I know there are many websites out there advertising that they sell traditional Catholic books.

I am looking for a copy of the Divine Office so I can pray it daily.

Also looking for traditional Missals, pre-rubrical or textual changes, naturally.

With Missals in mind: what is the latest copyright date one can look for and be sure that the text hasn't been changed? I recently got a St. Jospeh's and a Maryknoll missal, along with some very nice vintage prayer books and children's instruction books from the 1930s.

Also looking for a DURABLE fifteen-decade Rosary at the lowest price possible, since I only work very few hours a week and have a family to feed. I have found some fifteen-decade Rosaries out there, but they are generally either too feminine-looking for me with shiny beads and all, or they just don't look like they will hold up under daily carrying and use.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

St. Benedict, pray for us.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

I've gotten a missale romanum there for $20. Oftern cheaper. Look at the date. Also Breviarium Romanum set for app. $75-100. Also, google books has missals, breviaries from 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th centuries for free. Downloadable to your computer.

Not sure how moral this is, but buying used books off of Amazon is a blessing. Books that cost $20 or $40 dollars new can be bought for chump change.

For example, you can get Fr. Schouppe's book on Hell for 98 cents. The 2 volume life and revelations of Emmerich is going for $14 used while to buy new costs $40.

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Not sure how moral this is, but buying used books off of Amazon is a blessing. Books that cost $20 or $40 dollars new can be bought for chump change.

For example, you can get Fr. Schouppe's book on Hell for 98 cents. The 2 volume life and revelations of Emmerich is going for $14 used while to buy new costs $40.

What might be wrong with that?

It seems like it rips off the publisher, because you are getting their materials but they aren't profiting from it.

And it discourages one from buying from other sites as well.

For example, I am not going to buy from ChantCd if I can get the same book with some wear and tear for more than half-off from some secular warehouse selling on Amazon. (Of course I'd still click on the Amazon banner on CathInfo, but that seems like a consolation prize haha)

Every industry in the world has to deal with the "secondhand" market.

Clothing, books, computers, etc.

In a more Catholic world, things wouldn't be destroyed/thrown away as much, people would live with less -- and you know what? There wouldn't be nearly as much demand for everything. Things could be made by hand, women could stay home and raise children, and we wouldn't be RAPING the earth the way we are today.

The Catholic Faith really holds ALL the answers to every last one of the world's problems.

A penny! That is a great deal, except that it'd be great to avoid the shipping.  The only way that I can think of to avoid the shipping and still get great deals on old Catholic books is to keep an eye out at your 2nd hand stores, yard sales and estate sales.  The other way to lessen the shipping is to search on Ebay for Catholic books and if you find a seller who has several that you want, ask for reduced shipping costs.  They'll often combine the shipping for multiple purchases.  I got a good deal this way from someone who was selling a deceased relative's Catholic books.  

Some day I hope to have time to go to estate sales and if I do, I think I'll call ahead and ask if the deceased was Catholic.