TRADITIO periodically offers for sale used traditional Catholic books and compact discs that are typically hard to find and not listed on auction sites. Anyone may bid on the lots offered in a "silent auction." However, if you have an active interest in purchasing such books and wish to be placed on our special E-mail list for advance notification of booksale announcements, simply send your name and E-mail address in an E-mail to the TRADITIO Network.
Your bid is a legal contact and cannot be withdrawn, so do not bid unless you are prepared to purchase the lot at the price you bid. Each lot will be sold to the highest bidder after approximately two weeks of bidding. All bids received will be acknowledged. Successful bidders will be notified individually in approximately two weeks after original publication of the booksale list. (Sellers' decision on the qualifications of the bidders and the selection of the successful bidder is final.)
The book lots currently open for bidding are listed below. Lots frequently sell at a price substantially higher than the minimum, and each bidder may enter only one bid per lot, so be sure to send the highest bid that you can to the TRADITIO Network.
All books are in good to as-new condition in hardcover, unless otherwise noted. Shipment will be made by Federal Express. U.S. shipping addresses only.
LOT 0807-02
Latin -- and More
Minimum Bid: 25.00
Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-taught Students of Any Age by William E. Linney. Contains simple lessons that explain the fundamentals of Latin grammar, with exercises at the end of each lesson. Armfield Academic Press, c. 2007, oversized paperback, 206 pages, like-new condition.
Documenta inde a Concilio Vaticano Secundo Expleto Edita (1966-1985) from the Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei. Contains all official Declarations, Decrees, and Instructions of the Congregation from the Doctrine of the Faith from Vatican II to 1986. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1985, paperback, 303 pages, like-new condition.
The Following of Christ, A New Translation from the Original Latin, to Which Are Added Practical Reflections and a Prayer and the End of Each Chapter by Thomas a Kempis. NOTE: This is a rare book, very hard to find now. Regina Press, imprimatur 1934, leather hardcover with gilt page-ends and two ribbon marks, very good condition.
Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac by Matthew E. Bunson. Contains detailed information about the death and funeral of John Paul II, the biography and election of Benedict XVI, the death of Sister Lucia dos Santos of Fatima, as well as the news and events, teaching, officials, and activities of Newchurch. Our Sunday Visitor, 2005, paperback, 640 pages, like-new condition.
LOT 0807-01
Traditional Catholic Music & Video
Minimum Bid: 75.00
Latin Church Music, Lamentations of Jeremias, Christmas Mass by Thomas Tallis. Tallis is known as the English Palestrina. His music rivals the sublimity of that great Italian, who saved Sacred Polyphony at the Council of Trent. EMI and Gimell, 4 CDs, excellent condition. BONUS: We will throw in three CDs of Henry Purcell, consisting of his complete Sonatas, Pavans, and the Harpsichord Suites.
A Child Is Born: A Chant Christmas. Selections of the Office and Masses of Christmas in Gregorian chant sung by the Trappist Monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani. Sony, c. 1995, audio CDs (2 copies), in new, sealed condition.
The Mystery of Santo Domingo de Silos: Gregorian Chant from Spain. Selections of Gregorian chant sung by the Monks of the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos. Deutsche Grammophon, c. 1969, audio CD, new sealed condition.
The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Holydays. Volume I: Proprium de Tempore. Volume II: Commune Sanctorum, Missae Votivae, Proprium Sanctorum by A. Edmonds Tozer. Contains settings in psalmody for the Propers of all Masses for Sundays, Holydays, the Common on the Saints, Votive Masses, and the Proper of the Saints. Many traditional scholae (choirs) use the Church-approved simpler psalmody setting rather than the more difficult full Gregorian chant. J. Fisher & Brother, 1934 and 1936, hardcover, 187 pages and 364 pages, good condition.
Catholic Church Hymnal with Music, edited by A. Edmonds Tozer. Fisher & Brother, imprimatur 1905, 356 pages, rebound hardback (library copy with library marks), very good condition.
The Traditional Latin Mass as Celebrated in a Solemn Votive Mass in Honor of St. Gregory the Great. A videocassette of a Solemn Mass celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, New Haven, on Sunday, February 10, 2002, with Orlado di Lasso's Missa Bell'Amfitrit' altera for double choir, motets by Palestrina and Vitoria, and Gregorian Propers. St. Gregory Society, c. 2007, new sealed condition.
The Passion of the Christ. Mel Gibson's blockbuster film on the last hours of Christ on the basis of the Gospels and other sources. Dialogue is in Latin and Syriac, but the story tells itself. Icon Productions, c. 2004, Widescreen DVD, like-new condition.
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