Text itself is unmarked and binding still tight. The jacket is only mildly edgeworn and has a call number on the spine. The autobiography of an English priest. Fair .

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Book number: 181032

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Sister Patricia Jean

Only One Heart: The Story of a Pioneer Nun in America

Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1963. Hardcover. 312p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Some chipping on corners of jacket, otherwise clean and tight. .

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Book number: 150691

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Betty Jean Jeffries

From the Other Side: A Look Into the Catholic Church

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 128p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Top corners lightly bumped. 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 her transformation from anti-Catholic to Catholic convert. Fair .

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Book number: 194927

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Burris Jenkins, Jr.

Father Meany and the Fighting 69th

New York, Frederick Fell, Inc, 1945. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 61p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Small pen scribble and stamp on front endpaper and half-title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The story of a World War II Catholic army chaplain. Contains black and white illustrations. .

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Book number: 180210

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Sister Mary Jeremy

All the Days of My Life

New York, Bobbs-Merrill, 1959. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 191p. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. A beautiful book in excellent condition! Very scarce. Memoirs of a Franciscan nun who spent her life in education. As New .

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Book number: 300033

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John H. White, photography; Rev. Raymond E. Goedert, et al.

The Final Journey of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

Chicago, Loyola Press, 1997. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 74p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Black and white photographs chronicling the last year of Cardinal Bernardin's life, along with eulogies and his funeral homily. Bernardin served as Archbishop of Cincinnati and later of Chicago. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9. As New .

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Book number: 194394

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John H. White, photography; Rev. Raymond E. Goedert, et al.

The Final Journey of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin

Chicago, Loyola Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 74p. A large hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Head of spine bumped and owner's label inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight, and jacket fully intact. Black and white photographs chronicling the last year of Cardinal Bernardin's life, along with eulogies and his funeral homily. Bernardin served as Archbishop of Cincinnati and later of Chicago. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9. Very Good .

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Book number: 195299

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Fr. John McConnell, Bishop Edward A. McGurkin, et al.

Profiles of Twelve Maryknollers

Maryknoll, NY, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 117p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A large softcover book that has been rebound in hardcover. Good, sturdy reading condition. Label on spine; stamps, call number, bookplate, and card pocket inside. Otherwise clean and tight. Rare book on the lives of 12 distinctive Maryknoll missionaries, including Fr. Norman P. Batt, Fr. William Collins, Fr. John J. Considine, Fr. Anthony Cotta, Fr. John F. Donovan, Bishop Alonso M. Escalante, Bishop Edward Fedders, Br. La Salle Kearly, Bishop Raymond A. Lane, Fr. Charles McCarthy, Fr. John M. McLoughlin, and Fr. Roy Petipren. Measures approx. 11" x 8.5. Fair .

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Book number: 188875

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Rev. Peter Leo Johnson

Stuffed Saddlebags: The Life of Martin Kundig, Priest, 1805-1879

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 297p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners lightly bumped and faint label stain on spine. Pencil markings on copyright page have been erased, but are still faintly visible. Otherwise clean and tight. Biography of a Swiss-born Catholic priest who ministered to pioneers on the American frontier. Very Good .

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Book number: 193513

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Christopher J. Kauffman

Mission to Rural America: The Story of W. Howard Bishop, Founder of Glenmary

Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 298p. A softcover book in essentially fine condition, apart from some very mild rubbing along the edges. Clean and tight. .

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Book number: 180662

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Josephine Kelly

Dark Shepherd

Paterson, NJ, St. Anthony Guild Press, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 169p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly cockeyed, but binding still tight. A few small black ink smudges on the cloth, and a small scratch at the bottom of the back cover. Tape stains on endpapers; otherwise, text clean. The story of Bishop Healy, the first black American priest. Features occasional black and white illustrations. .

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Book number: 180368

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Constantine Kempf

The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times

New York, Benziger Brothers, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Corners bumped, previous owner's name, small stain on page edge, otherwise clean and tight. A collection of short biographies of many holy men and women of the 19th century, many of which have since become saints. .

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Book number: 125291

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Rev. J.F. Kempker

Very Reverend J.A. M. Pelamourgues, First Pastor of St. Anthony's Church, Davenport, Iowa

Winterset, IA, 1901. Paperback. 12p. A pastel green softcover booklet in very good condition. Edges lightly tanned. Cover lightly creased. Initials of former owner on front. Otherwise clean and tight. A brief account of the career of Father Pelamourgues. Contains a few small black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 148534

Catalogue: Catholic Biography