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1891BB009<p> CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries<br /></p><p>The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow China 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to original printed wrappers sewn spine soiling minor repairs.</p><p>The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John 1831-1912 as 'a gentleman of high official rank Taotai in Hunan' and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people see John's "A Voice from China" 1907 p. 220. Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX XIII XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia. </p><p>Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS ABPC & RBH. </p><br /> paperback books
188049586St. Ignatius Montana: St. Ignatius Print 1880. 8vo pp. 4 45 1; original paper wrapper perished reinforced in stiff brown library card; pages toned and worn at edges good. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with release stamp on title page. "These works were put in type and printed by the Indian school boys at St. Ignatius. About 225 copies of each were printed." Pilling identifies the author as Giorda per his correspondence with a superintendent of the school Father Leopold Van Gorp. Pilling Salishan p. 28; Pilling Proof-sheets 1558; Schoenberg 7. <br/><br/> St. Ignatius Print unknown books
187852617London: James Nisbet 1878. 8vo pp. xv 1 320 16 ads; 4 wood-engraved plates the frontispiece appears to have been reinserted; original green cloth stamped in black and gilt on upper cover and spine; edges rubbed and worn; a good sound copy. <br/><br/> James Nisbet hardcover books
184790883New York: Snowden & Prall Printers 1847. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 93p. Original marbled boards. 23cm. Lacks backstrip. Covers detached. Substantial foxing in large portions of book. DEFECTIVE -- one signature pages 57-64 present in duplicate while the next signature pages 65-72 is missing. Ex lib. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Library. <br/><br/> Snowden & Prall, Printers hardcover books
