Description
The author’s copy of Crown Of Glory: The Life Of Pope Pius XII by Alden Hatch. Written with Seamus Walshe and illustrated with drawings by Louis Priscilla.
Octavo, 251pp, 5]. Full red calf, title stamped in gilt on the spine, decorative raised bands. Stated “First Edition” on the copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Photographic illustrations and drawings throughout. All edges gilt. Some sunning along the spine, light wear at the hinges.
The author’s initials “A.H.” in gilt on the front cover.
A popular biography of Pope Pius XII, published the year before his death, tracing his early life as Eugenio Pacelli, diplomatic service, papal election in 1939, wartime pontificate, and postwar role in the Roman Catholic Church.
