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HB is "NF" dust jacket is "VG+" with minor shelf wear. St Augustine Academy. Hardcover.Mother Mary Loyola had used the simple allegory of a little maid and the gracious King who deigned to visit her as a catechetical tool for many years ... a brief sketch of this story appears in The Children's Charter, her book of advice for parents and teachers published in 1911. But it wasn't until 1919, when she sent a version of the story to P.J. Kenedy, an American publisher who took a keen interest in her work, that she began expanding what was originally a simple vignette into a full book-length story. It then took two years before this book was finished and brought out to great acclaim. This special Centenary Edition of Mother Mary Loyola's best known work is a replica version of the original 1921 hardcover edition of The King of the Golden City.It is truly a treasure! The original illustrations have been restored, including the beautiful frames surrounding the text on every page, and the publisher has… Leer más
