MISSIONARY from Chilton Books

London: Edward Arnold, 1911.. New Edition. A story of Episcopal Missionary life and work in Equatorial Africa. Pp.xvi/353, illustrations from drawings by the author and a folding map to end which has minor small tears to margin, spotting to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, crease to top of front board, wear to top and… Read more about this item

Privately published, 1995.. Established in 1905, by Church missionaries, Gayaza is the oldest girls-only boarding secondary school in Uganda. Pp.92, 14 pages of black & white photos. Laminated stiff white card cover, red title to front and school motto "Banno" [friends] Never Give Up" to rear cover, title to spine has faded. Scarce. G+.

Kampala: Makerere University Printery, 2011.. Story of "Kigezi Girls" No.1 Teacher - Constance Hornby. Pp.190, inscribed and signed by the author to title page, occasional black & white photos. Paperback, minor sunning to spine edge. VG.

Lulu.com: nd. (c. 2014). Since he became National Director of SOMA ("Sharing of Ministries Abroad") UK in 1994, Don Brewin has been setting up short-term Christian mission teams in different parts of the world, including some of the conflict-ridden countries of Africa. This book takes the reader through some challenging experiences of mission, and reflects on what he has learned."… Read more about this item

London: Excalibur Pres of London, 1993.. 1st edition. "Born in Uganda, living and teaching there throughout the turbulent post-colonial years under Obote and Amin, the author describes Uganda...a place of brilleant colours and great beauty, people courageous and resilient, who never give up, although there are over a million orphans and thousands die of Aids. See how they learnt that… Read more about this item

Dolman Scott, 2019.. 1st edition. A history of the Anglican St John's Community Centre in Pumwani, Nairobi, Kenya, first established in 1956. Pp.xviii/348, many colour and black & white photo illustrations, signed by co-authors to title page. Plum boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: John Murray, 1912.. With Notes by Frederick Stanley Arnot. Pp.xiv/468/32(publisher's catalogues), 35 black & white illustrations. Red cloth, ink spots and faded spots to boards, faded to spine with chipped wear to top and tail. Good.

London: Janus Publishing,1993.. 1st edition. The story of Mengo Hospital in Uganda. "How the East-African Christian revival broke down all barriers between African and European; and how doctors and nurses were touched by it. How a Christ-centred organisation was able to surmount other obstacles, such as local superstition, and bring healing of mind and body to… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, nd. (c.1930).. Story of the author's missionary work in Northern Canada with an introduction by Mark Guy Pearce.. Pp.267, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates and occasional black & white illustrations, presentation bookplate to front free endpaper, small bookseller's stamp (Ruddocks,Lincoln). Grey illustrated cloth. VG.

London: Burns Oates, 1953.. 1st edition. A popular account of the missioinary activities of the Church from the time of the Apostles to the 1950s. Pp.xii/200, inscribed by the author "With grateful thanks to Miss Corcoran for all the valuable services rendered to the Church and to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Aloysius Roche, Xmas 1953" to front free endpaper,… Read more about this item

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1935.. 1st edition. Pp.xx/249, black & white photo portrait frontispiece + 7 further black & white photo plates, owner's details to front free endpaper. Yellow cloth rubbed with a couple of spots, spine slightly sunned with minor crease, bumps to corners. G+.

London: Gardner, Darton & Co., 1897.. A very good original cloth binding. Second edition signed by the Author, February 1897 (The first edition was published in December, 1896). 8vo. 7.75" x 5.25" x 1.00". pp.xviii/pp.233/[4pp. - Adverts] . A good tight green cloth binding, edges rubbed and bumped. Illustrated front board, image dulled. Titles in red to both front… Read more about this item

London Christian Literature Crusade,1945.. 11th edition. "George Fenton Hall, the subject of this memoir, was one of the first four Amazonian pioneers of the W.E.C.[Worldwide Evangelization Crusade]. The plunge into the trackless Amazon forest in search of a tribe of Indians taken by this intrepid young Crusader is the enthralling drama of this book....Fenton took risks...in carrying neither medicines… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1892.. 1st edition. Christian home mission thoughts. Contents include: Part I. Home-Making: I.The Corner-stone of the Commonwealth; II.The Mothers' Meeting; III.The Mothers' Meeting - Bible Lessons; IV.Mothers and Daughters; V.Our Helpers; VI.Questions; VII.Men, Brethren, and Fathers. Part II. Home Destroyers: I.No Place for Home; II.The Drink Traffic; III.The Mother Not at Home; IV.Storming… Read more about this item

London: James Blackwood & Co., nd. (c.1880s).. Brief biographies of female Christian missionaries and other women of christian influence, including: Mrs Susan Huntington; The Right Hon.Wilielma, Viscountess Glenorchy; Miss Sophia Laura Clementine Cuvier; Mrs Isabella Graham; Mrs Mary M Ellis; Miss Caroline Elizabeth Smelt; Mrs Margaret Wilson; Miss Martha Reed; Mrs Harriet W L Winslow; Mrs W W Duncan;… Read more about this item

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1992.. 1st.ed. "This book offers valuable insight into the beliefs of the British people and helps us to gain a better understanding of the times we live in." Pp.x/182, pages slightly toned. Paperback. VG.

London: James Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1901.. Comprising Hints for Chairmen, Preachers, and Speakers; Outlines for Missionary Sermons and Addresses; Missionary Facts, Figures, Illustrative Anecdotes, and Independent Testimonies, A Missionary Kalendar, A Conspectus of British Missionary Societies, etc. Pp.xii/368/10(ads). Maroon cloth, bright gilt title to front and spine, edges slightly rubbed with bumps to corners, publisher's label (File Copy) to… Read more about this item

London: The Churchmen's Missionary Society, 1951.. Review of the workings of the Churchmen's Missionary Society for the year 1950, in the Central Provinces of India, the Arctic, East Africa, French Morocco, Burma, China, India, and Ethiopia. Pp.32, 4 pages of black & white photos + line map. Paperback. G+.

London: Edinburgh House Press, 1961.. 1st edition. Joan Scutt lived and worked in South Africa and Swaziland for over twenty years. "The characteristics which she has found in the heroine of this story, to whom she has given the sobriquet of 'Mrs Crocodile', are no doubt those found in many an African woman, while the setting of the tale… Read more about this item

London: The Carey Press, nd.(c.1930s).. R.H.Carson Graham was, for thirty-seven years a Missionary in Portuguese Congo. Pp.xii/293, black & white photo portrait frontispiece of Dom Pedro VI, Mbemba, the Fourth King of the Congo in his Robe of State(which was originally the Mayoral Robe of Bristol, presented to the Kings of Congo by Sir Charles Wathen) + 8 further… Read more about this item