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0483935115.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1816271<p>New 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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />Condition: Very Good<br /><br />IMPORTANCE & BACKGROUND<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />BOOK INFO<br /><br />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. <br /><br />ABOUT THE WORK & HISTORICAL CONTEXT<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />CONDITION INFO<br /><br />The book is Good to Very Good by early 19th century American imprint standards.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />.</p> J. Seymour, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Agents Appointed to Establish a School for Heathen Youth)
20012090502113717537Not Available 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1970052775Mecca Al-Mukarrama / Palestine: The Youth Committee for the Care of the Families of Mujahideen and Martyrs Palestine. ca. 1968-1974 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original pamphlet. Large roy. 8vo. 25 x 175 cm. Texts in completely Arabic. 4 pp. ills. An extremely rare propaganda and political proclamation in Arabian related to Jerusalem and Palestine question. It has a "call to arms" for the struggle. A unique brochure. Not in OCLC.; Not in IISG. <br/> <br/> [The Youth Committee for the Care of the Families of Mujahideen and Martyrs Palestine]., [ca. 1968-1974] paperback
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19362110502150411305Aichi Prefecture Education Society 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of copies: 1 copy Aichi Prefecture Education Society paperback
1970180811970. Unidentified photographers vernacular photograph archive circa 1970s documenting young African American men and women in academic professional and social environments during a decade of expanding opportunity following the Civil Rights Movement. The material provides primary visual evidence of youth identity style and self-presentation supporting research into African American social mobility educational access and cultural expression in the post-1960s United States. The photographs capture individuals at transitional stages of adulthood emphasizing confidence aspiration and community interaction.<br /> <br /> Archive of 18 silver gelatin photographs depicting young African Americans posed in both formal and informal settings. Subjects appear in tailored suits trench coats wool outerwear and bell-bottom trousers characteristic of the period. One image shows a woman with close-cropped hair wearing a pea coat and shoulder bag standing outdoors near a monument with bare trees behind her suggesting a campus or civic environment. Another depicts a man with an Afro and mustache posed before what appears to be an office complex dressed in a suit and fur-collared trench coat standing with one hand on his hip and facing the camera directly. A group photograph of nine individuals captures a moment of informal coordination with one woman directing placement while others laugh or look off-camera indicating a candid pre-portrait interaction. Additional images include a young couple the woman holding notebooks and wearing a knit cap suggesting student life as well as other posed and candid scenes reflecting peer relationships and everyday movement through institutional spaces.<br /> <br /> 18 photographs. Produced during the 1970s a period marked by increased African American participation in higher education professional fields and public life these images document the visual language of confidence and presence adopted by a younger generation navigating new opportunities. The emphasis on dress posture and setting situates the subjects within environments associated with advancement and self-definition. Light wear with minor surface marks images clear and well-preserved; overall very good condition. A focused visual grouping illustrating African American youth identity and social presence in the post-Civil Rights era. unknown
1527753387.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19892090202118205100Onomichi City Cultural Association 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Onomichi City Cultural Association paperback
Q-0687643473Abingdon Youth. DVD-ROM. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Abingdon Youth unknown
18552021086New York: Harper & Brothers 1855 . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 160 pages pink embossed cloth inked inscription to Annie W. Osborn in January 1860. Surprisingly Scarce.` <br/><br/>Issued in the Harper's Story Books Series. Illustratee with 18 woodcuts. To be followed by the story of Timboo and Fanny. " The secret of Timboo's success was he wished to be useful. . He was patient persevering industrious honest and true. He was good-natured too and happy." - Preface. ` Harper & Brothers hardcover
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0353767336.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19992091502135409582Not Available 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
181622460Boston: Printed and Sold by James Loring 1816. Hardcover. Good. Eighteenth American edition. 3.5 x 5.5 72 pp in original paper-covered wooden boards with leather spine. Fair to good: about 1/3 of paper missing from front board which is attached by one thread old dampstaining pages tanned. Although a very popular school text that was published in dozens of editions this work is now fairly scarce in the marketplace. Printed and Sold by James Loring hardcover
1527710580.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1330700503.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
036610991X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0259897361.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0666325855.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1332492533.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
133183032X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0428926630.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1331770580.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
