The Pilgrim: Pope Paul VI, the Council, & the Church in a Time of Decision. by Serafian, Michael - 1964

New York.: Farrar, Straus and Company.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - 21 x 14.5 cm.; xix - 281 pp. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. From the dust jacket: "The central theme of this book can be expressed by the question, what went wrong with Vatican Council II? . . . At the two council sessions held in Rome during the autumn months of 1962 and 1963, there was a sharp struggle between the progressive tendencies (the majority of the bishops) and the conservative forces (powerfully represented in the Roman Curia)." One page appendix followed by a 9 page index. The library markings, none of which are external, are stamps on the end papers and attachments on the blank recto of the last page. Otherwise clean with a sound binding and showing only minor wear to the spine tips. The dust jacket is rubbed/worn on the spine and flap folds. .