California's Reluctant Prelate: The Life and Times of Right Reverend Thaddeus Amat, C.M. by Weber, Francis J - 1964

Los Angeles: Dawson Book Shop, 1964. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 234pp.incl.index; HB green w/gilt; some rub w/lt.wear; clean,tight pgs. DJ green w/blk.; rubbed w/spine&edges sunned; chips&tears. "Among the historical writings pertaining to the Catholic Church in California during the nineteenth century, this biography of the Right Reverend Thaddeus Amat, C.M., merits a high place." illus.

Los Angeles:: Dawson's Bookshop,, 1964.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to spine of dj, light edgewear). First printing. Born in Spain, Amat entered the Congregation for the Mission and in 1838 he volunteered to go to America. By 1848, he was the rector of the diocesan seminary in Philadelphia - but in 1853, Pope Pius IX appointed him to vacant bishopric of Monterey in California. Both his appeals and that of his community were in vain, so he became the "reluctant prelate." Frontispiece portrait and 15 internal plates. Foreword, preface, bibliography and index. xv, 234 pp.

Los Angeles, Dawson Book Shop, 1964., 1964. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and 15 b/w illustrations from photographs. Dust jacket designed by Bill Eckert (unclipped). Very good-fine, fresh copy. 234 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Francis J. Weber on the front free endpaper by Francis J. Weber to Rosario Curletti: "To Rosario Curletti from Francis J. Weber." Laid in loose in the original sales receipt from Dawson's Book Shop, March 20, 1964, to Rosario Curletti. Provenance: from the collection of Rosario Curletti.. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.