Knox, R.A. ; Waugh, E. ; Dropmore Press.. A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox.. Dropmore Press, London, first edition, 1949, 1949.

Price: US$128.09 + shipping

Description: Limited edition of 550 numbered copies. Cloth, gilt cover-title in frame, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, 26 cm, 102 pp. Printed in Perpetua type and Gill Floriated Initials on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Includes a preface by Evelyn Waugh and the following selection of sermons by Knox: Success; Homage; Greatness; Truth; Light; Zeal; A.M.D.G; Individuality; Life; Permanence; Heroism. From Waugh's preface: "Mgr. Knox’s message . survives entire in black and white, as compelling in print as in his quiet, scholar’s voice. His ideas, complex and seemingly incongruous, come together, fuse, and become simple, permanent and luminous. That, rather than his abounding verbal felicity, is what makes his art notable." Copy No. 538. Edges a little browned, spine slightly faded, covers slightly rubbed, otherwise Good.

Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom

Waugh (Evelyn). Knox (Ronald) Edited by Evelyn Waugh. A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Knox. Dropmore Press,, 1949.

Price: US$168.12 + shipping

Description: One of 550 numbered copies 4to Two corners bumped, otherwise a very nice copy

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

KNOX, Ronald. Evelyn WAUGH ( Editor ). A SELECTION FROM THE OCCASIONAL SERMONS OF THE RT. REV. MONSIGNOR KNOX. The Dropmore Press, London, 1949.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto, 102 pages, brick red cloth, untrimmed fore-edge, light 'fingerprints' on top cover, some warping to the book from poor storage. Copy no 173 of only 550 copies ( of which only 50 were signed by Waugh, and issued in a special binding). Handsomely hand-printed on handmade paper. The topics include Truth, Zeal, Success, Individuality, A.M.D.G., Heroism, Greatness, Light.

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott and Evelyn Waugh ed.. A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox. Dropmore Press, 1949.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: from a limited edition of 550, this one is numbered 96. includes original but worn dust jacket with plastic casing over it. cover shows almost no signs of shelf wear. pages are clean and unmarked.

Seller: ccbooksellers, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.

WAUGH, Evelyn, editor.. A Selection From the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox: Sometimes Scholar of Balliol College and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Domestic Prelate to His Holiness the Pope.. London, Dropmore Press, 1949., 1949.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 4to. Original full maroon buckram, t.e.g., others uncut. Dust jacket (tiny nicks at top corners; trifle soiling and a few foxing spots). Very good-fine. With bookplate on front pastedown of The Ronald Knox Library at Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. Number 354 of 500 numbered copies.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

KNOX Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald. A Selection from the occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox. Edited by Evelyn Waugh [with Preface]. 550 COPIES WERE PRINTED; THIS COPY WITH SIGNED EPHEMERA AND P.C. WRITTEN BY EVELYN WAUGH. Dropmore Press,, 1949.

Price: US$537.96 + shipping

Description: 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black; maroon buckram, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY. NO. 185). WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS LOOSELY INSERTED: A) PAPER SLIP SIGNED BY KNOX MOUNTED ON LIMITATION; b) POSTCARD FROM EVELYN WAUGH'S RESIDENCE AT COMBE FLOREY HOUSE, TAUNTON WITH THE FOLLOWING IN WAUGH'S HAND: 'An Addition to the Knox collection'; C) PRINTED BOOKLET (1977) OF A WEDDING SERMON PREACHED BY KNOX IN TAUNTON AT THE MARRIAGE OF HUBERT HOWARD AND LELIA CAETANI, 1951; D) PRINTED CHRISTMAS CARD SIGNED BY ARCHBISHOP DEREK WORLOCK WITH HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION; E) FACSIMILE OF 2-PAGE LETTER TO KNOX FROM G.K. CHESTERTON; f) TWO RELEVANT CUTTINGS. Collects eleven sermons selected and edited by Waugh with lengthy Preface.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn; KNOX, Ronald. A SELECTION FROM THE OCCASIONAL SERMONS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR RONALD ARBUTHNOTT KNOX: sometime Scholar of Balliol College and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Domestic Prelate to His Holiness the Pope. Edited by Evelyn Waugh.. Dropmore Press, 1949.

Price: US$563.58 + shipping

Description: First edition. Number 281 of 550 copies. Original brown cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt, top edge gilt others uncut, in buff dustwrapper printed in black and red, bottom edge rough cut. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, with some foxing to the upper panel and tanning to the spine. A "purely personal selection" of Knox's sermons, by Waugh who also contributes a preface.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

KNOX, Ronald ~(Evelyn Waugh). A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox. Edited by Evelyn Waugh. LIMITED EDITION: no.41/50 copies. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Dropmore Press, London, 1949.

Price: US$768.52 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: ~TITLE CONTINUES: sometime Scholar of Balliol College and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Domestic Prelate to His Holiness the Pope. ~Original Full Brown Niger Morocco, decorative gilt title to front board, gilt title to spine, raised bands, a little slight mottling to leather over boards. Top edges gilt, others deckled. Headbands.Text printed on laid paper. Title page printed in red & black. No ownership marks. Original cream handmade paper dustwrapper, completely intact, title printed in red and black to front, title in black to spine, printer's insignia to rear. Minor browning to dustwrapper spine, light foxing to dustwrapper front and rear. With original slipcase, printed title label to slipcase spine, including handwritten no.'41'. Slipcase slightly worn on spine and at entrance. One of a limited edition of 550 copies, of which only 50 were specially bound and signed. The signed copies are very scarce, particularly with both the dustwrapper and the slipcase.~Robust packaging. Size: 102, (4)pp. 27 x 21 cm

Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom

WAUGH Evelyn.; KNOX Ronald. A Selection from the Occasional Sermons of the Right Reverend Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox. , 1949.

Price: US$960.65 + shipping

Description: First edition. 4to., original brown cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. London, The Dropmore Press. Inscribed by the author to Christopher Sykes: 'For Christopher, exemplary old Catholic, from a new convert, Evelyn Waugh, July 1949' in black ink to the front free endpaper. Number 213 of 550 numbered copies. Slightly faded on the spine (bleeding somewhat onto the upper cover), otherwise a near fine copy. [Provenance: The Hobson copy, Sotheby's, June 28th 1996, purchased by a private collector, thereafter to Maggs].

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom

WAUGH, Evelyn; KNOX, Ronald. A SELECTION FROM THE OCCASIONAL SERMONS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR RONALD ARBUTHNOTT KNOX: sometime Scholar of Balliol College and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; Domestic Prelate to His Holiness the Pope. Edited by Evelyn Waugh.. Dropmore Press, 1949.

Price: US$1338.50 + shipping

Description: First edition, deluxe issue. Number 14 of only 50 copies (from a total edition of 550 copies), bound in publisher's Niger morocco and signed by Knox. Top edge gilt others uncut, in buff dustwrapper printed in black and red, bottom edge rough cut. A fine copy in a defective dustwrapper, lacking portions to the spine and with several closed tears. A "purely personal selection" of Knox's sermons, selected by Waugh who also contributes a preface.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom