Missionaries
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Robert Mitchell. Pioneer Missioner to the Inland [Signed]
by Scrimgeour, R.J
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Signed by the author on title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 110 pages. Rev. Robert Mitchelll was the first in the field in a number of areas in the Presbyterian Church. In 1894 he was the first missioner to the Smith of Dunesk Mission at Beltana, SA. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£15.66
THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR; during the Years 1853-1854-1856, including a Journey to the Capital with Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilisation of the People.
by ELLIS, Rev WILLIAM
Rebound with the original gilt illustration on cloth tipped onto front; 4 raised bands, 3 skivers . Acidic discolouration from the leather shows thru the paper boards; slight wear on lower edge; edges of book block are discolured; very occasional light foxing. I guess the ads were discarded in the re-bind. A light cross in pencil on the rear free end paper and again on the rear cover; bookplate of J G Bishop on verso of front cover. Folding frontis and 1 map plus 14 wood-cut plates plus 10 woodcut illus...
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£61.99
Matteo Ripa: peintre-graveur-missionaire à la Cour de Chine; Mémoires
by Ripa, Matteo; translated and annotated by Christopher Comentale
Taipei: Victor Chen, 1983. Hardcover. xvii, 202p + [36]p. of plates., cloth-covered boards, 6x8.5 inches, frontis. portrait of Ripa, maps, old bookstore sticker on rear paste-down endpaper else very good condition in like dj. Text in French.
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£69.14
The Missionaries
by Moorhouse, Geoffrey
Newton Abbot: Readers Union. 1975. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 368 pages. Moorhouse's exploration of Missionaries in Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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£9.39
Travels in South Africa. Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society
by Campbell, John, 1766-1840
1815. Hardcover. Fair. frontis (portrait), folding map, 8 plates (1 folding), xvi, 582p. Later 3/4 leather (marbled boards with large brown leather backstrip and large corners). 21cm. No half-title present. Map uncolored. Front and back covers detached. Trimmed when rebound leaving adequate but narrow margins. Title page discolored in upper right corner. All edges colored yellow (probably when rebound). An important and reasonably balanced account. Theal, an influential (and racially biased) white...
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£203.35
Evangelizing polygamous families; canonical and African approaches Forms of marriage (2)
by Kanyadago, Peter M
Eldoret, Kenya: AMECEA Gaba Publications, 1991. Paperback. xiv, 230p., 6x8.5 inch pictorial wraps; slightly handled and mildly shelfworn, else in very good condition. AMECEA Gaba Publications spearhead 116-118.
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£20.34
Run While the Sun is Hot
by Fuller, W. Harold
New York: Sudan Interior Mission. Circa1967. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good clear fitted plastic dustjacket. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 256 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£13.05
History of the American Baptist African and Haytien Missions. For the Use of Sabbath Schools. By the Author of Philip Everhard, or History of the Baptist Indian Missions
Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Union, 1831. Hardcover. Good. 70p. Old quarterbindingOriginal leather backed marbled boards. 15cm. Cover basically sound but heavily rubbed and rather worn with edge portions gnawed. Lacks leaf preceding half-title and rear free endpaper. Small hole in front cover and first few pages. Stains on endpaper. Contents are also basically sound with light to moderate foxing.Pages 6-56 in this little book relate to the American Colonization Society and the early Baptist...
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£223.68
Going It Alone Mary Andrews - Missionary to China, 1938 to 1951
by Lamb, Margaret Yarwood
Sydney: Aquila Press. 1995. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 227 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£10.44
JAMES FRASER
by McPherson, A
The Banner of Truth Trust. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear to the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .
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£18.71
Mary Slessor The White Queen : A True Story of Adventure, Heroism and Faith
by Livingstone, W.P
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to mildly age-toned dustjacket edges and corners. Bookseller stamp to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages.. The biography of the highly regarded Mary Slessor a Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria in the late nineteenth century. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£10.44
GENERAL EVANGELINE BOOTH OF THE SALVATION ARMY
by Wilson, P. W
Charles Scribner's Sons. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good, in very good- jacket. ; 264pp. .
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£12.20
On the Missionary Trail : The Classic Georgian Adventureof Two Englishmen Sent on a Journey Around the World, 1821 - 29
by Hiney, Tom
London: Vintage. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Page edges very faintly age-toned. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 367 paqges. Based on contemporary journals, ission reports, letters and illustrations, the story of the longest missionary voyage ever undertaken which encompassed South Seas, New Zeland, Australia, India, Mauritius. . Softcover.
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£8.35
Presbyterian Missionaries in India/Pakistan
by [Photo Album]
n.p., 1942. Hardcover. Good. 35 good-sized photos, generally ranging from 28 x 21cm. down to 14 x 9cm. Photos date between 1908 and 1942. Most are photos of the missionaries assembled at annual meetings. Most were taken by N (or Nanak) Chand whose name appears along the bottom along with a brief caption (e.g., Annual Meeting No. 1) and date. Photos mounted (inserted in corner mounts) one to a page. Several pages brittle and detached. Photos are of good quality, generally with very good detail. Persons...
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£244.02
Historical Sketches of Savage Life in Polynesia; with Illustrative Clan Songs
by Gill, Rev. W. W
Wellington: George Didsbury: Government Printer, 1880. viii, 232 pp. First Edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt on the spine and cover. Orange endpapers. Text block in good condition. Light foxing to the extremities. Former owner's signature on the title page. Reverend William Wyatt Gill (1828 – 1896) was an English missionary who worked in Australia and the South Pacific region. In this volume, Gill recorded indigenous myths and songs. He noted that...
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£132.73
Priests and Politicians: Protestant and Catholic Missions in Orthodox Ethiopia, 1830-1868
by Crummey, Donald
London: Oxford University Press, 1972. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. index, viii, 176p. dj. 22cm. Price sticker on jacket flap. Name on endpaper.
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£48.80
Fools for Christ’s Sake
by Procter, Jack
Rare softcover book with no writing or marks published by Africa Evangelical Fellowship (formerly the S. A. G. M. mission) in good condition overall. Circa 1960. All pages and text clean and intact. The outside cover has some wear and discoloration, but interior of book has clean white pages. Very good binding. There is a foreword and an appendix at front and back with dates and data. Contents include 20 chapters about missionary calling and life in Africa, primarily Angola and Mozambique. Obtained in...
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£10.37
The Missionary Herald, for the Year 1821
Boston: Published for the Board by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. index, viii, 400p. Original tree calf. 23cm. Old stains on a couple of leaves. Three or four small blank corners misfolded when bound. Former owner's red name stamp on verso of title-leaf and another partially removed stamp at base of first page of Index. Foxing on endpapers and adjacent leaves. The April-September issues (at pages 11-121, 129-143, 169-178, 214-218, 241-250, and 278-283) contain a report, in six...
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£366.03
A History of Christian Missions: The Pelican history of the church Volume 6
by Stephen Neill
Copyright 1964 British paperback called 'History of Christian missions' obtained in Africa from a British missionary. Clean unmarked pages. May be a first edition. Copyright 1964 and first published 1964 with no other date. Photo of author Stephen Neill inside front cover. Pages are lightly tanned and totally intact. Cover has a few light creases and some discoloration from age, but no tears or marks. Overall good + to very good condition for a vintage paperback. 622 pages!
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£5.90
Aucas Downriver: Dayuma's Story Today
by Wallis, Ethel Emily
New York: Harper & Row. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is age-toned and marked. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 126 pages. The story of missionaries amongst the Huaorani people of Ecuador. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.44
Journal Of The Rev GEORGE CHAMPION
by Booth Alan R.(Ed)
Pages slightly yellowing. Portrait as frontis plus 5 b&w illustrations This Journal is important for accounts of Piet Retief and Dingane and the Frontier Wars. Covered in archival plastic.
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£11.18
Savage Papua - A Missionary Among Cannibals. Translated from the French by Erik and Denyse Demauny. Preface by Paul Claudel. With illustrations and endpaper map
by Dupeyrat, Andre. Paul Claudel, preface
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1954. Hardcover. 256p., illustrated with b&w photos, mostly portraits taken on site, endpaper maps (duplicates), a clean sound copy of the American first edition in pink cloth boards lettered in green and gilt. FYI, our copy lacks the dust jacket.
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£12.20
The Light Shines On: A story of one hundred years of Australian Baptist Missionary work
by REDMAN, Jess
Hawthorn: Aust Baptist Missionery Soc.. 1982. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine a little faded. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 288 pages.. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£9.39
Noticias acerca del puerto de San Francisco (Alta California)
by Landaeta, Martin de; José C Valadés
Mexico City: Antigua Libreria Robredo, de José Porrúa e hijos, sucs, 1949. Paperback. 78p., slender paperback, covers mildly worn, some pages unopened at the top edge.
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£16.27
TWENTY YEARS AMONG THE MEXICANS,; a narrative of missionary labor
by RANKIN, Melinda
Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 199. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt. Spine gilt, (lacks front blanks, ex-library, couple of library stamps, a good copy. See Howes R-64. Originally published in Cincinnati in 1875. Howes erroneously says that this is a reprint of her Texas book published in 1850, but it is a separate book. Not in the Graff Collection. Very scarce. Rankin followed her missionary zeal through Mississippi and Kentucky and then traveled on to Texas...
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£223.68
