The Eastern Churches and Catholic Unity Edited by Maximos IV Sayegh Patriarch of Antioch, published by Herder/Freiburg & Palm Publishers,Montreal. This is the first edition in English, copyright 1963 by Herder KG, Printed in West Germany.

8 3/8 by 5 ½”in attractive burlap weave cloth over board hard cover, with title in black on the spine, original dust jacket is included, 236 pages.

Published just at the time of the Second Vatican Council in Rome, it is a series of essays giving Eastern viewpoints on helps and hindrances in Church union between the Western Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox branches of Christianity.

Condition graded as Fine to Very Fine, with clean, fresh and unmarked pages , but note personal signature on top of 1^st page flyleaf, dj has clipped corner and shows a bit of wear – a collectible book.