8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; vii - 280 pp. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine. A collection of essays and reflections on the encyclical "Mater et Magistra" by recognized authorities in various fields of academic endeavour. Contributors are Justus George Lawler, Franz H. Mueller, Donald R. Campion, Joseph N. Moody, Thomas K. Burch, Edward W. O'Rourke, John C. Cort, and Richard E. Mulcahy. Previous owner's name (label) on the back free end paper, small inked note on the top fore corner of the front free end paper. Otherwise the book shows only mild shelf wear. The dust jacket is mildly shelf worn with a closed tear in the back panel. The interior is clean and the binding is solid.