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19577013ÉDITIONS ALBIN MICHEL 1957 328 pages in8. 1957. broché. 328 pages. Biographie de Matteo Ricci missionnaire jésuite italien du XVIe siècle qui fut le premier Européen à pénétrer dans la Cité Interdite en Chine. L'ouvrage de Vincent Cronin fondé sur les relations de voyage et la correspondance de Ricci est considéré comme un classique depuis sa publication
96271Saint-Etienne, Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne, 2000. 16 x 24, 201 pp., broché, très bon état.
496021 vol in-8 broché - N° 200 de 1958 / 1959 - 55 pages - Illustrations n&b et couleurs
496311 vol in-8 broché - N° 248 de 1967 - 55 pages - Illustrations n&b et couleurs
112 Pages. Features: Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part IX; Holy Week Procession in Seville (includes photos of Nazarene's in costumes similar to those of Klansmen); My Texan Elopement -John H. Jones impersonates Miss Sally Steddem; A Naturalist in Cannibal-Land - adventures of Captain H. Cayley-Webster in the cannibal islands of the South Seas (with photos of Cayley-Webster); Jinkers and Jinkering - photo-illustrated article shows how buildings are moved by horses and oxen in Western New South Wales; My Klondike Mission - Lilian Agnes Oliver of Chicago set out for the Klondike to raise money to support her invalid husband - a photo-illustrated account; Through Pygmy-Land - Part I - photo-illustrated article by Albert B. Lloyd; The Heroes of Niagara - a series of graphic narratives, each illustrated by a photo of the hero and his apparatus; "Dago" - eminent actor Kyrle Bellew relates a remarkable mining incident - with photos; The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng - photo-illustrated article on the slaughter of Christian missionaries in the interior of China and the decapitating retribution; My First Leopard - by Walter H. Bone; Round the World in a Home-Made Boat - Joshua Slocum and the 'Spray'; Wolves in a Blizzard - Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard in North-West Canada; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part II - an account of a remarkable bicycle ride across the deserts of Kara-kum and Kizil-kum by Robert L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S.; Attacked by Leeches - W. Harcourt-Bath describes a horrible jungle; Incredible photos of dozens of prisoners on treadmill in the great prison of Rangoon; Photo of dead Armenian heroes in Samsoun; and more. Average wear. Complete and intact. Few pencil markings. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Ship That Turned Over In Her Grave - the 'Gulf Stream', owned by Gulf Lines, Ltd., served the Vancouver to Powell River run; Jack Fannin - this pioneer extraordinaire was the first curator and virtually creator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum; Forgotten Towns of the West Kootenay - many have been lost to flood and fire; 1689 - Year of the Massacre - Missionaries killed by the Iroquois; Klondike Journey - Part 2 of 3 on Klondike of the 1890s and the travels of Robert beresford Allison; The Gold-Plated Nickels - counterfeiting method used by a deaf-mute in the U.S. in 1880; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
3713maison du missionnaire vichy sans date (1930) in 12 broché 356 pages
19341196121934 Editions Payot, "Collection d'Etudes, de Documents et de Témoignages pour servir à l'Histoire de notre temps" - 1934 - In-8, broché - 256 p. - Avec 11 gravures et une carte
2 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on front free endpapers. High quality reissue of the original edition of 1858.
359p., illus. Biography of Ida Scudder, a medical missionary in India for over 50 years. Hardcover Good condition; spine ends worn. chipped d.j. fair
1334076766.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
16438Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII. Vol. 8. August 1903. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions 1903. Black and white frontispiece photo of pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe. Original paper wraps. Staplebound. Starting in the mid-19th century there was a growing movement of international missionary trips for women who felt they had a special duty to Christianize other women who for cultural and societal reasons would not be able to hear the gospel from male missionaries. Most often female missionaries worked in educational capacities establishing schools abroad or worked in medical clinics as nurses and doctors. This report details various projects being done by women missionaries worldwide including medical work being done by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and updates on schools in Africa and Asia. Very good condition. unknown books
M18050Couverture souple Dinard, chez l'auteur, 1940, in4 broché, 437pp, feuillet iconographique hors texte. Langue: Français
89625Louvain, Xaveriana, 1929. 10 x 16, 32 pp., broché, bon état (1 cachet du Collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this fascinating document concerning Eastern and Western beliefs, and the activities of Danish missionaries on the Southeast Coast of India during the early 18th century. 8, xxii, 2, 352 pp, COMPLETE WITH THE HALF-TITLE, WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING. 8vo. Beautifully bound in quarter calf and marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with embossed fleurons, leather title-piece. Minor traces of old, faint staining in the lower margins of a few leaves, else a VERY FRESH COPY, COMPLETE AND ATTRACTIVELY BOUND. Rare.
1903164381903. Africa Women's Education Social Activist Life and Light for Women. Vol. XXXIII. Vol. 8. August 1903. Boston: Woman's Board of Missions 1903. First Edition Frontispiece photo of pupils at a missionary school in Zimbabwe. Original paper wraps. Staplebound. Starting in the mid-19th century there was a growing movement of international missionary trips for women who felt they had a special duty to Christianize other women who for cultural and societal reasons would not be able to hear the gospel from male missionaries. Most often female missionaries worked in educational capacities establishing schools abroad or worked in medical clinics as nurses and doctors. This report details various projects being done by women missionaries worldwide including medical work being done by Dr. Ruth Hume in India and updates on schools in Africa and Asia. Very good condition. unknown
19103906Paris. Société des Missions Évangéliques 1910 352+540 pages in8. 1910. broché. 352+540 pages.
voy801mLibrairie d'Adrien Le Clere et cie, Paris, 1850. Par M. Huc, prêtre-missionnaire de la congrégation de Saint-Lazare. TOME 1 DE L'ÉDITION ORIGINALE. In-8, reliure de l'époque, demi-veau lisse, fleurons estampés, caissons titre et tomaison maroquin grenat, filets dorés, 426p. Exemplaire complet comprenant la carte dépliante. Dos très bon, Plats bons, quelques infimes frottements, coins très légèrement émoussés, toutes tranches très bonnes. Intérieur très agréable, quelques épidermures éparses sans incidence.
