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London: Catholic Truth Society, 1938. 220 x 143 mm. Good. Encyclical letter (Nova impendet) on "the acute economic crisis, on the distressing unemployment of large numbers, and on the ever-increasing output of weapons of war". Good in card wrappers which are detached and split along the spine. Ownership inscription of J McLeish to front cover. This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Good 1938

London: Catholic Truth Society, 1937. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Encyclical letter (Mit brennender Sorge) on the persecution of the church in Germany. Very good in card wrappers, lightly foxed and split along the spine. Ownership inscription of J McLeish to front cover. This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Very Good 1937