The Third Session by Xavier Rynne — 1965 First Printing, Vatican II
The Third Session by Xavier Rynne — 1965 First Printing, Vatican II
THE THIRD SESSION
Xavier Rynne
A first-edition, first-printing account of the third session of the Second Vatican Council, covering the debates and decrees conducted between September 14 and November 21, 1964.
Written under the pseudonym Xavier Rynne by Francis X. Murphy, the book forms part of the author’s influential series of contemporary reports from Vatican City. The copyright page explicitly states “First Printing, 1965.”
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Author: Xavier Rynne, pseudonym of Francis X. Murphy
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Printing: First Printing, 1965
Format: Hardcover with photographic dust jacket
Language: English
Country of Printing: United States
Publisher/Series Number, if applicable: Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 65-20913
CONDITION
Good overall.
The photographic dust jacket shows moderate edge and corner wear, rubbing, surface scuffing, shallow creasing, and small chips and short tears along the upper edge and corners. The lower extremities also show light rubbing and wear. The rear jacket panel is age-toned with light soiling, scattered surface marks, and mild curling or creasing near the edges.
The photographed interior appears clean with light age toning. A faint pencil notation is visible near the upper margin of the leaf facing the copyright page. No signature, presentation inscription, bookplate, or library marking is visible in the supplied photographs.
The hardcover boards, book spine, jacket spine and flaps, page edges, hinges, and complete interior were not photographed and therefore cannot be fully assessed. Jacket price-clipping status is unknown.
COLLECTOR’S NOTE
A first printing of an important contemporary account of Vatican II. Xavier Rynne was the pseudonym of Francis X. Murphy, whose reports originally appeared in The New Yorker and provided readers with an unusually detailed account of the Council’s internal debates.
SHIPPING
Carefully packed and shipped with protective materials to help ensure safe arrival.