Today my wife and I visited a local St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, and I made a great $1 purchase, a 1934 Catholic hand missal.
Copyright 1934
The missal was in great shape. I looked up the missal on line and was surprised that one I bought for a dollar was in much better shape than the same edition being sold on line for over $20.
The ribbons were all in excellent condition. The ends weren't frayed, and the string (it isn't really a flat ribbon) intended to mark the ordinary of the Mass still has at its end the cardboard marker that spells out the intention. No other edition I could find on line still had this curious feature.
The pages and edges are in good shape, and all the art prints are in mint condition.
I've been looking for a good pre-1962 missal, so I'm ecstatic to find this. This will make a great addition to my liturgical library, and only for a dollar. I was also able to purchase The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort ($0.35), Eucharistic Retreats by St. Peter Julian Eymard; Vol. 3 of the Eymard Library ($0.25), and a replacement for an old college sociology book that I loaned out and lost, Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah, et al. ($0.35).
So, while most the inhabitants of this town begin their long lament over another failed Notre Dame football season, I can't help but feel victorious.
Which store did you find these at?! I have amassed several hundred dollars worth of great theology and old prayer books from the one on SR 23. Sound's like you found some great books.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! What a wonderful find.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! I browse St. Vincent's in New Orleans often. On Magazine St. there are several "antique" stores in a 3 or 4 block strip. They often have such treasures. I found a Liber Usualis for $5 and in another shop, something which purported to be a relic but I couldn't get the back off to examine the seal and strings so I passed. There are always lovely pre-Vat2 lithographs of saints and the Blessed Virgin in sweet old fashioned frames, chalk statues of the Sacred Heart, Mary and sundry saints available in many of these places.
ReplyDeleteYour Missale Romanum is a real treasure!!!
Kenneth
Here in Hamilton, Ohio is a lovely antique shop, where I've found a number of treasures to help me in my Catholic Faith. I've found a San Damiano crucifix, a picture of Blessed John Henry Neumann, and three very special books.
ReplyDeleteThe books are a lovely find, indeed, in particular, a copy of The Eucharistic Sacrifice, out of print now, by Fr. Edward Dahmus. There is a copy of it in the Josephinum archives (where Dahmus was ordained, taught, and is now buried), and for 3 years I tried to find a copy. Deo gratias I did!
Also I found two prayerbooks, both pre-1962: a book of novenas, and a Catholic Companion, edited by Fr. Hugo Hoever, who edited many devotional books.
There is a Catholic Bible there, at least 100 years old, but I can't afford it...I hope someone else can benefit from it!
Laus Deo!