First edition, first impression. xiv, 186pp, with black and white plate illustrations. Blood red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth gently rounded at corners and spine ends else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Glossy dust wrapper, a little bumped on extreme edges and a few minor indentations.
A collection of essays examining the lives and deaths of ten 20th century Christian martyrs such as the Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, Maximilian Kolbe of Poland; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and totalitarianism in German etc.
