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38 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Contents: Melanope - The Ship of Tragedy; Time, and the Indian; Panechates, Son of Hatres; The Pleistocene, or Ice Age of South-West British Columbia; Birds in the Cariboo; The Fine Arts; The Museum is a School of Visual Education; The Cinder Cone Buried Forest, Garibaldi Park, British Columbia; Pioneer Wesleyan Missionaries in British Columbia. Average wear. Binding intact. Moisture marks to periphery of all pages and covers - legibility unaffected. A worthy copy of this informative issue. Book
295 pages. Large and attractive signatures of McClure and author upon half-title page. The second half of Dr. "Bob" McClure's remarkable career unfolds in this final volume of a two-part biography. McClure was a great Canadian and an inspiration to many. Dust jacket with numerous tears and chunk missing from back. Spine leans slightly to right. Book
315 p. Foxed. 8vo. 24 cm. Disbound. The copy of D.H. Landis "Indian Historian and Book Collector" with his pencil notes. Maryland Historical Society, Fund-Publication, No. 9. An important collection of documents relating to the earliest political, missionary, military, and cultural history of Lord Baltimore's Colony. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W141
395 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map. Usual library markings. Heavily worn. A worthy reading copy. Wickersham 1479. Book
95 pages. "Years lived on the north China plain have given the author an intimate acquaintance with demonic power and its manifestations, along with the superstitions of popular Buddhism." - from front flap. Average wear and soiling. A sound copy. Book
347 pages. Index. Selected Bibliography. Footnotes. "Follows Caroline Macdonald's life and career, focusing primarily on her work in Japan on behalf of incarcerated criminals... (Macdonald) also established a social settlement, Shinrinkan - the Home of the Friendless Stranger - and was a mentor of labour union leaders and social democratic politicians." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. Light overall wear with some bumping to bottom edge of boards. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates, a double-page plan and large folding coloured map (neatly repaired at fold); original green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in yellow and black, gilt back, uncut, very neatly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy.
116 pages. Many archival black and white illustrations. Signed by Frances Duncan upon title page. "These tales do not give a complete history of Salmon River and the first people who came to settle along its banks. They were written that the memory of those who prepared the way for us to follow will not be forgotten, and by sharing their experiences, hopes and fears, we might be richer in understanding the land in which we live." - from Introduction. Signed by both author's upon title page. Prior owner's small name stamp to blank first leaf otherwise unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
176 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. The powerful store of two missionaries of the Mennonite Brethren Church who served in Columbia. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy. Book
44 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Steveston - A Splendid Opening for a Capitalist; Murder in the Arctic - Oblate Missionaries Rouviere and LeRoux are killed; Old Fort Macleod - Southern Alberta's first white settlement; Old Man Green's Missing Hoard - Murder on Savory Island, near Lund, B.C.; Nightmare Pass Through the Rocky Mountains. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Features: Accursed and frightful Potter's Point - a look at the forerunners, and many times the sires of the later colorful and often dangerous people who made the Old West famous; Mud Glacier Gold - Marcum's lost gold in Alaska; Village of my red brother - Mormon Indian missionaries; Seattle's Little-known Dymano - Hans Pederson and the early development of Seattle; Battle of Prairie Dog Creek; The Solid Muldoon; Ghostly Fort Dilts; Coal Oil Jimmy's Gang; Geronimo's Long Debt for a Pony - Jimmy Stevens; Missouri Scout - Greyson Welsh; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
409 pages. Dr. McClure's attractive signature upon half-title page. "This book started out to be a full biography of Dr. Bob McClure from his birth in 1900 up to the present time. It gradually transformed itself into something that may seem to fall halfway between an adventure story and a history of China through the first half of the twentieth century." - from Foreward. Prior owner's neatly written gift greetings upon half-title page which has a small piece cleanly clipped from top corner. Maps printed upon endpapers. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy. Book
222 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Norwegian missionaries were strategically located witnesses to history who recorded their observations and opinions of inter alia Zulu culture and religion, the impact of European civilisation on indigenous life, events surrounding the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, epidemics and natural disasters and the nascent Zulu church. This volume contains a translated and meticulously edited selection of the most revealing of these illuminating documents." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
223 pages. Signed by Editor upon title page. Black and white illustrations from photos in text. "The story of a brave and noble company of men and women, inspired by the love of Christ and committed to obeying His parting directive to His disciples, recorded in Mat. 28:18-20. The story is humbly told by members of the group of missionaries who went to the Belgian Congo in the first half of the 20th century." - from Foreword. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Pages 217-291. Features: Should Missionaries Teach English?; The English Teacher's "Mission" - A Round-Table Discussion; Chancellor-Evangelist-English Teacher - An interview with Tomio Muto; Anyone Interested in a Language Revolution?; Notes on An English Core Curriculum; Problems Facing Japanese Christianity Today; Japanese Values and Christian Mission; Dr. William Axling - The War Years; The Theology of "The Secular City"; "Here We Stand" in F.C.M.; The Book Shelf; The Listening Post. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 73-143. Features: Christians and Christian Nations; Japanese Churches and World War II; War and I; Policies for Peace in the Pacific; Vietnam- Dilemma for Missionaries; Reflections on the Students at Sasebo; Bainton Sketches Japan - an 8-page special feature of verse and pictures by Roland H. Bainton; Missionary Service in "Secular" Schools; Towards a Christian University in Japan; English and Indigenization; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [Lxvii], 1080 p. Codex Cumanicus. Prep. by Mustafa Argunsah - Galip Güner. First Edition. The Codex Cumanicus was a linguistic manual of the Middle Ages, designed to help Catholic missionaries communicate with the Cumans, a nomadic Turkic people. TURKOLOGY Kuman / Kypchak Reference Turkic language Philology Linguistica Lexicon Siberia Central Asia.
2 works in 1 vol., tall 12mo., First Edition thus, free endpapers lightly browned; original full tree calf, upper board with SPCK monogram blocked in blind, back with five flat bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles (worn virtually to blind), a very good, clean, crisp copy. The second work has 2pp publisher's catalogue bound following title.Full title of first work: 'Charges to Missionaries of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, at different Periods, on their Departure for their several Missions; together with their Replies to the General Board of the Society'. The two works are usually found together though the volume itself is very scarce.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Uncut and untrimmed copy. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 31 p. Ali Bey was a playwright originally. He learned French in private lessons and firstly he worked at the Babiâli (The Sublime Port) Translation Office as a clerk, then he became a member of the Health Council and the first secretary of the Directorate of Quarantine. He went to Eastern Anatolia, Iraq, and Japan as an inspector of public debts (1855-88). After his duty as the Governor of Trabzon (1890-93), he became the director of the Office of Public Debts (1890-93), which would last to the end of his life. It is for this reason that he was called Direktör Ali Bey. His first work was published in Diyojen (1869-72), the first humorous review, published by Teodor Kasap. Ali Bey, who was one of the regular writers of this review, wrote plays for the Gedik Pasa Theater, which was founded by the Armenian Güllü Agop and his friends, and wrote scripts adapted from French plays. He gave Turkish diction lessons to the Armenian actors and participated in theater activities. His plays were performed under the authorship 'A Person' to hide his official identity. He explained the meanings of words satirically in his dictionary Lehçetü'l Hakayik (Language of Realities) which he wrote in 1897 and was the first work of its field; the faults of the 19th century Ottoman Empire were also criticized in this dictionary. He wrote his travel memoirs titled 'Seyahât jurnâli' including his voyages from Istanbul to India. This book includes his humorous short stories printed in Cairo. Özege 17946.; TBTK 3399.; Only one printed copy in OCLC 1030931636 (Orient Institut of Istanbul). Scarce. First and Only Edition.
52 pages. Features: Sports and Showbiz news; Playtex ad features sepia-toned photo of snow-shoeing women; Gordon Sinclair describes backstage antics at TV's "Front Page Challenge"; Behind the Scenes of Canada's Zesty TV Season; Is Wife-Stealing Really a Crime? - over $250k has been paid for wooing other men's wives over the past 10 years in Canada; Liberty's Annual All-Canada TV Talen Awards; Boom-Boom Geoffrion - Hockey's Gay-Blade TV Troubador - photo-illustrated article; Joyce Davidson describes her splash into U.S. Television on CBS's 'PM East'; Showmanship stunts of Canada's Local TV Stations; What Makes TV's Tommy Ambrose Bounce?; Are Canada's Church Missionaries Obsolete Soul-Hunters?; Photos of Canada's 10 Best Dressed Women - Joan McCormick, Mrs. George Ibsen, Mrs. H.J. Spooner, Marie Hohtanz, Mrs. L.G. DesBrisay, Mrs. Mona Cozart, Geraldine Nelson, Mrs. Joy McGillawee, Helene Winston and Mrs. Lisa Taylor; Nice color one-page ad for the 1962 Chevrolet Impala 6-passenger station wagon (blue), pictured at a winter scuba-diving scene; Rare one-page colour-photo Molson's Canadian ad features large photo of new B.C. ferry, the 'City of Victoria'; Coke ad on back cover features young couple in Valentine's Day motif. Moderate wear. Some soiling to back cover. Small date stamp on front cover. One-inch opening to lower corner of front cover and first three pages. A quality vintage copy. 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
64 pages. Extensive footnotes. Black and white reproductions of photos. "The story of this mainland mission goes back to 1863, but the present church came later in 1884. To sketch the background of this mission is the aim of this centennial booklet, which is written in tribute to the Squamish people. It likewise commemorates the missionaries who have served the Inlet reserve. Benefactors and friends of the Mission share in this recognition. St. Paul's as it stands today is the legacy of generations." - Foreword Average wear to illustrated yellow card covers. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
73 pages including black and white photographic plates. Recounts adventures of Christian missionaries in north-west China. Usual library markings. Only external library indications are mild discolorations where labels removed from spine. Red illustrated cloth covered boards. Title page loose but present. Prior owner's name atop illustrated front endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear. Hinges intact. Undated but appears to be circa 1925. Book
306 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
xvi, 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