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Saints - Female:

Saunders, Edith . LOURDES
NY 1940 Oxford. Hardcover. Octavo, 292pp., fropntis portrait, cloth. Good, foxing on initial and final pages, end papers browned, no DJ. (a17467)
$20.00 Peers, E. Allsion (translator and editor) . THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SAINT TERESA OF JESUS VOLUME III BOOK OF THE FOUNDATIONS MINOR PROSE WORKS POEMS DOCUMENTS INDICES
London 1950 Third Edition. From the Critical Edition of P. Silverio de Santa Teresa, C.D. 8vo., 408pp., cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, no DJ. Volume III only. (a46542)
$45.00 Marchese, Francesco . VITA DI SANTA MARGARITA DI CORTONA TERZIARIA DELL'ORDINE DI S. FRANCESCO
Veneza 1801 1st Baglioni. In Italian. Octavo, 440pp., fine large foldout frontis illustration of St. Margarit, title page vignette, full vellum with rouged page ends and attractive red marbled end papers. Small monastery stamp on titlepage. VG. Scarce. (a64713)
$380.00 Francesco Nicolao Croce Romano . ALCUNE REVELATIONI DI S. BRIGIDA DI SUETIA PARTE PRIMA
Roma 1670 Michele Ercole. Tradotte dal Latino in Volgare da Francesco Nicolao Croce Romano. Hardcover. 16mo (8x14 cm), 568pp., later rebinding, probably 19th century in very fancy full leather with gilt trim, raised bands and mounted red leather spine label in matching box. All edges in very bright sparkling gilt. It appears that Parte Prima was only part printed. Book is in unusually Fine condition, like new. Box is VG with light wear. Scarce and Beautiful! (a65828)
$750.00 Storm, Marian . THE LIFE OF SAINT ROSE FIRST AMERICAN SAINT & ONLY AMERICAN WOMAN SAINT
Santa Fe 1937 1st Writers' Editions. Book was designed by Walter Goodwin, Jr. and Bruce Gentry, set in Perpetua and printed by the Ydal Press. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 216pp., illustrated end papers, original cloth with orange and gilt spine label. Good, cloth a bit toned, lightly stained and soiled, in later removable protective glassine jacket. (a77332)
$120.00 Marchese, F. Domenico Maria . VITA DELLA VENERABILE SERUA DI DIO SUOR CATARINA RICCI, FONDATRICE DEL MONASTERO DI SAN VINCENZO DI PRATO
Roma 1683 Nella Stamperia della Reu. Camera Apostolica. In Italian. Octavo, (6), 440pp., later wraps. Good, end papers chipped, text is lightly worn and lightly toned but no foxing. Binding quite secure. Rare. (a77965)
$800.00 Dirvin, Joseph I. CM . SAINT CATHERINE LABOURE OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY
NY 1958 2nd Farrar Straus. Hardcover. Octavo, 239pp., photo illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Dirvin. Near Fine, slioght spotting on top fore-dege, in VG DJ, a bit toned. (a79567)
$29.00 Pere Honore de Sainte Marie . LA VIE DE SAINT JEAN DE LA CROIX PREMIER CARME DE'CHAUSSE ET COADJUTEUR DE SAINTE THERESE DANS LA REFORME
Tournay 1727 first edition Jacques Vincent. 16mo., 5-1/4 x 3 inches, 152p., removed from larger binding and rebound in later plain wraps. Old library stamp on title page. No end papers - opens to titlepage. Fairly Good, margins cropped up to but not into text; binding very secure. (a86916)
$175.00