The Religious Orders and Congregations of Great Britain and Ireland

Peter F. Anson

Published by Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, 1949

About this Item

A smartly bound first edition of this record of religious orders and congregations of the UK and Ireland. First edition. A source of reference about the religious communities of men and women which have houses in Great Britain and Ireland, arranged alphabetically. With a section for the orders and congregations of men and another for those of women. Written by Peter Frederick Anson, an English non-fiction writer on religious matters, architectural and maritime subjects. He spent time as an Anglican Benedictine monk before converting to Roman Catholicism. With the bookplates of William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle. Previously held in the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. Bound in half red calf with red cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 912T86

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Religious Orders and Congregations of ...

Publisher: Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: None

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book