Perrin Jean Baptist (6 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in Great Britain. [Date from the copyright page.] First American Edition. Colored Frontispiece plus 3 other Plates; 115 black-and-white Pictures; Preface by Cardinal Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyons; Text by René Fourrey, Bishop of Belley; References; Photographs followed by Captions; 215 pages. The original black cloth is very good with a hint of rubbing at the bottom edge; gilt title on the spine and facsimile signature on upper board are bright. Top-edge blue. Pictorial endpapers and text are clean and free of markings. The original pictorial dust jacket is unclipped ($10) and shows some wear, with several chips at edges. [Please see my ten images of the actual book.] The book is filled with black-and-white photographs capturing the feeling of an extraordinary time. "During thirty years people swarmed round [Father Vianney's] pulpit and confessional. In the last year of his life, 'the number of pilgrims rose to over eighty thousand of those using public transport alone. A total estimate was a hundred to a hundred and twenty thousand'. . . . Some were there out of mere curiosity. But most were driven by the desire 'to see God in a man'. A century after his death, the pilgrims are still coming." (Page 12) As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. René Perrin (illustrator).…