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Robson, William . JAMES CHALMERS MISSIONARY AND EXPLORER OF RAROTONGA AND NEW GUINEA
Kilmarnock (probably early 1900s) John Ritchie. 12mo., 176pp., portrait frontis, text illustrations, hardcover, Owner signed. Good plus. (a10545)
$22.00 Fischer, Edward . MISSION IN BURMA THE COLUMBAN FATHERS' 43 YEARS IN KACHIN COUNTRY
NY 1980 Seabury. 164p. Photo illus. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11259)
$27.00 Drach, George and Calvi Kuder . THE TELUGA MISSION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
Philadelphia 1914 General Council. Containing a biography of the Rev. Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D. Missionary work in America but mostly about mission in India. Lg.8vo., 399pp., frontis, photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, some cover wear, corners worn, final 20 pages have minor water stains on margins (not affecting text.) (a12712)
$44.00 Cusden, Rev Richard A J . THE HUSTLING PARSON OR THE ADVENTURES OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL EVANGELIST
NY 1930 1st Howell. Life story of Rev. Arthur G. Tippett, Evangelical missionary, who led revivals in the U.S., especially in New York. Octavo, 215pp., numerous photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover a bit worn, faded, no DJ. (a14467)
$45.00 Watson, Charles . SORROW AND HOPE OF THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN
Philadelphia 1913 Board of Foreign Missions. A survey of missionary conditions and methods of work in the Egyptian Sudan. Sm.8vo., 233pp., triple foldout frontispiece, photo illustrations, pictorial boards. Owner name stamp. VG. (a15779)
$35.00 Fischer, Edward . MINDANAO MISSION ARCHIBISHOP PATRICK CRONIN'S 40 YEARS IN THE PHILIPPINES
NY 1978 1st Seabury. 8vo., 177pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a16765)
$29.00 Thomas, Abraham Vazhayil . CHRISTIANS IN SECULAR INDIA
NJ 1974 1st Farleigh Dickenson. Hardcover. Octavo, 246pp., index, cloth. Fine in Good DJ. (a18641)
$25.00 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 Lyman, Henry . MARTYR OF SUMATRA: A MEMOIR OF HENRY LYMAN
NY 1856 1st Carter. Missionary in Sumatra who was killed by natives. 8vo., 437pp., engraving of Edwards' Church, Northampton as frontispiece., blue cloth. Owner signed (Edmund F.Parker). Good, lower corner front blank end paper gone, cover worn a bit on spine ends and tips, a few spots of soiling in text but text largely clean and bright. (a19322)
$230.00 Davidson, Norman J. . ROMANCE OF MISSIONARY PIONEERS
Philadelphia n.d (c.1900) Lippincott.True stories of adventures of Missionaries in foreign lands. 8vo., 314pp., photos. Bright and colorful pictorial cover-gilt, red and white on blue cloth. Quite attractive. VG plus, end papers foxed. (a19665)
$35.00 Marshall, T. W. M. . CHRISTIAN MISSIONS: THEIR AGENTS, AND THEIR RESULTS 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1864 Sadlier. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Large octavos, 644pp., 479pp. plus Index (35pp.), red cloth with gilt emblems on fronts and spines. Much detailed information on missions in America and all over the world. Owner name stamp on verso of title pages. Prize award tipped in front end paper of each volume. Good, moderately, evenly soiled, some wear on base of spines. (a20309)
$185.00Brown, Leta May. HIRA LAL OF INDIA DIAMOND PRECIOUS
St. Louis 1954 1st Bethany. Hardcover octavo. 224pp. One photo of Hira Lal, a physician and Christian of Mungeli, in Chhattisgarh, India. "The radiant life of Hira Lal will shine as an ideal for all." Near Fine in Good DJ. (a20388)
$27.00(india). THE SEVENTY STORIES IN CANARESE FORMING A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE LESSONS ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE USE OF CANARESE STUDENTS IN THEIR EARLIER STUDIES AND FOR SCHOOLS
Bangalore 1860 5th Wesleyan Mission Press. Text in Sanskrit. 12mo., about 200pp., later plain wraps. Good, light wear. Very hard to find in original nineteenth century editions. (a20550)
$100.00 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 Garside, B.A. . WITHIN FOUR SEAS MEMOIRS
NY 1985. Introduction by Waleter H. Judd. Missionary in the Far East. 8vo., 150pp., index, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Garside. Fine in Good DJ, a few chips. (a23021)
$30.00 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 Boyd, Mark F., Hale Smith and John Griffin . HERE THEY ONCE STOOD THE TRAGIC END OF THE APALACHEE MISSIONS
Gainesville 1951 University of Florida. Florida colonial history, 1567-1763. 189pp., 12 plates, index. Owner stamp on end paper by bookstore. Fine. (a26092)
$65.00 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 Thoburn, Bishop J. M. . INDIA AND MALAYSIA
Cincinnati 1892 Cranston and Curts. Author was 33 years a Methodist Episcopal missionary in India. Large octavo, 562pp., photo illustration, hardcover. VG. (a29834)
$95.00 Hedstrand, G. (editor) . OUR COVENANT (8 volumes)
Chicago 1938-1956. Illustrated Annual of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America. Chicago, Illinois. A Swedish Lutheran Church. 8 volumes: 1938-1939, 1943, 1948 (2 copies), 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956. Octavo, hardcover. VG. 8 volumes. (a3077)
$65.00 Jordan, Rev. John P. . PADRE JOAO & CO. A MISSIONARY VENTURE IN BRAZIL'S HINTERLAND
Dublin 1965. Sm.8vo., 152pp., photo illus. Pictorial boards. Good, some wear to edges of boards. (a31867)
$45.00 Schloesing, Emile . VOYAGE AU LESSOUTO CARNET DE ROUTE
Paris 1933 Societe des Missions Evangeliques. In French. Octavo, 106pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Largely uncut. Good, lacks rear wrap. Scarce. (a32290)
$75.00 Jeffery, Pauline . IDA S. SCUDDER OF VELLORE THE LIFE STORY OF IDA SOPHIA SCUDDER
Mysore no date (preface 1951) Brown. 8vo., 226pp., photo illus. Ira Scudder worked 50 years in India as doctor. Inscribed and signed by Scudder. Small owner name label inside front board. Good, a bit worn. (a32782)
$45.00 Koren, Henry J. . KNAVES OR KNIGHTS: A HISTORY OF THE SPIRITAN MISSIONARIES IN ACADIA AND NORTH AMERICA 1732-1839
Pittsburgh 1962 Duquesne. Hardcover. Octavo, 211pp., index, cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a33684)
$20.00 (Methodist Episcopal Church) . AN EXHIBIT OF THE INDUSTRIAL HOMES, MISSIONS AND DEACONESS HOMES OF THE WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Cincinnati 1900. Souvenir of the Twentieth Anniversary. Oblong Sm.4to., 144pp. (one page text, one full page photo illustration), blue cloth. Many photos of African-Americans. Photo illustrations and brief text for private homes and lodgings all across the U.S. from Alabama to New Jersey to California. Owner signed (Mary F. Fordyce). VG, light cover wear. (a37032)
$200.00 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)
$29.00Jones, Rufus M.. ELI AND SYBIL JONES THEIR LIFE AND WORK
Philadelphia 1889 Coates. Quaker missionaries in Liberia, Europe and Syria .Hardcover. Small octavo, 316pp., cloth. VG. (a37953)
$65.00 (long island) . THE CHURCH MAGAZINE VOLUME 1 NO. 1 THROUGH VOLUME 1 NO. 5 1874
Brooklyn 1874. Much on Long Island Episcopal churches, articles on missionary work in Haiti, etc. Issues No. 1 through No. No.5 ( March, 1874 though November 1874) bound in one hardcover volume. Small octavo, 160pp., original dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Good, heel of spine worn, corners lightly bumped and scuffed. (a41194)
$75.00Bauernfeind, 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)
$49.00 van Hecken, Jos. CICM . ETUDES MONGOLES
Schoneck 1947 Neue Zeitschrift fur Missionswissenschaft. In German. Includes: I. La Literrature mongole chretienne and II. Les Travaux Linguistiques. 8vo., 27pp., wraps. Good, leaves lightly evenly browned, a few margin tears. (a42450)
$75.00 Barton, James L. . THE CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO ISLAM
Boston 1918 1st Pilgrim Press. Christian missionary work in Islamic countries. 8vo., 316pp., photo illustrations green cloth. Signed by Burton. VG. (a45628)
$65.00 Brasio, Antonio . D. ANTONIO BARROSO MISSIONARIO CIENTISTA MISSIOLOGO
Lisboa 1961 Centro de Estudos Historicos Ultramarinos. In Portuguese. Barrosso was missionary in Africa. Lg.8vo., 687pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn. (a45650)
$110.00 Hill, Hamilton A (editor) . THE CASE OF THE REV. WILLIAM H. NOYES FOREIGN MISSIONARY OF THE BERKELEY STREET CHURCH BOSTON
Boston 1889 Marvin. Apparently a controversy over doctrinal beliefs. 8vo., 80pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a45929)
$75.00 (missionary) . MINUTES OF THE WOMAN'S UNIVERSALIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT FITCHBURG, MASS. SEPT. 25, 1889
Boston 1889. 8vo., 12pp., wraps. Good, some soiling, foxing. (a46649)
$35.00 Denny, J.K.H. . TOWARD THE SUNRISING
London no date (c. 1901) Marshall Brothers and Zenana Bible and Medical Mission. "A History of work for the Women of India done by Women from England 1852-1901." 8vo., 262pp., photo illus. Includes a 3 page list of female missionaries "who have worked in connection with The Zenana Bible and Medical Mission during the Past 50 Years." Much information on condition of women in India. Good, front hinge just beginning to crack, cover a bit worn, top spine end worn down. (a4693)
$75.00 Bogue, David . OBJECTIONS AGAINST A MISSION TO THE HEATHER THEN, STATED AND CONSIDERED. A SERMON..24 SEP. 1795
Cambridge 1811 Hilliard. 8vo., 28pp., later wraps. Good. (a48616)
$45.00 Worcester, Samuel . THE WISDOM OF GOD A SERMON
Boston 1809 Cushing. 8vo., 43pp., later wraps. Good, foxed. (a48638)
$45.00 Arnot, Fred S . GARENGANZE; OR , SEVEN YEARS' PIONEER MISSION WORK IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Chicago n.d. (preface dated 1889) Fleming Revell. Adventures West Central Africa in Angola and Zambia. 8vo., 274pp., woodcut illustrations, large color folding map, index, original brown cloth with black and silver lettering. Very faint residue of label on heel of spine. Blindstamp on title page. Good, inner hinges cracked, one inch closed tear along one fold of map on lower edge, light cover wear and light cover soiling. (a51009)
$100.00 (missionary) . REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN MASSACHUSETTS; MADE, APRIL, 1812
Worcester 1812 Isaac Sturtevant. 12mo.,19pp., original plain wraps. Uncut. Good, some wear on edges, light focing. (a53186)
$75.00 (catholic) . JOURNAL OF TRIP TO RED RIVER 1861; LETTER OF REV. L. GALTIER TO BISHOP GRACE
St. Paul 1908. 2 articles (26pp.), in Acta et Dicta, A Collection of Historical Data relating to the Origins and Growth of the Catholic Church in the Northwest. Complete issue with several other articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, light chipping on wraps. (a53502a)
$45.00 Oster, Rt. Rev. A. . THE FIRST MASS IN GRACEVILLE
St. Paul 1908. Article (5pp.), in Acta et Dicta, A Collection of Historical Data relating to the Origins and Growth of the Catholic Church in the Northwest. Complete issue with several other articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, light chipping on wraps. (a53502b)
$45.00 Reardon, Rev. James M. . THE BEGINNING OF THE CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE MOVEMENT IN MINNESOTA
St. Paul 1908. Article (11pp.), in Acta et Dicta, in Acta et Dicta, A Collection of Historical Data relating to the Origins and Growth of the Catholic Church in the Northwest. Complete issue with several other articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, light chipping on wraps. (a53502c)
$45.00 McDonald, Rev. Joseph B. . CATHOLICITY IN NORTH DAKOTA
St. Paul 1908. Article (9pp.), in Acta et Dicta, A Collection of Historical Data relating to the Origins and Growth of the Catholic Church in the Northwest. Complete issue with several other articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, light chipping on wraps. (a53502d)
$45.00 Nelson, W. S. . SILVER CHIMES IN SYRIA GLIMPSES OF A MISSIONARY'S EXPERIENCES
Philadelhia 1914 1st Westminster Press. Sm.8vo., 174pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth with mounted photo illustration on front. Signed presentation copy From the Author. Slight paperclip rust residue on initial pages. Good, spine lettering beginning to fade. Scarce. (a54276)
$85.00 (maori) . AI TUKUTUKU KEI TANIELA KEI ESITEREI. SA VOLA NAI TUKUTUKU OQO KO MISA FAISONI,...NAI TALATALA QASE...
Suva 1909. Appears to be based upon the Books of Daniel and Esther. In Maori. 12mo., 54pp., original printed wraps. Good, spine ends chipped, light wear. Scarce. (a55451)
$150.00Josson, H.. LA MISSION DU BENGALE OCCIDENTAL OU ARCHIDIOC�SE DE CALCUTTA - TOME I
Bruges 1921 1st Sainte-Catherine. Profince Belge de la Compagnie de Jesus. In French. Sm.4to., 496pp., photo illustrations, 2 large foldout maps, several text maps, original printed wraps. VG, light cover wear; some creases on front cover. No owner marks. Volume 1 (of 2) only. (a57009)
$75.00 Mathews, James K. . SOUTH OF THE HIMALAYAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF METHODISM IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
Nashville 1955. Introduction by E. Stanley Jones. Sm.8vo., 155pp., hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Matthews on the title page. VG plus, slight fading of spine lettering, no DJ. (a57473)
$35.00Launay, 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)
$250.00 Inama, Adelbert . LETTERS OF THE REVEREND ADELBERT INAMA O. PRAEM
(1928?) Evansville. Reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Letters of a Catholic missionary from Tyrol who worked first in New York State and then in Wisconsin in 1840s. Translated from the German. Lg.8vo., 127pp., original hardcover. VG plus, clean, no marks. no DJ. (a57681)
$22.00 Anderson, Emma Dean and Mary Jane Campbell . IN THE SHADOW OF THE HIMALAYAS A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE MISSIONS OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA AS CONDUCTED IN THE PUNJAB, INDIA 1855-1940
Philadelphia 1942 United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Octavo, 372pp., photo illustrations, index, original red cloth hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a58394)
$29.00Paton, John G.. JOHN G. PATON MISSIONARY TO THE NEW HEBRIDES AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY EDITED BY HIS BROTHER - NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION
NY (c. 1900) Revell. Edited by Paton's brother. Hardcover octavo., 375pp., 382p. frontis, booklist at end, gilt decorated hardcover. Greencloth. VG no owner marks. no dj. (a58396)
$35.00 Clark, Joseph B. . THE SIXTIETH YEAR A PAPER READ AT THE NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN HOME MISSONARY SOCIETY IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
NY 1886 1st. 8vo., 14pp., wraps. VG. (a59077)
$35.00 Clark, Joseph B. . THE CLOSING DECADE A PAPER PRESENTED...THE NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN HOME MISSONARY SOCIETY IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
NY 1891 1st. 8vo., 12pp., wraps. VG. (a59078)
$35.00Nara, 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)
$25.00 Baird, T. . BACK TO THE BEGINNING A MINIATURE MANUAL OF MISSIONARY MEMORIES
NY 1919 Book Stall. Sm.8vo., 99pp., illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. VG. (a61378)
$20.00 Marsh, Rev. Dwight W. . THE TENNESSEEAN IN PERSIA AND KOORDISTAN BEING SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAMUEL AUDLEY RHEA
Philadelphia 1869 1st Presbyterian Board of Publication. Author was missionary in Mosul, Iraq for 10 years. Rhea himself died in Persia 1865 at age of 38 just after his son died in Persia at age of one year. Three chapters on Armenia and one chapter on Nestorians. Small octavo, 381pp., illusstrations, green cloth with black trim and fancy bright gilt decoration on spine. Very interesting reading. Village library bookplate, pocket removed from rear end paper, several blind stamps and one Sunday school stamp but no spine numbers and text clean and unmarked. Binding secure with original dark brown end papers. VG. (a61433)
$275.00Malcom, Howard. TRAVELS IN SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA: EMBRACING HINDUSTAN, MALAYA, SIAM AND CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF NUMEROUS MISSIONARY STATIONS AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BURMAN EMPIRE - 10th edition with 63 ENGRAVINGS
Philadelphia n.d. (1854) American Baptist Publication Society. Tenth American Edition. Small octavo., 432pp., plates, foldout map, original yellow end papers, original brown cloth with gilt statue figure on front and gilt decorated spine. Fairly Good, one tiny chip on backstrip; a few tiny holes in cloth on rear outer hinge; some light foxing on plates, spine ends and cover extreme tips lightly worn. No owner marks. (a61500)
$59.00deForest, 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 Heuser, Frederick J. Jr. . A GUIDE TO FOREIGN MISSIONARY MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ISBN 0-313-26249-7
NY 1988 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-26249-7. Octavo, 108pp., illustrations, hardcover. Fine. (a65340)
$79.00 Wix, Edward . SIX MONTHS OF A NEWFOUNDLAND MISSIONARY'S JOURNAL FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST, 1835
London 1836 1st Smith, Elder and Co. Octavo, 264pp., original 3/4 leather with paper covered boards and mounted red leather spine label. Good, front board present but detached, boards worn. Very Scarce. (a65496)
$480.00Lawson, Rev. George. LECTURES ON THE WHOLE BOOK OF RUTH: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, DISCOURSES ON THE CONDITION AND DUTY OF UNCONVERTED SINNERS ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GRACE...AND ON THE MEANS TO BE USED IN THE CONVERSION OF OUR NEIGHBORS
Albany 1816 1st E. & E. Hosford. 12mo., 405pp., full leather hardcover. Owner signed on titlepage. Good, some light foxing and light staining throughout, leather rubbed and somewhat worn. Binding secure. Pictures available on request. (a65531)
$165.00 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)
$170.00Mason, John M.. THE ADDRESS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW-YORK MISSIONARY SOCIETY
New York 1796 T. and J. Swords. Octavo, 19pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a66588)
$39.00Buchanan, Rev. Claudius. THE STAR IN THE EAST; A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE PARISH-CHURCH OF ST. JAMES, BRISTOL ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1809, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONS TO AFRICA AND THE EAST
Boston 1809 8th Munroe, Francis & Parker. To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing The Interesting Report Of The Rev. Dr. Kerr To The Governor of Madras On The State Of The Ancient Christians In Cochin And Travancore And An account Of The Discoveries Made By Rev. Dr. Buchanan of 200,000 Christians in the Sequestered Region of Hindostan. Octavo, 52pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Signature of Leverett Saltonstall on top of title page. Good, some browning in text block. (a66595)
$39.00Birch, John G.. ORGANIZED SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA
Port Elizabeth c. 1940 National Sunday School Association. The official book of the Silver Jubilee National Sunday School Convention held at Port Elizabeth March 22 - 25, 1940. Small octavo. Blue cloth hardcover. 224pp., photo illustrations. Near Good, outer front hinge reinforced; spine very faded, binding secure. Scarce. no dj. (a66706)
$35.00 Dall, H. A. (American Unitarian Association) . THE MISSION TO INDIA
Boston 1857 1st Office of Quarterly Journal. Contains: Report by the Secretary to the Calcutta Unitarian Society; Report by the Treasurer; Narrative of Proceedings in Connection With the Mission by Rev. Charles H. A. Dall. 12mo., 44pp., original blue stringbound wraps. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a67480)
$165.00 Wheeler, W. Reginald; Dwight H Day and James B Rodgers . MODERN MISSIONS IN MEXICO
Philadelphia 1925 1st Westminster. Octavo, 291pp., photo illustrations, black cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a68817)
$50.00 Furay, H. B. (editor) . JESUIT MISSIONS - NATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN JESUITS IN THE MISSION FIELDS ASSIGNED THEM BY THE HOLY FATHER - 1967 (12 ISSUES)
1967. 12 issues bound in one volume with original covers. 4to., illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover. Fine. (a70314)
$90.00 Kemp, Rev. Dennis . NINE YEARS AT THE GOLD COAST
London 1898 1st Macmillan. Hardcover.Octavo, 279pp., frontis map, photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear, cover unevenly faded, tiny chip on spine, spine ends lightly frayed. (a70335)
$60.00 Yeiser, Rev. N.E. . THE HINDU; OR CASTEMAN OF INDIA
Philadelphia 1899 Lutheran Publication Society. The Hindu in his social and religious life, and his attitude toward Missions. 12mo., 124pp., portrait frontis, illustrations, hardcover. Good plus, front hinge tender. (a7096)
$35.00 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 (south africa) . CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA , A REPORT OF THE FORT HARE CONFERENCE, JULY 1942
Lovedale Press 1942. Octavo, 42pp., original wraps. VG. (a71096)
$35.00 Parkman, Francis . THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Boston 1894 34th Little Brown. Hardcover. octavo, 463pp., brown cloth with black decoration and gilt spine lettering. VG no ownership marks, slight fraying of spine ends. A very nice copy of this finely written narrative history. (a71786)
$55.00 Humphrey, J. L. MD . TWENTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA
Cincinnati 1905 1st Jennings and Graham. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 283pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. VG. (a71887)
$24.00 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)
$250.00 Brett, Rev. W. H. . MISSION WORK AMONG THE INDIAN TRIBES IN THE FORESTS OF GUIANA
London (1881) Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover, Small octavo, 260pp., publisher's catalogue (15pp.), text illustrations, original pictorial cloth. Blind stamp on title page, label at heel of spine. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear (a72807)
$65.00Axling, William. JAPAN ON THE UPWARD TRAIL
NY 1923 Missionary Education Movement. Hardcover. 12mo., 180pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated cloth. VG. (a73065)
$25.00 (connecticut) . TWENTIETH ANNUAL NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY LABOURS PERFORMED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE...MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
Hartford 1819 Peter Gleason. Octavo, 24pp., original stringbound wraps. String broken so becoming disbound. Signed by Mr. Foote, Marlborough. Good, edges frayed. (a73339)
$35.00 (missionary) . THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MAGAZINE AND MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCER - SEPTEMBER 1819
1819. One individual issue. Octavo, pp. 153-192, removed and rebound in later wraps. Of special interest: Memoir of Menno Simon (6pp.); obituary of Sarah Carter; many reports from foreign missions. Good. (a74505)
$34.00 Harvey, H. . MEMOIR OF ALFRED BENNETT, FIRST PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH, HOMER, N.Y. AND SENIOR AGENT OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION
New York 1852 3rd Edward H. Fletcher. Hardcover. Octavo, 231pp., 21pp. (publisher's catalogue), steel engraved portrait of Harvey with bright yellow tissue, original dark brown cloth with full gilt picture of minister, bright spine gilt lettering. Near Fine, just slight spine end wear. (a75653)
$50.00 Ruiz Blanco, Fr. Matias ; Alvarez de villanueva. . CONVERSION EN PIRITU (COLOMBIA) DE INDIOS CUMANAGOTOS Y PALENQUES ....SEGUIDO DE LOS FRANCISCANOS EN LAS INDIAS POR FR. FRANCISCO ALVAREZ DE VILLANUEVA
Madrid 1892 Victoriano Suarez. Two works bound in one volume. In Spanish. Octavo, 228pp., 76pp., original printed cover bound in later library blue buckram with gilt spine letters and library call number. Number at heel of spine, no other library indications, no stamps, no pocket, no bookplate, no library name. Good, leaves somewhat browned but legible and not brittle. (a76540)
$79.00 Peters, Rev. Absalom . THE HOME MISSIONARY AND AMERICAN PASTOR'S JOURNAL 5 SEPARATE ISSUE JANUARY 1829 - DECEMBER 1830
New York 1819-1830. Five issues of this monthly journal. Not a consecutive run. Octavos, each 16pp., original stringbound printed wraps. Good, some fraying and curling of edges. 5 issues. (a77865)
$150.00Stewart, 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)
$25.00 Buchanan, Rev. Claudius . CHRISTIAN RESEARCHES IN ASIA: WITH NOTICES ON THE TRANSLATION OF THE SCRIPTURES INTO THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGES; THE ERAS OF LIGHT BEING TWO DISCOURSES PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ON COMMENCEMENT SUNDAY JULY 1, 1810
New York 1812 Richard Scott. Two title bound in one volume. Hardcover. 12mo., 154pp., 118pp., marbled boards with later paper spine. Numerous ink numbers on title page. Includes an appendix "containing an account of 200,000 Christians discovered in the sequestered region of Hindostan." Near Good, inner hinges cracked, text toned. (a80058)
$74.00Maguire, Ruth Burns (editor). AN IRISHMAN IN THE JUNGLES OF AFRICA
New York 1935 1st Revell. Biography of Gabriel R. Maguire, an Irish-American Baptist missionary in the Congo. Hardcover. sm octavo, blue cloth. Good, cover lightly worn and cloth faded and spotted. no DJ. Hinges secure; binding secure. Text clean; no owner marks. (a80290)
$59.00Society of Friends. FOREIGN MISSION WORK OF AMERICAN FRIENDS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THEIR WORK FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE YEAR 1912 (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
1912 1st edition. American Friends. Hardcover. Small octavo, 255pp., photo illustrations, folding map of Cuba, green cloth. Presented to J. Perry Hadley of Long Island (NY) by his mother. Good. (a81121)
$65.00 White, Rev. Gilbert . THIRTY YEARS IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA
London 1918 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover. Octavo, 264pp., photo illustrations, maps, cloth. Owner signature and bookplate. Good, cover faded, a bit worn and soiled, no DJ. (a8614)
$30.00 Youngman, Rev. W. E. . GLEANINGS FROM WESTERN PRAIRIES (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Cambridge 1882 Jones and Piggott. Life on American prairies, especially on a Roman Catholic mission in Osage country in Kansas. Hardcover. Small octavo, 214pp., cloth. Good, cover worn and a bit soiled. (a9139)
$45.00 Dyer, Edward O. . GNADENSEE THE LAKE OF GRACE A MORAVIAN PICTURE IN A CONNECTICUT FRAME
Boston 1903 Pilgrim. Connecticut Indian tribes and efforts to convert them to Christianity. 8vo., 292pp., photo illustrations. pictorial cover. Good plus, spine faded and spine ends a bit worn. (a9211)
$45.00Strong, Jonathan.. SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS MISSIONARY SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON, MAY 24, 1808.
Boston 1808 Joshua Cushing. Octavo, 34pp., original stringbound wraps. Contemporary signature of Tho. F Davis on front. Uncut. Good. (ac337)
$29.00Wheeler, W. Reginald.. MODERN MISSIONS ON THE SPANISH MAIN
Philadelphia 1925 first edition. Westminster. Impressions of Protestant work in Colombia and Venezuela. Hardcover octavo., 334pp., photo illustrations, map. VG, no DJ. **Signed by "One of Them" on front end paper. (lat375)
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