1959 The Catholic Missal Hardcover Book O'Connell Martin
$35.00
Deepen your collection of vintage devotional literature with this beautifully preserved mid-century religious volume. The striking red textured cover features a brilliant, full-color inset illustration framed in elegant gold gilt accents.
- SIZE: 944 pages
- DECADE: 1950s
- STYLE: Traditional Catholic / Religious Ephemera
- CONDITION: Good vintage condition showing honest age and use with light shelf wear to the corner tips and spine edges; interior pages remain intact
- EXTRA NOTES: Edited by Reverend John P. O'Connell and Jex Martin, published in 1959 with a beautifully rendered depiction of The Last Supper on the front cover
This extensive daily missal serves as a beautiful time capsule of mid-20th-century Catholic liturgy, printed just a few years prior to the sweeping liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Complete with traditional prayers, scripture readings, and beautifully arranged texts, this substantial devotional volume is highly collectible for historians, theologians, or anyone seeking a meaningful piece of mid-century religious history.