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Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.

4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB46,46 €

LOWENDAHL (Bjorn)MareMagnum

Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.

Forest Books William Laywood · Grantham, GB46,46 €

Livingstone,W.P.MareMagnum

Mary Slessor of Calabar : Pioneer Missionary

Biography of .Mary Slessor (1848-1915) an intrepid Scottish woman who went to West Africa as a United Free Church of Scotland Missionary to the Efik people of Calabar [Nigeria] Undated but owner name dated 1919. 353p,Frontis. plates. A neat unmarked copy, front hinge starting, water? stain on front cover Book

Kalamos Books · STREETSVILLE, CA18,54 €

Lillard, Charles: EditorMareMagnum

Mission to Nootka 1874-1900

120 pages. Index. Bibliography. Reminiscences of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. "This chronicle of one man's attempt to change, single-handedly, an ancient culture is an important document in the history of British Columbia." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding has released many pages although all appear to be present. A worthy reference copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA49,95 €

LIENARD JACQUESMareMagnum

LETTRES ET FRAGMENTS précédés d'une notice biographique par Daniel Benoit.

Cahors, imprimerie typographique A. Coueslant, 1902. In-12 broché, portrait en frontispice-303 pages. Petite mouillure en angle sur la pahge du frontispice et au bas de quelques pages en fin de livre, sinon très correct.

Librairie La Soupe aux Livres · Montauban, FR15,00 €

Lewis, Alice HudsonMareMagnum

Day After Tomorrow

117 pages. Author spent 18 years in China where she and her husband were missionaries and where their two children were reared. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear. Very nice copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA49,95 €

Lascelles, Thomas A.MareMagnum

Mission on the Inlet: St. Paul's Indian Catholic Church, North Vancouver, B.C., 1863-1984

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA150,00 €

King, Paul; De Coccola, RaymondMareMagnum

The Incredible Eskimo - Life Among the Barren Land Eskimo

435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book

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Keenleyside, ViMareMagnum

They Also Came

187 pages including index. A book of tribute to missionary women of the West Coast as researched and recalled by the author. Relates the experiences of the early missionary wives, teachers, nurses and other dedicated women who devoted their lives to the people living in isolation on lighthouses, in logging camps, and frontier and Native villages. Faintest wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book

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Keene, R.; Stevenson, John; Fryer, Harold; Basque, Garnet; Desjardins, Paul J.MareMagnum

Canadian West Magazine - The Pioneer Years: July/August (Aug.) /September (Sept.) 1992, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Collector's #29)

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA79,95 €

JUDAS THADDEUS KRUZINSKI [KRUSINSKI], (1675-1756).MareMagnum

[THIRD ISLAMIC INCUNABULA / SAFAVID PERSIA - AFGHANISTAN / TRAVEL] Tarih-i Afgân: Tarih-i seyyâh der beyân-i zuhûr-i Agvânîyân ve sebeb-i inhidam-i bina-i devlet-i Sâhân-i Safeviyân. Edited by Ibrahim Müteferrika. [i.e. A voyager's description of the Afghan Wars in Persia and the fall of the Safavid Empire].

Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary fine quarter leather binding. Five raised bands to spine, second gilt title as "Tarih-i seyyâh", others gilt decorations. Brown boards are embossed decoratively. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [12], 194 p. Hegira: 1142 = Gregorian: 1729. Slightly wear on colophon and the first page. Otherwise a good copy. Extremely uncommon first Ottoman edition printed in the first printing house of the Islamic world as the third Islamic incunabula, of this eye witness and first-hand account, and one of the most important chronicles describing the history of late Safavid Iran in the 18th century, the Iranian invasion of Afghanistan and the siege and the fall of Isfahan in 1722 written by Kruzinski who was a Polish Jesuit missionary served in the Persia in the early 18th century. In 1720 he was nominated advocate general of the mission in Persia and became the secretary to the Bishop of Isfahan. Krusinski himself, however, claimed later on that he is not only the author but also the translator of this work. As a chronicle, this is a history of Iran under the Safavids from 1499 up to 1727 with a special focus on the 1722 Afghan invasion that terminated the Safavid dynasty. "His account of the conditions and events preceding and during the siege and the subsequent demise of the Safavids is unique. It also offers key insights into the workings of the late Safavid state and government as well as the functions of the royal harem." (Bloomsbury). Translated and expanded by Ibrahim Müteferrika of Kruzinski's Latin manuscript written in 1726 in Istanbul and entitled "Historia revolutionis monarchia Persica". The book was first published in Italian, French, and English translations, in Rome (1727), Paris (1728), and London (1728). The founder of the legendary first printing house in the Islamic world, Ibrahim Müteferrika (1674-1745), was the editor and translator of this book. Ceridehâne [i.e. Journal House] Printing House is the successor of the Müteferrika Press in the early 19th century. "The book is a Turkish translation of the history of Iran written in Latin by the Jesuit missionary Judas (Jan) Tadeusz Krusinski (1675-1751). The work, whose title can be translated as 'A voyager's description on the apparition of the Afghans and on the reasons of the Safavid Empire being undermined', focuses on the Afghan invasion of 1722 which led to the fall of the Safavid dynasty, but also offers an overview on the historical processes of early 18th-century Safavid Iran. The publication of this work was made actual not only by the vicinity of Iran to the Ottoman Empire but also by the historical turn reorganizing the relations of power in the region and triggering the intervention of the Ottomans as well. This may have been the reason that among the first Turkish incunabula this was the work published in the highest number of copies. This publication also offers an early example of copyright disputes, as Krusinski considered the Turkish translation as his own work, while Müteferrika, who does not mention his name in the printed version, suggests himself to be the translator". (Source: The Mysterious Printer Ibrahim Muteferrika and the Beginnings of Turkish Book Printing: Library of Hungarian Academy of Sciences Online). The workshop of Müteferrika began its historical mission in 1728. They published 17 works in 22 volumes. The printing house served as a means to the long-term goal of Müteferrika, his efforts to broaden the horizon and modernize the knowledge of Ottoman society and Islamic civilization. This is evidenced by the subjects of the books selected for publishing, the motivations put forth in the publisher's introductions, as well as by the documents illuminating the background of the publication of each book, also published in print. One of 1200 copies. OCLC: 312516053 (For printed copies: Two copies).; Özege: 19897.

Bookshop Khalkedon Books, IOBA, ESA · Istanbul, TR8 808,53 €

JOHN FREELY.MareMagnum

A bridge of culture: Robert College - Bogaziçi University. How an American college in Istanbul became a Turkish University.

New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. 593 p. "During the 38 years of its existence Bosphorus University has perpetuated the cultural traditions it inherited from Robert College, and it is generally considered to be one of the top undergraduate institutions in the world, with outstanding graduate programs in most fields other than medicine and law. Though it is a Turkish state university, the language of instruction in almost all courses is English; the majority of its faculty have doctorates from American universities and most of its outstanding students go on to do graduate studies at universities in the U. S. Our students come from every province of Turkey and from more than sixty other countries, for Bosphorus University is a cultural beacon that shines across national boundaries and internal political divisions, distinguished by the diversity of its student body and faculty and its tolerance of ethnic, religious, and cultural differences. And so my book will examine the ways in which Robert College and Bosphorus and Bosphorus University have been a bridge of culture between what orientalists have called East and West.

Bookshop Khalkedon Books, IOBA, ESA · Istanbul, TR18,54 €

James, George: Editor (Signed)MareMagnum

Congo Footprints: A Blessing to Share

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA99,95 €

JACK J.W.MareMagnum

Daybreak in Livingstonia. The Story of the Livingstonia Mission, British Central Africa. Revised with an Introduction by Robert Laws. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

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.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB73,93 €

HUC Evariste RegisMareMagnum

Lamas of the Western Heavens. Translated by Charles de Salis with an Introduction by John Keay. Engravings taken from the first English Edition.

8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with half-title vignette, frontispiece, title-vignette, 43 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue pictorial cloth blocked in gilt, backstrip tooled and lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's patterned board slip-case.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB29,57 €

Hezel, Francis X.; Berg, M.L.MareMagnum

Micronesia - Winds of Change: A Book of Readings on Micronesian History

538 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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA249,95 €

Herzel, Catherine.MareMagnum

ON CALL. Deaconesses Across the World. Illustrated by Dorothy Bayley Morse.

121p. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First edition. AFRICA/3

Bookshop Family Album · Kinzers, US11,13 €

Hedin, Sven (1865-1952)MareMagnum

Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet - Volume III / 3 / Three (Only)

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA199,95 €

HALL Ernest George FentonMareMagnum

The Journals of Ernest George Fenton Hall. [Ninth Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

8vo., Ninth Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The author served in the RGA and RAF before working as a missionary in Latin America. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB45,49 €

Hale, Frederick: EditorMareMagnum

Norwegian Missionaries in Natal and Zululand - Selected Correspondence 1844-1900

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

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA99,95 €

Gulick, GillMareMagnum

Chief Joseph Country - Land of the Nez Perce

316 pages including index. Beginning with the pre-history of the Nez Perce, he relates how, after being pedestrians for eight thousand years, acquisition of the horse radically altered their way of life. Then in rapid succession, came firearms, American explorers, British fur traders, the Manifest Destiny struggle, missionaries, Oregon Trail emigrants, settlers, gold miners, farmers, and finally war. Includes many archival photographs. Usual library markings. Average wear. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA49,95 €

Garrioch, Rev. A.C. [1848-1934]MareMagnum

A Hatchet Mark in Duplicate

[iv]-vii, [1], [2]-282 p. 19.5 cm. Memoirs of an Anglican missionary at Fort Vermillion and Dunvegan in the Peace River district of Northern Alberta, 1876-1891. Tight and square. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Foxing to fore-edge, less-so on bottom edge. Moderate wear to publisher's fire engine red cloth lettered in black. No dust jacket. A sound copy. Wallace p.80, Peel [2e] 3135, Wetherell 9-26. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA595,00 €

Gaetz, Annie L.MareMagnum

Trails of Yesterday: Folk Lore of the Red Deer District

99 pages. Undated. Circa 1970s? Contents include: Beginnings; Place Names of the Red Deer District; Student Missionaries; Farming; Politics; Bachelors; Fun and Frolic; Short Shorts; Indians - Their Myths and Traditions; Our Cairn. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Ladysmith, CA49,95 €

FRANCK FrederickMareMagnum

Days with Albert Schweitzer. A Lambarene Landscape. Illustrated by the Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous illustrations in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted, small personal book-stamp in blind in front endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE

Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB25,02 €