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1915306 pages. Index. With portraits, illustrations and fold-out map of China. Gilt and black decoration upon red front board. Light pencil markings and marginalia to first half of book. Few internal library markings. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1913xvi, 426, [2 ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and photographic plates. Herein this prolific Swedish explorer recounts and illustrates his early travels in Tibet. Faded reddish cloth adorned with nice gilt illustration on front. Backstrip lettering rubbed but legible. Prior owner's name stamped atop front free endpaper. Half of blank page prior to index missing. (The lists of illustrations and maps suggest neither were attached to this page.) Heavily worn with numerous defects. Lacking fold-out map at back, otherwise a worthy reading copy. Book
1948298 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of Sister Segale. Three black and white photos in text. "Here, in the tersely recorded journal of Sister Blandina, a Sister of Charity, is a new and valuable picture of the Southwest from 1872 to 1892 - an authentic piece of Catholic Americana revealing twenty years of struggle against lawlessness, mob rule, Indian threats, bigotry, and violence of all sorts." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight and square. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An attractive early copy of this important work. Book
réf. 022015Daniel Brottier (1876-1936), missionnaire spiritain, directeur de la fondation des orphelins apprentis d'Auteuil, bienheureux (béatifié par Jean-Paul II). L.A.S., 8 octobre 1927, 1p in-12. « Merci, madame, de l'offrande que vous avez eu la bonté de me faire remettre pour notre cher sanctuaire. Que la petite Sainte vous bénisse ! Bien respectueux hommages. DBrottier ». Rare autographe de ce saint prêtre. [444-2]
1900réf. 85853Paris Berger-Levrault 1900 in-12 demi-chagrin havane, dos à nerfs, titre à l'or,, XVI, 308p. Mention de 2e édition. Bon état général. Rare exemplaire, dans une reliure de l'époque.
1903réf. 164381903. Woman's Board of Missions. Life and Light for Women 1903 an issue of the Congregational women's missionary periodical reporting on female-led educational medical and religious work in Africa and Asia. Published during the expansion of American Protestant women's missionary organizations the August issue includes accounts of medical work undertaken by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and developments at missionary schools in Africa and Asia. A frontispiece photograph depicting pupils at a missionary school in present-day Zimbabwe provides a contemporary visual record of African children receiving education through Congregational missionary institutions. Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII No. 8. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions August 1903. First edition. Original printed paper wrappers staplebound. The frontispiece shows pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe then part of Southern Rhodesia accompanied by reports concerning the Board's international missionary activities. Among the subjects addressed are Dr. Ruth Hume's medical work in India and educational initiatives in Africa and Asia. The publication records the activities of American women missionaries working as teachers physicians and nurses including their efforts to establish schools and provide medical treatment in regions where prevailing social customs often restricted women's access to male religious instructors and medical practitioners. Founded in the nineteenth century the Woman's Board of Missions worked in association with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions supporting Protestant missionary activities abroad and organizing American women to finance and administer educational and medical programs. Life and Light for Women circulated accounts of these undertakings among Congregational supporters in the United States reporting on missionary personnel schools medical services and religious instruction. The August 1903 issue preserves contemporary reporting on women's participation in overseas missionary institutions with particular attention to African education and women's medical work in India. In very good condition. unknown
1903réf. 164381903. Woman's Board of Missions. Life and Light for Women 1903 an issue of the Congregational women's missionary periodical reporting on female-led educational medical and religious work in Africa and Asia. Published during the expansion of American Protestant women's missionary organizations the August issue includes accounts of medical work undertaken by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and developments at missionary schools in Africa and Asia. A frontispiece photograph depicting pupils at a missionary school in present-day Zimbabwe provides a contemporary visual record of African children receiving education through Congregational missionary institutions. Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII No. 8. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions August 1903. First edition. Original printed paper wrappers staplebound. The frontispiece shows pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe then part of Southern Rhodesia accompanied by reports concerning the Board's international missionary activities. Among the subjects addressed are Dr. Ruth Hume's medical work in India and educational initiatives in Africa and Asia. The publication records the activities of American women missionaries working as teachers physicians and nurses including their efforts to establish schools and provide medical treatment in regions where prevailing social customs often restricted women's access to male religious instructors and medical practitioners. Founded in the nineteenth century the Woman's Board of Missions worked in association with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions supporting Protestant missionary activities abroad and organizing American women to finance and administer educational and medical programs. Life and Light for Women circulated accounts of these undertakings among Congregational supporters in the United States reporting on missionary personnel schools medical services and religious instruction. The August 1903 issue preserves contemporary reporting on women's participation in overseas missionary institutions with particular attention to African education and women's medical work in India. In very good condition. unknown books
1880réf. 49586St. Ignatius Montana: St. Ignatius Print 1880. 8vo pp. 4 45 1; original paper wrapper perished reinforced in stiff brown library card; pages toned and worn at edges good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with release stamp on title page. "These works were put in type and printed by the Indian school boys at St. Ignatius. About 225 copies of each were printed." Pilling identifies the author as Giorda per his correspondence with a superintendent of the school Father Leopold Van Gorp. Pilling Salishan p. 28; Pilling Proof-sheets 1558; Schoenberg 7. St. Ignatius Print unknown
1880réf. 49586St. Ignatius Montana: St. Ignatius Print 1880. 8vo pp. 4 45 1; original paper wrapper perished reinforced in stiff brown library card; pages toned and worn at edges good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with release stamp on title page. "These works were put in type and printed by the Indian school boys at St. Ignatius. About 225 copies of each were printed." Pilling identifies the author as Giorda per his correspondence with a superintendent of the school Father Leopold Van Gorp. Pilling Salishan p. 28; Pilling Proof-sheets 1558; Schoenberg 7. St. Ignatius Print unknown books
1878réf. 2101120052Dijon : Pellion et Marchet freres 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine Binding 16 mo. Bound in gorgeous contemporary polished navy morocco. Gilt cross with banner Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus in inlaid leather on front. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelle. XVI-752 p. Dijon : Pellion et Marchet freres hardcover
réf. 12085Hongkong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions Etrangères, 1916. 1 volume, in-12, 253 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées mais froissées, bon état général.
réf. 13163Hongkong, Imprimerie de la Société des Missions Etrangères, 1916. 1 volume, in-12, 253 pp., reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures imprimées conservées mais froissées, bon état général. Un autre exemplaire, en reliure demi-toile à coins, est vendu au même prix.
1900réf. LCI-6644Bruges Société de Saint Augustin, Desclée, De Brouwer et Cie. 1900 1 in -4 Cartonnage Editeur avec couverture Illustrée 451[p.p] LE CRÉPUSCULE DU CÉLESTE EMPIRE : Splendide exemplaire (1900) de la mission au Tché-ly par le Père Leroy. Sous son luxueux cartonnage éditeur illustré, ce volume offre une plongée souveraine dans la Chine d'autrefois. Riche de 108 gravures et de sa carte originale, cet ouvrage allie la rigueur de la Compagnie de Jésus à la beauté de l'édition Desclée. Un exemplaire d'une fraîcheur absolue, pièce maîtresse pour toute collection de voyages ou de sinologie
1847réf. 90883New York: Snowden & Prall Printers 1847. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 93p. Original marbled boards. 23cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers detached. Substantial foxing in large portions of book. DEFECTIVE -- one signature pages 57-64 present in duplicate while the next signature pages 65-72 is missing. Ex lib. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Library. Snowden & Prall, Printers hardcover
1847réf. 90883New York: Snowden & Prall Printers 1847. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 93p. Original marbled boards. 23cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers detached. Substantial foxing in large portions of book. DEFECTIVE -- one signature pages 57-64 present in duplicate while the next signature pages 65-72 is missing. Ex lib. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Library. Snowden & Prall, Printers hardcover books
1887réf. 11224Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1887 ; in-12, broché ; (1) f., (6), VI, 307, (5) pp., 7 gravures hors-texte dont 3 dépliantes et 1 carte dépliante en couleur, couverture imprimée.
1855réf. 24496Calcutta: Calcutta : Baptist Mission Press. Good. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages; 1855 Calcutta : Baptist Mission Press. HC 1st edition. The original publication of the proceedings from this historic and important conference. Bound in original cloth with "Mission Conference" title lettering in gilt to cover. Cloth boards have decorative ruling and borders in blind. Cloth fades at spine and edges. Pin head and tracks of worming to small areas of the cloth of the upper cover. Insect predation tracks to the endpage surfaces and in the lower gutters of the last and first few leaves. Text block sound and neat with scatters pencil marginalia and underlining. Front endpage with period ownership inscription is detached and laid in with some older glue or tape toning to the gutter edge. Mild fray to cloth at tips and spine ends; mild bumping to boards at corners. A sound and complete copy quite uncommon thus. The conference was very significant in its attention to matters of gender and race bias. Addresses included pointed criticism of corruption and discrimination and suggestions for reform in the agrarian society of Bengal. Scarce in the original edition. A better than Good copy . Calcutta : Baptist Mission Press hardcover
195493 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Published as a tribute to the pioneers who opened up the district and to commemorate the town's 50th anniversary. Contents include: The First White Man; The Indians; The Calgary-Edmonton Trail; The Missionaries; The Traders; Rebellion; Here Comes the Railroad; Agriculture and Progress; The Ponoka District; Pioneers; Ponoka's Churches; Provincial Mental Hospital (now The Centennial Centre); Clubs and Lodges; Coming of the Pests. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy of this excellent genealogical reference. (Not listed in Krotki) Book
1979538 pages. Fifteen maps. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "With very few exceptions, the only written sources for the past four hundred years have come not from the islanders themselves, but from the pens of the ship captains, traders, missionaries, administrators and roustabouts who visited the islands from afar. The history of Micronesia, then, is one that is written by foreigners." - from Preface. A sampling of the eighteen chapter titles includes: Conquest and Colonization; On the Road to China; A Nest of Rogues and Runaways; Copra Becomes King; The White Man's Law; The South Seas Mandate; Ruin and Reconstruction; and more. Light wear. Binding tight. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Minimal foxing to edges and front free endpaper. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this valuable reference. Book
1963187 pages. Map. Black and white photographic section. "Information on Indians, missionaries, ranching, transportation, education, homesteading, postal service, place names, and churches. Devoted primarily to biographies. Concentrates on the period prior to 1930. Discusses the districts of Battle Hill, Dalum, Dead Horse Lake, Drumheller, Gleichen, Hammer Hill, Knee Hill Mines, and Rosebud Creek." - Krotki 674. Average wear. Binding intact. Exterior tanned with age and soiling. A sound reference copy. Book
1935143 pages plus 276 black and white photographic plates. Index. Contents include: Saint Patrick and the Pagans; Columcille; The Great Missionaries; The Fall of the Celtic Church; The Vikings of Ireland. Average wear. Usual library markings. Sturdy green buckram library binding. A sound working copy. Book
1861réf. PHO-2310London, A. W. Bennett, 1861. In-8° (19x12,5cm), 278pp.-1f. (catalogue), reliure éditeur toile rose (plats auréolés, 1er mors fendu, 2nd plat détaché), dos titré or, Ex-libris manuscrit au 1er contre plat Édition originale illustrée d’un portrait frontispice gravé sur acier et 15 planches lithographiées hors texte montrant entre autres costumes et objets du quotidien des Indiens de la tribu Ojibwé.
1874réf. 66003CBLondon und Newcastle-on-Tyne, Adam & Co., [1874]. 4°. 32 x 26 cm. VIII, 632 Seiten. Original-Ganzlederband mit reich goldgeprägtem Deckel- und Rückentitel, Deckelillustrationen, Rundum-Goldschnitt, ornamental dekorierter Messingumrandung und 2 intakten Messingschließen. [8 Warenabbildungen]
192632 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares "...For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1916212 pages. Fold-out frontispiece plan of Chisamba 1913, plus 26 pages of black and white plates consisting mainly of wonderful photos plus some maps. Includes chronology of Chisamba. The inspiring history of the ambitious Christian missions operated in Angola, West Central Africa, by the American Board and Canada Congregational F.M.S. General foxing to edges and contents. Minimal light pencil markings to contents, otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear to olive cloth-covered boards. Back hinge starting. A sound reference copy of this remarkable history. Book
