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1816Best.-Nr. 271New York: J. Seymour American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Agents Appointed to Establish a School for Heathen Youth 1816. first edition. modern 1/4 niger morocco. Good. Inspiration for the First Mission to Hawaii. Rare in commerce most copies have been acquired by American institutions. Few copies have come to documented auction in the past 100 years. Of those made available about half are decommissioned library copies including a copy that sold for over $15000 at a 2006 Sotheby's auction. Condition: Very Good IMPORTANCE & BACKGROUND A biographical account of the lives of five Hawaiian youths who would come to form a core of initial students enrolled at the new Foreign Mission School established at Cornwall Connecticut in 1816. The vivid accounts of Captain Cook's and others explorers' voyages to the Sandwich Islands Hawaii and other Pacific islands generated interest in the U.S. to properly educative Hawaiians in both academic and Christian teachings. The school formed under the direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ABCFM would serve to educate foreign students in preparation for missionary work in their native lands and elsewhere. A Narrative of Five Youth from the Sandwich Islands was the first of many publications intended to raise funds and stir up popular support for the new school as well as for the first Christian mission sent to the Hawaiian Islands three years later. The publications were a great success leading to the significant funding and public support critical to early efforts to fold Hawaii within the cultural and commercial influence of the United States. BOOK INFO Published in 1816 in New York by J. Seymour under the direction of ".agents appointed to establish a school for heathen youth" e.g. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. First edition first printing. Bound in modern 1/4 green niger morocco with gilt spine lettering over finely woven green cloth backed boards. Refreshed endpapers. Thin Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/8". Collated and complete: 3 4-44 p. ABOUT THE WORK & HISTORICAL CONTEXT By the early 1800s Hawaii had become a key aspect of America's growing trade with China. It was a critical resupply port for American ships on the trade route to China and a lucrative source for sandalwood. American merchants saw commercial possibilities that could be expanded. Protestant missionaries saw heathens in need of salvation via Christian conversion. This is a biographical account of and strong bit of fundraising propaganda on how five Hawaiian youths were saved from their heathen ways and savage pasts through a civilized education and Christian conversion. While the backgrounds of the youth vary - one was the son of a chief and another the survivor of brutal inter-tribal warfare for example-- the stories of these five youths share a number of common elements. All had spent time as sailors on American trade ships. Three had served at sea in the War of 1812. Most had experienced periods of extreme hardship after reaching New England. All found sponsors teachers and spiritual guides who helped them on their path to converting to Protestantism. CONDITION INFO The book is Good to Very Good by early 19th century American imprint standards. Binding is tight. Leather is supple. Areas of dust and light soiling to cloth. Lightly toned pages overall with light foxing. Some abrasion to paper along gutter margins of first few pages. Browning to first and last page with some brittleness and chipping. The paper used by the printer was quite thin so the text block background is darkened a bit by opposing page text on the same leaf as in all copies. No writing ex libris marks or library markings. Slight loosening at the head of the first few leaves where binding cords are exposed. A few smudges marginal paper nicks and other signs of light handling. . J. Seymour, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Agents Appointed to Establish a School for Heathen Youth)
1852Best.-Nr. List2521London 1852. Five groups of documents measuring 13 x 8 inches various paginations see full description below. Fine condition. A scarce set of primary source documents relating to the protection of British territory in the Caribbean in particular along the Mosquito Coast during the period of varied interests in the area in the period following the Anglo-Spanish agreement on the slave trade. Consisting of a series of secretarial copies of reports delivered to Peter McQuhae Commodore of H.M.S. Imauam stationed in Jamaica these dispatches offer an overview of the issues confronting the British Navy in Jamaica during the period and in the Caribbean more broadly. Most of the documents refer to issues with Cuba the most interesting perhaps being a letter warning of an impending filibustering expedition against Cuba by a pro-slavery faction in the American South. The group consists of five groups of bound documents some bound out of order and likely bound later. Contents are as follows: 1. Addington A.M. Four Page Report Concerning Placing a Ship of War at Grey Town to Discourage Invasions on the Mosquito Coast March 13 1851. Henry Addington writes McQuhae to recommend stationing a warship at Grey Town: ".it would be sufficient that a Ship of War should from time to time look in grey Town without remaining there at any time long enough to endanger the health of the crew. to provide for the case which is possiblee tho' not at all likely that during the interval between the visits of a Ship of War some expedition of Nicaraguan or some of the North Americans returning from California might take advantage of the comparatively unprotected state of the lace to take possession of it and that the cruiser on its return to Grey Town might find the place so occupied Lord Palmerston concieves taht in such an event it would seem to be inconsistent with the Honor of this Country that a British Ship of War should acquiesce in such an aggression and it would be right that the intruder should be expelled if the Commander of the Ship of War should find as he probably would that he had the means of doing so without much difficulty and that in case he should repel the intruders and re-establish the authorities of the Mosquito Government demanding the liberation of any British or Mosquito subjects who might have been made Prisoners and holding hostages for their relief if they should have been removed up into the interior of the Country. It It is to be hoped however that all questions of dispute in regard to Grey Town will beoon be settled because Her Majesty's government has through Her Majesty's Minister at Washington proposed to the Government of the United States that an arrangement should be made by which the Sovereignty of Grey Town. should be transferred to the State of Costa Rica. Lord Palmerston desires me to add that there are at present at Washington a plenipotentiaries both from Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the purpose of conducting this negotiation." 2. Addington G.M. Single Page Letter in Secretarial Hand Warning of Incoming Ships to Cuba Carrying Enslaved Individuals January 24 1852. Addington writes to McQuhae about two incoming vessels carrying enslaved Africans passing on information received at Rio De janeiro by another British vessel: "I am directed by Earl GraH.M. Minister at Rio reporting that he had recieved information that two Slavers had sailed from Havana to. the coast of Africa. with the intention of returning with Cargoes of slaves which are to be landed at the Entrade de Cuchillo in Cuba." 3. Seymour G.F. et al. Four Reports Bound Together on Varied Subjects including the Case of the Creole British Fishing Rights in Spanish Waters off of Cuba and Porto Rico and the Case of a Detained British Vessel in Cuba 1852. A series of four reports addressed to McQuhae on various subject as follows: A. Report dated May 17 1852 from Seymour discussing the case of the Creole detained in 1851: ".enclosing copies of a letter from the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs approving of the course I had pursued with regard to the Creole and of a despatch from the Earl of Malmesbury to Her Majesty's Minister at Madrid relative to the rights of British Subjects to fish on the coast of Cuba." B. Letter from Augustus Stafford Apriul 23 1852 discussing the Creole mostly discussing the enclosure of varied reports on the subjects but with little specific information. C. Addington A.M. April 21 1852 letter discussing the Creole case and the enclosure of documents. D. Earl of Malmesbury April 14 1852 letter discussing the Creole case in more detail: " The Right thus claimed rests on this universally admitted precept of international Law "dominium finitur ubi finitur armorum vis" which in modern practice has been construed to mean "about one marine league from the mainland" and H.M.'s Govt are clearly justified in demanding that the Spanish authorities shall be ordered not to meddle or interfere with British fishermen outside that three mile boundary." 4. Earl of Malmesbury et al. Series of Three Secretarial Copies of Reports Concerning Impending Filibuster Raids on Cuba Giving Instructions for Assisting Spanish Forces. A very interesting series of reports detailing the planned response to pending "Piratical Attacks" showing the extent to which British forces were prepared for an American filibuster attack on the island and the degree to which they intended on assisting the Spanish forces. As follows: A. Seymour G.F. Secretarial Copy of Letter Written on May 5 1852 from Cumberland at Bermuda relaying the transmission of a full report of instructions to the British forces regarding an impending filibuster raid: " I hereby enclose for your guidance. orders. relative to the assistance which is to be afforded by Her Majesty's Ships on the application of the Captain General of Cuba in the Transport of Troops in the event of a Piratical attack being again made on that island by which you will govern your conduct." B. Earl of Malmesbury. Secretarial Copy of a Letter Dated April 10 1862 discussing piratical attacks: ".that in the event of a Piratical Attach being made upon that island. HM's ships might assist in conveying troops to any poiunt of the Coast of Cuba at which the invading Party might effect a landing." C. Honley P. Secretarial Copy of an Undated Letter c. 1852 regarding piratical attacks: "Her Majesty's ships might assist in coveying Troops to any point off the Coast of Cubat at which the invading Party might effect a landing. you should be instructed until further ORders that if the Captain General of Cuba should require your assistance for the transport of troops in the manner pointed out in your abovementioned dispatch you should comply with that demand." 5. Crampton Sir John. Copy of a Letter in Secretarial Hand Relaying the Impending Danger of a Pro-Slavery Filibuster Mission from Florida May 17 1852. A fascinating letter relaying information received from M. Calderon de la Barca concerning an impending filibuster mission against Cuba led by a Dr. Wren part of an organization called "The Lone Star Association:" ".it would appear that the government of the United States has also received an intimation that something of the sort is on foot for the President informed M. Calderon that orders had already been sent to the U.S. Authorities at the different Ports of the Union to be prepared to take vigorous measures for the repression of any such attempts. an expedition is in fact meditated by certain parties in the South and that it is intended that it should leave some Port of Florida. The real object of this expedition however as as I am told not Cuba. but San Domingo for the purpose of acting as auxiliaries to the Dominicans against the Haytians. it is by no means impossible that its ultimate aim would be Cuba. the persons I am given to understand engaged in the expedition are a Dr. Wren who is president of a society called "The Lone Star State Association." The letter is worthy of further study - we find references to a Dr. Wren in newspaper articles from the period but were unable to pinpoint his identity or the history of his organization. An article from a Loudon Tennessee newspaper describes Dr. Wren as a "representative of New Orleans societies" and described a meeting in Loudon in 1852 trying to recruit for the overthrow of the Spanish colonial government of Cuba through an invasion. unknown
1738Best.-Nr. 252696A Paris: Chez Nicolas le Clerc 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-blocked calf. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; Volume XXIII only: 519 pages. Subjects; Jesuits. Society of Japan. Theology — Christian missions — General. A Paris: Chez Nicolas le Clerc hardcover
2026Best.-Nr. LRB36022222Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 554 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1839. Text in English. This reprint presents the original 1839 text of the Constitution laws and regulations governing the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It offers a comprehensive overview of the organizational framework and legal foundations of one of the earliest and most influential missionary societies in the United States. The document provides valuable insights into the early history of American Protestant missions and their global outreach during the 19th century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB31020992Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Reliure rigide hardcover. Langue : Français. Environ 862 pages. Tome 2 d'un ouvrage en plusieurs volumes. / Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1858. Ouvrage en français. Ce volume rassemble les récits détaillés des missions jésuites en Nouvelle-France offrant un témoignage précieux sur l'histoire coloniale et religieuse du Canada. Les Relations des Jésuites constituent une source essentielle pour les chercheurs en histoire des missions en ethnographie et en études coloniales. Images du livre non contractuelles English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1858. Text in French. This volume compiles detailed accounts of Jesuit missions in New France providing a valuable testimony on the colonial and religious history of Canada. The Jesuit Relations are an essential source for researchers in mission history ethnography and colonial studies. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
Best.-Nr. 75-8553New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church 1970. 4to. Stapled Wrap ca. 50 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good with Age Toning Creasing. New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church, 1970 unknown
Best.-Nr. 75-8554New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church 1970. 4to. Stapled Wrap ca. 50 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good with Age Toning Creasing. New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church, 1970 unknown
Best.-Nr. 75-8555New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church 1969. 4to. Stapled Wrap ca. 50 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good with Age Toning Creasing. New York: Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church, 1969 unknown
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2026Best.-Nr. LRB5001129Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Reliure rigide hardcover. Langue : Français. Environ 850 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1862. Recueil consacré aux missions de la Congrégation des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculée témoignage de l'activité apostolique et de l'implantation de cet ordre au XIXe siècle. L'ouvrage présente un intérêt historique et religieux pour l'étude des missions catholiques de l'histoire ecclésiastique et des congrégations missionnaires. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1862. Collection devoted to the missions of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate offering testimony to the apostolic activity and expansion of this order in the 19th century. The work is of historical and religious interest for the study of Catholic missions ecclesiastical history and missionary congregations. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB3005811Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 502 pages. Tome 43 d'un ouvrage en plusieurs volumes. / Volume 43 of a multi-volume work. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1826. Revue missionnaire française consacrée aux activités correspondances rapports et nouvelles des missions évangéliques. Cette publication constitue une source documentaire importante pour l'histoire religieuse l'expansion missionnaire les échanges internationaux et l'étude des réseaux protestants francophones. Images du livre non contractuelles English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1826. French missionary periodical devoted to mission activities correspondence reports and news from evangelical missions. An important documentary source for religious history missionary expansion international exchanges and the study of French-speaking Protestant networks. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB31003565Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Reliure rigide hardcover. Langue : Français. Environ 990 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1858. Ouvrage en français. Ce volume rassemble les relations des missions jésuites en Nouvelle-France offrant un témoignage précieux sur l'histoire coloniale et religieuse du Canada. Ces textes chronologiquement organisés détaillent les activités des pères jésuites et les interactions avec les peuples autochtones. Images du livre non contractuelles English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1858. Text in French. This volume compiles the Jesuit relations from New France providing a valuable account of colonial and religious history in Canada. These chronologically arranged texts detail the activities of the Jesuit fathers and their interactions with Indigenous peoples. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB27031184Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 574 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1850. Ouvrage en français. Ce volume constitue un document essentiel pour l'étude des missions scientifiques et littéraires organisées par la France au XIXe siècle. Il rassemble des rapports des comptes rendus et des archives détaillées offrant un aperçu précieux des explorations et des découvertes de l'époque. Images du livre non contractuelles English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1850. Text in French. This volume is a key document for the study of the scientific and literary missions organized by France in the 19th century. It includes reports accounts and detailed archives providing a valuable insight into the explorations and discoveries of the time. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB27031179Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Langue : Français. Environ 586 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1850. Ouvrage en français. Ce volume est une table générale des Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires couvrant les trois séries jusqu'au tome XV inclus. Il s'agit d'un document essentiel pour les chercheurs en histoire des sciences et des explorations compilant les rapports et découvertes des missions organisées par la Commission française. Images du livre non contractuelles English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1850. Text in French. This volume is a general index of the Archives of Scientific and Literary Missions covering the three series up to volume XV. It is a key document for researchers in the history of science and exploration compiling reports and discoveries from missions organized by the French Commission. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
