Pope Pius XII by Van Hoek, Kees - 1944

Philosophical Library. Hardcover, with dust jacket, in Very Good condition, previous owners stamp on the end pages, no other marks or writing, jacket is corner clipped and has an open tear on the front, book itself looks very nice, . Very Good. Hardcover. 1945.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1945. Foreword by Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Galway. Gently bumped with a bit of wear at the extremeties. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free end paper. Jacket rubbed and edgeworn with chips and tears, spine sunned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 106 pages, 8vo, blue boards. Very good+, light edge wear; dust jacket good+, edge wear, light spotting.

The Talbot Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. First Published. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Blue velvet covered boards. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Notable marks to boards.

The Talbot Press Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 106 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy foxing to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with small area of loss to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and heavily sunned.

Philosophical Library, 1945. Paperback. Acceptable. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 106 pages. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Binding is shaky, frontispiece detached but still present. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to edge of rear board. Staining overall.