MURPHY, PAUL I. (WITH ARLINGTON, RENE). — La Popessa.

New York: Werner Books, 1983. 0446512583. 1st edition. "When the white smoke swirled from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel the world knew it had a new pope. Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was now Pope Pius XII. What the world did not know was that it had also acquired a "popessa" - a tiny beautiful, brilliant nun named Sister Pascalina, who wielded a secret and unprecedented power. She was the Pope's aide, his housekeeper, his confidante, his adviser, his surrogate mother, and, in critical times, his conscience." Pp.325, 16 pages of black & white photos, ownership of Mary Lee Fairbanks (second wife of Douglas Fairbanks Jr) to front free endpaper. Black spine with yellow boards, wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips. Dustwrapper has edge creasing and tears with chipped losses, creasing to inner flaps. G+./Good.