The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Modern Library #263.1) by (Saint) AUGUSTINE (of Hippo) - [c.1950]

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1950]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of these highly regarded works of religious philosophy by a member of the early Roman Catholic Church. Translated by Edward B. Pusey and with an introduction by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Footnotes explaining archaic language or concepts scattered througout. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 365 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1953, though 1949 date appears in book. ML #263.1. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with scuffing to back panel, along with small chips at spine ends and some age-toning, but remaining bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 338 pages .