Bird of Sorrow by Romaniello, John - 1956

New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good – Used. Black cloth. Very nice condition.

P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1956. Book. Illus. by Jeanyee Wong. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed "Msgr. John Romaniello" on front endpaper. No additional printings indicated. Black cloth with red titles on spine. Light wear and aging to covers, with spotty silver discoloration to spine and limited areas of discoloration on front and rear. Binding is firm. Age spotting to text block. Jacket with original price ($3.50) on front flap is age toned, moderately soiled, shows loss at corners, staining to spine. Now in protective archival sleeve. Remains of silver label (? -- tape?) at top and bottom of front and rear endpapers; age discoloration at front and rear gutters; otherwise interior is age toned with limited mild soiling/spotting in margins. Book has a mild age smell. Romaniello was known as "The Noodle Priest of Hong Kong" for feeding starving refugees..

P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1956. Hardcover. very . Jeanyee Wong. The library clutter is limited to several ownership stamps over-colored in black, on both endpapers and title. No card, pocket or datesheet. Nice clipped jacket in protection does have a shelf sticker. That said, copy is clean and firm and ready for reading. Story concerns priests encourntering Red Army liberation.

Hongkong: Noodle Press, 1960. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 242 Pages Revised Edition With Additional Pages, Signed By Author.

London England: W. H. Allen. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback When the Communists took over China the Bird of Sorrow descended indeed on a remote little mission run by Father Roman - as Monsignor Romaniello calls himself in this book. in which, except that the names have been altered and some of the characters are composites of numerous individuals, he tells the true story of the Chines reaction to the new order. This book does not indulge in political analysis, yet a candid picture is built up which gives a better idea of what Communisim means to China than that contained in many a more dramatic book. Not that drama and violence have no place in the author's account. The story of Li Li Pan, for example, who denounces her relatives and volunteers to kill her grandfather, is an unusually powerful episode. What comes through most clearly is the unquenchable spirit of the Chinese people, who meet their new problems with… Read More