Abbe Felix Klein — Les Douleurs Qui Esperent

Paris , Librairie Academique Perrin et Cie , 1917. Hardback. A very scarce volume recounting the Great War through the diaries of a French chaplain of the American ambulance service. The fifth edition of this very scarce work. Bound in marbled paper covered boards, with leather spine label. Comprising the author's diary entries and religious perspectives of the Great War, where he served as a chaplain of the American ambulance service. Written by Abbe Felix Klein, a French priest, theologian and author. He is best known in the United States for writing an introduction to Comtesse de Ravilliax's translation of Isaac Hecker's biography, which ultimately started the Americanism controversy. Bound in marbled paper covered boards, with leather spine label. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, but generally clean, with only the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .