The Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea. The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986
by WAGNER, Herwig and Hermann REINER (editors)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Quarto, 678 pages with 5 maps, endpaper maps and numerous illustrations from photographs. Colour-pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed and bumped; spine a little sunned; a very good copy. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), one of the contributing authors, with his signature on the front flyleaf. He was 'Vice-Principal of Senior Flierl Seminary, Logaweng', and he had been in New Guinea since 1966 (see page 657). Some ephemera is loosely inserted: a copy of Gerhardy's two-page 1979 Annual Report for the seminary; a colour photograph of a local woman and child; a postcard from a family member in Germany; a circular letter from the publisher to contributing authors; and a photocopy of a lengthy review of the book.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134702
- Title
- The Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea. The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986
- Author
- WAGNER, Herwig and Hermann REINER (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lutheran Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1986
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