The Autobiographpy of Theophilus Waldmeier, Missionary: Being an Account of Ten Years' Life in Abyssinia; and Sixteen Years in Syria.
by Waldmeier, Theophilus
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bath, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: S. W. Partridge & Co.. Blue cloth covers spotted, damp stain in one corner of front cover and along bottom edge of back cover. Inscription in pencil, end pages browned, free papers lightly foxed, only a few spots of foxing throughout - text pages all bright and clean. Presumed first edition, publication date of 1886 taken from end of preface. Personal memoir of a Christian missionary to Abyssinia and Syria. Covers also the history, language, religion, culture, and climate and geography of the various areas he visited and traveled through, as well as various Christian Churches and missions in these areas. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1896.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085881
- Title
- The Autobiographpy of Theophilus Waldmeier, Missionary: Being an Account of Ten Years' Life in Abyssinia; and Sixteen Years in Syria.
- Author
- Waldmeier, Theophilus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- S. W. Partridge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- HISTORY; RELIGION; CHRISTIANITY; MISSIONS; MISSIONARY; EVANGELISM; ABYSSINIA; SYRIA; EGYPT; SOUDAN; SUDAN; LANGUAGE; ETHIOPIC; AHMARIC
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We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.
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- Foxed
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- First Edition
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