John LaFarge

The Manner is Ordinary

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, aqua blue cloth with silver titles, 408pp. Stated first edition. Price clipped dust jacket shows small chips and tears to front panel, a bit of loss to head and foot of spine. Interior clean and bright, binding firm. A memoir by the Jesuit priest, Catholic convert, American racial justice activist and son of the American painter of the same name. Book is offered together with On Turning Seventy , a small pamphlet printed for friends upon the author s seventieth birthday, published by the America Press. A handsome copy in mylar. Near Fine / Very Good.

Price: $40.00