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

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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

Paul Lesourd and Jean-Marie Ramiz

Leon Josef Cardinal Suenens

Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. 41p. Ex-library; original binding. A staplebound softcover booklet in very good condition. Labels on spine and rear endpaper and card pocket on rear endpaper. Text clean and binding tight. From the series The Men Who Make the Council - Portraits of Vatican II Leaders. Michael Novak, series editor. Good .

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Book number: 206187

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Robert Llewelyn, ed

Julian: Woman of Our Day

London, Darton, Longman, and Todd, 1985. Paperback. 144p. A softcover book in fine condition. "Julian of Norwich is being discovered by many today who look to her not simply as a mystical and devotional writer who brings them comfort and strength but also as a theologian who has important things to say. In this book eight authors - amongst them Richard Harries, Kenneth Leech and A.M. Allchin - explore aspects of Julian's thought , her theology, her place in the tradition of the Church, and her mystical insights. .

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Book number: 150323

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Michael Trasppes-Lomax

Pugin: A Mediaeval Victorian

London, Sheed & Ward, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 357p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Some light cover wear, previous owner's name, otherwise pages clean and tight. A biography of Augustus Pugin, English architect and designer, who brought about a revival of Gothic architecture and designed the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben. Pugin was a convert to Catholicism. .

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Book number: 125516

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Daniel A. Lord

Played by Ear: The Autobiography of Daniel A. Lord, S.J.

Chicago/Garden City, Loyola University Press/Hanover House, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 398p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a POOR dustjacket. The binding is slightly cockeyed, but still tight, and the text is unmarked. The jacket is in pieces --- the flaps are detached, and the edges are visibly worn. The memoirs of a famous Catholic priest and author. .

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Book number: 179349

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Daniel A. Lord

Played by Ear: The Autobiography of Daniel A. Lord, S.J.

Chicago/Garden City, Loyola University Press/Hanover House, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 398p. Ex-library. A black cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Cover rubbed and various library markings inside, but text itself unmarked and binding tight. The memoirs of the famous Catholic priest and author. .

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Book number: 179548

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Sister Helen Louise

Sister Louise (Josephine Van Der Schrieck) (1813-1886): American Foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

New York, Benziger Brothers, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 336p. Ex-library copy of a navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Library marking on spine. Checkout card holder attached to back endpaper. Stickers removed from front endpaper. Otherwise, the edges are only lightly rubbed, the text is clean,a nd the binding is tight. Scarce hardcover edition of this biography of the Catholic nun. Introduction by Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, then-archbishop of Cincinnati. Contains black and white photographs. .

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Book number: 142560

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Arnold Lunn

And Yet So New

New York, Sheed & Ward, 1958. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 244p. Hardcover book in dustjacket. The covers are mottled and stained underneath the dustjacket. Interior is clean and tight, unmarked and fresh. Overall good or better condition. The British author and convert's reminiscences of his first ten years in the Catholic Church. Good .

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Book number: 1275832

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Rev. John F. Lyons

The Life and Times of Bishop Louis-Amadeus Rappe

Rev. John F. Lyons, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 285p. A red gilt hardcover book in fine condition. A biography of the first bishop of Cleveland. .

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Book number: 179325

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Francis X. Lyons

Something for God: The Life of Maryknoll's Brother Gonzaga

New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 206p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Edges heavily worn and a few page corners bent. Light foxing on endpapers. Call number and card pocket inside; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is rubbed all over and lightly chipped; library label on the spine. A biography of Charles Chilutti, known as Brother Gonzaga, who was a Maryknoll missioner in Bolivia. Fair .

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Book number: 189109

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Christine Mailloux

Esther Blondin: Prophet for Today

Lachine, QC, Editions Paulines, les Soeurs de Sainte-Anne, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 166p. A softcover book in fine condition. A biography of Marie Anne Blondin (1809-1890), foundress of the Sisters of Saint Anne. She was beatified in 2001. As New .

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Book number: 187307

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Rev. Henry Maria Malak

Servant of God Mother Mary Theresa of Chicago

Lemont IL, Privately Printed, 1982. 9th edition. Paperback. 207p, illus. A clean, tight, unmarked softcover book in very good condition. Biography of Venerable Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago. Very Good .

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Book number: 300025

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Rev. Henry Maria Malak

Theresa of Chicago

Lemont IL, League of the Servant of God Mother Mary Theresa, 1975. 4th edition. Hardcover. 458p, drawings, photographs. Brown decorated cloth. A hardcover book in fine condition. Biography of Venerable Mother Mary Theresa Dudzik, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago. As New .

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Book number: 300026

Catalogue: Catholic Biography

Dom Andre Malet

An Artist Soul: Roger Durey

Trappist, KY, The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, 1947. Hardcover. 203p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Another former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The Cistercian Library no. 2. A biography of Etienne Roger Durey, a Trappist monk, drawing significantly from his correspondence. Translated by Mother Mary St. Thomas (of Tyburn). .

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Book number: 165345

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