RECOLLECTIONS OF SEVENTY YEARS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. ONE OF 565 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Black decorated cloth. A hardcover book in fine condition with publisher's slipcase. Also loosely laId in is a typed letter on O'Connell's official stationary, signed in a secretarial hand. The letter is to historial Edward M. Pickman, author of The Mind of Latin Christendom. O'Connell thanks Pickman for sending a copy of his book and encloses his own in return. Item #1240786
William Cardinal O'Connell (1859-1944) was Archbishop of Boston for 38 years. He was appointed a Cardinal in 1911. He was a powerful figure both in the Church and in Massachusetts politics for decades. Known as "Number One", he was a strong conservative voice in American culture during his lifetime.
Price: $375.00