A Life of Pius IX by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Bernard O' Reilly, Twenty-Fourth Edition published by P.J.Kenedy & Sons, New York, copyright 1878 by P.F. Collins, with approbation by the bishop of Chicago dated 1877, made in USA.

It is a larger sized book: 9 1/s by 6 3/8 by 1 5/8” thick in decorative blue and black cloth over board hard cover, with gilded embossed profile of the pope on the front cover, title and decoration also on the spine, 532 pages,with one tissue protected engraving in the front as frontispiece.

Issued just at the end of the pope's lifetime, the book discusses the early life and vicissitudes in the troubled pontificate of this holy pontiff.

Condition of the book graded Very Good. There is a bit of cover wear and a small crack in front hinge binding, but the interior is very fresh, clean and unmarked, a collectible antique book in Religious Biography.

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