The Pope and the New Era, being Letters from the Vatican in 1889.
London: Cassell, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 256pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board.
William Thomas Stead (1849 - 1912) was a remarkable English journalist, editor, and social reformer, with a profound belief in the occult and spiritualism - this volume being something of a departure from those interests. Page-edges lightly browned, faint toning to page margins, spine slightly worn at ends, gutter hinge split (but hinge holding) at half-title page, rear endpaper hinge split but holding, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #21978
Price: $60.00
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