Another bump:
If I had seen this earlier I probable would have been interested, but I didn't. Just about three weeks ago I scored off e-bay The Roman Breviary in English, published by Benziger Brothers, with an Imprimature by Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1964. As far as I can tell it is the complete Breviary, in one volume. The all English aspect suits me just fine; other than my pre VII altar boy and parochial school choir "rote response and chant" my personal facility with Latin is nill. Having entered my 62'nd decade this summer, and still struggling with English and Spanish (the latter imperative for those who work in agriculture), I'm not about to engage in new linguistic pursuits
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I had never seen the pre VII Breviary in "one volume, just the vernacular" before and was surprised that there wasn't more aggressive competition for this. I considered it a score as the rare complete 3-4 volume Latin - English breviaries go for several hundreds of dollars. In deed the Short Breviary for Religious and the Laity (1963 edition) that I have been using I paid over $80.00 for from e-bay a few years ago. I do confress to having gotten caught up in a bidding freenzy on that , as afterwards I observed that these are more typically sold in the $40.00 range.
I'm assuming that the tomes the OP is offering have the text of Lauds, Vespers, and Compline from the text I've just acquired, and I concur that these would be an excellent resource for someone wanting to recite the traditional breviary, yet not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars for a "full set".
If I may make an additional suggestion: Many (myself included) have awsome intentions of reciting the "full breviary", but don't always manage it on a daily basis. Team one of the books offered by the OP with My Daily Psalm Book (The Perfect Prayer Book)
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Psalm-Book-Perfect-Prayer/dp/B0012974ZW, which has the Psalms arranged according to the format of the traditional breviary (St. Pius X schema), and one can recite the major hours, plus recite the psalms from the other hours.
Hope (and
) that Kaesekopf gets a taker on these!
