Mystic Voices Being Experiences Rev by Pater Roger (5 results)

Frontis Plate (illustrator). 2nd. edition stated, bound in blue cloth with gold decoration & lettering. Frontis plate illustration. 8vo size, 251pp. A Good+ copy. Slight spine lean, small rub marks to the corners and spine tips. Minor foxing inside, mostly to the preliminary pages. Contents are otherwise tight and unmarked. Supposedly the exploits of A Reverend Pater who hears ghostly voices.

Second edition. viii, 251 pp. Frontispiece - The Agape or Symbolic Supper - A fresco in the catacomb of SS. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. Red cloth boards with black crest of Rivers on back board. Backstrip missing. Corners rubbed. Boards grubby. Overall condition Good.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. None (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon collection of ghostly tales as experienced by priest Philip Rivers Pater. A first edition.Containing tales such as 'De Profundis', 'The Warnings', 'A Porta Inferi', 'The Watchman', 'The Scapegoat', 'Our Lady of the Rock' and 'The Priest's Hiding Place'.Written by Gilbert Roger Hudleston, an English Benedictine monk who used the pseudonym Roger Pater.With a frontispiece illustration.An uncommon mystic work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally rather worn; a little bumped to the extremities. Front joint is rather worn at the tail, and the head and tail of the spine is a little bumped. 'The London Library' sticker to the front board. With St. Gregory's Lending Library's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, binding is tender throughout. Front endpaper and blank are loose, with binding rather strained and exposed to the front hinge. Pages are a little spotted, and the foredge is a little bumped to the edges. Fair. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Printed in Great Britain. Date on the title page. Second Edition, stated on the copyright page. Frontispiece, Introduction, Text (from "The Warnings" to "The Communion of Saints"); 251 pages. The original dark-blue cloth is very good, with touches of rubbing to the corner tips; the lovely gilt heraldic decoration on the upper board has kept its brilliance, with gilt lettering on the bumped spine still bright. The interior has remained, for the most part, free from age-toning, except for the first and last half dozen leaves. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] "I am not sure how old I was when this kind of thing first occurred to me, but sometimes I think it must have been when I was quite a child. My old nurse, who remained here as housekeeper for many years, has told me that, quite soon after I learned to talk, I used to come to her and ask what some phrase or other meant. Then, if she questioned me as to who had used the words, all I could answer was just, 'I heard them,' but who had spoken them I could never tell."---Page 4. These are strange, intriguing, and haunting tales. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking.

First edition. viii, 251 pp. Frontispiece - The Agape or Symbolic Supper - A fresco in the catacomb of SS. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt crest of Rivers on front board. Gilt lettering on spine. Top, bottom and edges of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Some spots of light foxing on prelims and last few pages. Overall condition VG-. Very scarce.