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Missionaries In Asia:

Barber, Rev. W. T. A. . DAVID HILL MISSIONARY AND SAINT
London 1903 4th Kelly. Hill served as missionary in China. Hardcover. Octavo, 337pp., original woodbury print of Hill mounted as frontis, 2 large foldout maps of China, cloth. Slight bit of very neat underlining in one chapter. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, spine a bit soiled, narrow strip of red paint on front cover. (a19308)
$35.00 Rosalia, Sister Mary of Maryknoll . ONE INCH OF SPLENDOR
NY 1941. Hardcover octavo., 90pp., photos. Good in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a22060)
$25.00 Hubbard, Ethel Daniels . UNDER MARCHING ORDERS A STORY OF MARY PORTER GAMEWELL
NY 1909 first edition. Young People's Missionary Movement. Missionary work in China. octavo., 222pp., photos, index. Owner signed on end paper. Good , spine faded a bit; light cover wear; binding secure; light wear overall. no dj. (a23560)
$55.00 Kellogg, Nora Evelyn . NORA EVELYN KELLOGG A MEMORIAL
NY c. 1935 Methodist Book Publishing. Kellogg was nurse and missionary in China. Octavo, wraps with original photograph mounted on front (slight bit of staining on photo). VG. (a26286)
$75.00 Headland, Isaac Taylor . CHINA'S NEW DAY A STUDY OF EVENTS THAT HAVE LED TO ITS COMING
West Medford 1912 1st Central Committee United Study of Missions. 8vo., 263pp., photo illustrations, index, wraps. Good, somewhat worn. no dj. (a37657)
$29.00Bauernfeind, Susan M.. WAYSIDE SOWING AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE WORK IN MUKOJIMA, TOKYO
no place, no date given (c.1900) Published by the Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Movement. Author's church in Japan was built by home congregation from Erie, Pennsylvania. Sm.8vo., 121pp., numerous mounted photo illustrations (half-tones), pictorial boards. Small book advertisement laid in. VG in new glassine removable protective DJ. Very attractive book with graceful artistic picture on front cover panel. (a41946)
$49.00Launay, Adrien. HISTOIRE DES MISSIONS DE CHINE - MISSION DU KOUANG-SI
Paris 1903 first edition. Librairie Victor Lecoffre. Hardcover. In French. Sm.4to., very large color foldout map of China and Chinese Catholic missions, original printed wraps rebound in half cloth with gilt lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Institution stamp on fore-edges but no other ownership marks. Good Plus, corners a bit worn, text lightly evenly toned. Quite Scarce first edition. (a57510)
$250.00Nara, Tsutae. A JOURNEY OF OF A THOUSAND MILES - ENCOUNTER OF A JAPANESE CHRISTIAN AND AN AMERICAN MISSINARY IN CHINA DURING THE WAR (signed by Nara)
Tokyo 1979 YMCA Press. Translated from Japanese by Keiko Adachi Sellner. 12mo., 126pp., photo frontis, original hardcover. ***Signed presentation copy from Nara. Fine. like new. no dj. (a60447)
$25.00deForest, Charlotte B. THE EVOLUTION OF A MISSIONARY A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN HYDE DEFOREST FOR 37 YEARS MISSIONARY OF THE AMERICAN BOARD IN JAPAN (signed)
NY 1914 first edition. Revell. Octavo., 309pp., photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover. ***Presentation copy signed by Charlotte deForest. near VG owner bookplate. no dj. (a61598)
$75.00 Callery and Yvan, MM. . HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF THE CHRISTIANITY, CREED AND PROCLAMATIONS OF THE INSURGENTS
New York 1853 1st Harper. Translated from the French with a supplementary chapter narrating the most recent events by John Oxenford. Callery was a missionary and an interpreter to the French Embassy in China. Dr. Yvan was a physician to the French Embassy in China. Small octavo, v, (2), 301pp., ads (6pp.), facsimile of Chinese map of the course of the insurrection and a portrait of its chief, Tien-te, original floral end papers, 3/4 black leather with black cloth on boards. Private library bookplate and two withdrawn stamps on end papers. Good, some light foxing in text, some rubbing and wear on cover. Scarce. (a61756)
$250.00 Culbertson, Rev. M . Simpson . DARKNESS IN THE FLOWERY LAND; OR RELIGIOUS NOTIONS AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS IN NORTH CHINA
New York 1857 Scribner. Culbertson, (1819�62) was a Presbyterian Missionary in China. He who was educated at West Point and at Princeton Theological Seminary, and worked on a Chinese Bible.12mo., 235pp., original grey cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Owner bookplate. A few light pencil lines in margins. Good, cover lightly worn with a small bit of chipping on spine. Very scarce. (a61758)
$600.00 (missionary) . MISSIONARY ANECDOTES SERIES FIRST
Philadelphia (c. 1850) American Sunday-School Union. The Islands of the Pacific; India and Burmah; China; North Africa and Turkey; South Africa and Madagascar; North America and the West Indies. 12mo., 233pp., frontis illustration of Chinese prayer wheel index, gilt decorated purple cloth hardcover. Good, occasional light foxing, front cover almost faded to grey. Scarce. (a62196)
$160.00 Sangster, Mrs. Margaret E. (editor) . A MANUAL OF THE MISSIONS OF THE REFORMED (DUTCH) CHURCH IN AMERICA
New York 1877 Board of Publication of the Reformed Church. Missions in India, Borneo, China, Japan and Arizona. Octavo, 326pp., illustrations, foldout maps, bright green cloth hardcover with full gilt and black decoration on front and gilt label on spine. VG, wear to spine ends, a few spots in text. (a64880)
$124.00 (china) . THE CHINESE RECORDER JUNE 1915
Shanghai 1915. Single issue of this monthly journal of the American Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai. This complete issue is dedicated to the Third Annual meeting of the China Continuation Committee, the Great Evangelistic Movement, Next Move in Theological Education, Training of Missionaries. Octavo, pp. 325-392, photo illustrations, advertisements, original green printed wraps. Good, lacks rear wrap. (a65126)
$35.00 (china) . THE CHINESE RECORDER JUNE 1914
Shanghai 1914. Single issue of this monthly journal of the American Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai. This issue includes: In Memoriam Rev. George Owen of Peking, Mission Co-operation in West China by R. Davidson, Chinese Conception of Paradise by Lewis Hodous, the Miracle of the Kingdom by F. W. O'Neill. Octavo, photo illustrations, original green printed wraps. Good , backstrip chipped. (a65134)
$35.00 (china) . THE CHINESE RECORDER MAY 1915
Shanghai 1915. Single issue of this monthly journal of the American Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai. This issue includes: Jesus and Holy Spirit by Wilbert White, Saving China's Cities by R. M. Mather, Language Study by Pettus, Litang or Missionary Problems in the Highest Town on Earth by J. Huston Edgar, Missionary Work in China during the 17th Century by J. Verdier. Octavo, photo illustrations, original green printed wraps. Good some chipping on spine. (a65135)
$35.00 Hoy, Rev. W. E. (editor) . THE JAPAN EVANGELIST VOLUME III 1895 - 1896
October 1895- August 1896. Six issues bound in one hardcover volume. Issued every two months in the interest of Christian work in Japan. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp., numerous full page portraits of missionaries, Japanese, as a few views of Japan, boards covered with printed gold-toned silk cloth. Front free blank detached but present. Near Good, cloth very worn. No ownership marks. (a65742)
$170.00 Gordon-Cumming, Miss C. F. . THE INVENTOR OF THE NUMERAL TYPE FOR CHINA FOR BLIND AND ILLITERATE PEOPLE
London 1899 a new edition, Downey. Hardcoaver. 12mo. 189pp., photo illustrations, yellow cloth with brown lettering and trim. A few ink notations (possibly by Gordon-Cumming). Tipped in rear: 14th Annual Report of Mission to the Chinese Blind for year 1900 (29p.); same for 1901 (lacks title page, 35p.) Good, a bit soiled. (a70799)
$65.00 Clark, Elmer T. . WHAT'S THE MATTER IN CHINA?
Nashville 1927 1st Methodist Episcopal Church. Hardcover. Small octavo, 96pp., yellow cloth. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a71088)
$60.00 Hoy, Rev. W. E. (editor) . THE JAPAN EVANGELIST VOLUME IV 1896-1897
October 1896 - September 1897. Twelve issues bound in one hardcover volume. Issued every month in the interest of Christian work in Japan. Hardcover. Octavo, 392pp., numerous full page portraits of missionaries, Japanese, as a few views of Japan, boards covered with printed gold-toned silk cloth, later paper spine. Near Good, front hinge cracked, cloth very worn. No ownership marks. (a72743)
$250.00Axling, William. JAPAN ON THE UPWARD TRAIL
NY 1923 Missionary Education Movement. Hardcover. 12mo., 180pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated cloth. VG. (a73065)
$25.00Stewart, George (editor). THE LETTERS OF MAXWELL CHAPLIN
New York 1928 1st Association Press. Princeton graduate who served as a missionary in China. Hardcover. Octavo, 239pp., photo illustrations, dark blue cloth. Presentation card from a friend or relative of Chaplin laid in. VG, no DJ. (a79706)
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