March II 2021 Catalogue

B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s F a i t h 2 0 2 1 21 Two Signed By Mother Teresa 21. MOTHER TERESA. Typed letter signed. Calcutta, No date. Single sheet of paper with reproduced prayer card on verso, measuring 6-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches. $3500. Click for More Info Prayer card from the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta featuring a typed letter offering the recipient Easter-related sentiments, signed: “M Teresa MC.” The typed letter reads in full: “+LDM Dear Estelle, This brings you my prayers and God’s blessing. How wonderful that God’s love can transform darkness into light, despair into hope, and our daily dying into His Resurrection in our hearts, in our lives and in the world. Let this thought fill us with joy in a special way at Easter. A very holy and happy Easter to you. I am praying much for you. God bless you. [signed] M Teresa MC.” With a printed image of Mother Teresa and a printed quote from Isaiah on the verso. Fine condition. 22. (MOTHER TERESA) Press release signed. New York, circa 1995. Single sheet of card, measuring 5 by 7 inches. $3500. Click for More Info Press release for The Words of Peace: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, signed beneath Mother Teresa’s printed picture: “M Teresa MC.” A photo-illustrated press release flyer for The Words of Peace: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize (1995), which reads, in part: “Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Elie Wiesel*, Anwar el-Sadat, and Menachem Begin are among the 47 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates whose words are excerpted in THE WORDS OF PEACE—Selections from the speeches of the Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize . [signed] M Teresa MC.” Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2016, she was canonized by Pope Francis as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Slightest smudge to signature. About-fine condition.