About this title: Born into a simple family on the northern edge of Italy, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli spent much of his working life in unfashionable diplomatic postings in Sofia and Istanbul until his surprise appointment as Papal Representative in Paris in the difficult years immediately after World War II. In 1953, he became Patriarch of Venice in what was assumed to be the last appointment of a man whom many considered worthy but naive. When at the age of 77 he was elected to succeed the austere and aristocratic Pope Pius XII, they called him the stop-gap Pope, not expected to reign long or to do much. Yet, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum International Publishi
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664775ISBN:0225664771
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Continuum International Publishi
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664195ISBN:0225664194
Description: Good. Cloth hardback. Contents clean and tight in a rubbed bumped and chipped dust jacket. Clean and sound with some reading wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Geoffrey Chapman, London
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664195ISBN:0225664194
Description: Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, viii + 550 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; ex-library copy with several stamps, traces of edge soiling, free front endpaper removed, card pocket residue on free back endpaper, approximately 20 pages dog-eared, but tight in binding, all text pages clean and unmarked, overall in Good ++ condition; DJ is Fine in library mylar. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Book has some water damage, but book is still completely readable. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Geoffrey Chapman., London, UK
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780225664775ISBN:0225664771
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 550 pages with b/w photos, index, biblio, sources, appendix: The Roman Curia; binding starting to split. read more
Description: Second Hand. 8vo, viii + 550pp. Excellent black cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good d/j. Pencil marks to rear free endpaper. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Geoffrey Chapman
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664195ISBN:0225664194
Description: Hardback, 8vo, black cloth lettered gilt to spine, a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper, b&w plates, 550pp, ISBN: 0225664194. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Geoffrey Chapman, London
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664195ISBN:0225664194
Description: By Photographs. Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. HB, black boards in photographic DJ, VG+/VG, 550pp, bibliography, index, b/w plates. Minor rubbing, creasing to edges and spine ends of unclipped DJ, now protected in clear poly film. Book has minor rubbing to spine ends and edges, inside is square, clean and tight with no markings, appears unread. 800g when packed. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: CONTINUUM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780225664775ISBN:0225664771
Description: Published by Continuum International Publishing in 1984. Paperback. Number of pages: 558. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Geoffrey chapman, 1984 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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