Spellman, Francis J. Cardinal (1889-1967)
Price: $95.00
Description:Longtime archbishop of New York; one of the most influential churchmen of the 20th century, somewhat irreverently called The American Pope for his close association with Pope Pius XII. Military Ordinariate of the Armed Forces. Author. Distinguished philatelist who left a massive stamp collection to Regis College in Weston, MA, establishing the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History.
First Edition SIGNED Book: The Foundling; Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1951. First free endpaper is dedicated and signed in peacock blue fountain pen ink: Gertrude Nolan, with a blessing, +F. Cardinal Spellman, Christmas 1952 Korea. No dustjacket. Red boards a little scuffed but spine intact and, overall, exterior very good. Interior is clean and fresh.