The Vatican Empire by Nino Lo Bello - 1969-01-01

1968 Trident Press cloth hardcover with jacket. Ex-library with usual marks. Covers, binding and pages good. No writing or highlighting in text. No torn or missing pages. Fast, friendly service.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Card holder is attached to the back free end paper. Library stamp is on the top of the text block. Price unclipped DJ has been protected by a plastic cover and has no chips, tears, or creases. From the front DJ flap "A great deal has been written about the Roman Catholic Church as a religious, charitable, and educational institution. But, until now, there has been very little information on the Church as a business organization. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive and authoritative report that reveals the Vatican as a nerve center in high finance."

New York: Trident Press, 1968. Jacket foxing with wear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Trident Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Smaller, sturdy book, quality purple cloth, bright gilt crown illustrated at top front, gilt lettering bright on spine, neat black ink printing of "From The Library of..." at top of first front end paper, 186 pages, 96-97 lightly browned from many news clipping still in place about The Vatican. DJ glossy, white spine and front left, front right is yellow, an ornate color crown and sash on front, a photo of author at The Vatican at top back. DJ has light crease at top front left, very thin chip along spine top edge. Near Very Good DJ/Near Fine book.

Text is clean unmarked in tight and square covers. very slight wear to the top of the back cover. From the front cover, "A highly readable, authoritative report that reveals the Vatican as a nerve center of high finance - and penetrates the secrecy of Papal wealth." Three pages of ads at the back of text. Small stain on the top outside corners of the last three pages of text.

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1969. Stated First Edition; 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 173 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed at edges with one tiny nick at fore edge of the cover. Text pages clean and tight, just beginning to age tone. Bagged for protection. .

Trident Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. At top of first front end paper in ink: "From the Library of Charles Magar." DJ has crease at top front left, two microtears at spine top edge, one at bottom edge and back bottom edge. Red ink underlining on several pages, newspaper articles placed throughout. Very Good DJ/Very Good book.

New York: Trident, 1968. hardcover. very good/very good. 186pp., 8vo, purple cloth, d.w.; small tear to lower rear corner of dust wrapper. New York: Trident Press, (1968). Presentation copy signed by the author on front free endpaper.<br/><br/>

Trident Press, 1968. 6th Ptg. . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Very Good. Slightly smaller, sturdy book, beautiful purple cloth, a gilt crown illustrated bright at top front, gilt lettering a little rubbed on spine, 186 heavy pages. DJ glossy white and yellow with ornate crown at top front, white spine and back, b/w photo of author at fountain on back. DJ has very tiny tear at bottom front edge near spine, light wear at spine top edge, micronick at spine bottom edge, tiny tear at top back edge, very tiny tear at bottom back spine indentation. Near Very Good DJ/Near Fine book.

Trident Press, 1968. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. (5th ptg.) Slightly smaller book, beautiful purple cloth with gilt crown illustrated at top front bright, bright gilt lettering on spine, 186 lightly browned pages. DJ has white background to spine, front left half and back edges, yellow at front right half, ornate papal crown and keys at top front, b/w photo of Lo Bello on back. DJ lightly browned along top front edge, very tiny brown mark at top of long spine right edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.