Mission History from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Johannesburg: ELD Trust, 1983). 210 x 133 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers; pp. (iv) + 21; portrait. A little sunned; some fox spots. Good condition. Reprint of the biographical work first published in 1944. Robert Moffat, father-in-law of David Livingstone, was a pioneering missionary among the Batswana, and one of the first translators of the Bible into an African tongue. .… Read more about this item

(Hermanus: The Centre Press, 1999) 0620240938. Author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Large, squarish 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (ii) + 144. Boards ever so slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "All the stories in this book are based on historically documented facts, proving once again perhaps that truth really is stranger than fiction. The characters, although their names… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: South African Library, 1994) 0869681109. South African Library General Series, Number 20. 210 x 148 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 97, incl. index; contemporary illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. Afrikaans text. "Die ervarings en prestasies van sendelinge in Suid-Afrika is in hul eie tyd uitvoerig in briewe, dagboeke, verslae, boeke en sendingtydskrifte beskryf, en word tans nog deur navorsers… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: South African Library, 1968). Edited by Alan R. Booth, Director of African Studies, Ohio University. 230 x 165 mm; original cloth-backed wrappers; pp. xi + 54, portrait and a couple of plates. Fine condition. .

(Kuruman: Kuruman Moffat Mission Trust, 1987) 0620114894. Author's signed presentation inscription to title page reads "For Walter & Ruth Middelman, / With Admiration for their wide intellectual interests / Frank R Bradlow". Middelman blind-stamp to front free endpaper. 240 x 150 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 36; colour frontis. tipped in; map; some illustrations. Trace of foxing to edges. Very good… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Moravian Church in South Africa, 1987). Oblong 4to; original coarse cloth, lettered in gilt; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper illustrations; pp. vii + (i) + 104; numerous illustrations of church personalities, settlements and architecture. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, and very slightly rubbed; trace of foxing to endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "The Moravian Church… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: J. C. Juta, [preface dated 1929]). 8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. xii + 408, incl. index; folding map. Dustwrapper edgeworn and partially sunned (a remarkable survival nonetheless, considering the flimsy paper on which printed); backstrip partially sunned; trace of stippling to lower board; endpapers and edges a bit foxed, occasional… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Methodist Publishing House and Book Depot, 1923). 183 x 125 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. vi + (ii) + 67; plates. Wrappers a little rubbed and curled, with black pen mark to upper cover, and archival tape reinforcing to spine; rather foxed; few pencilled annotations. Fair to good. (SABIB 2, p. 210) "This little book… Read more about this item

(London, Seeley, Service & C., 1923). Original orange cloth, lightly marked, pp. 229, frontispiece, plates. Text edges stamped: "File Copy: not to be taken away." Publisher's own file copy, with notes on the front endpapers indicating when Czech and Swedish translation rights were sold. Everyday life at Loudon Mission Station in Nyasaland. .

(Cape Town: South African Bible Society, [1941]). 180 x 135 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (x) + 202; some photographs. Afrikaans text.(Nienaber I, p. 259) Wrappers slightly tanned and foxed; archival tape reinforcing to backstrip; earlier owner's name to first blank. Good condition. "Die geskiedenis van die Nyasasending vind u in die boek van ds. A. C.… Read more about this item

(Hässleholm: Helgelseförbundets Förlag, 1953). Ownership inscription of Oscar Emanuelson's daughter Eva to half-title. 198 x 130 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 80; frontispiece. Wrappers a little browned and slightly curled to edges; some spotting to edges and occasionally elsewhere. Very good condition. Swedish text. Oscar Emanuelson of the Swedish Holiness Union was active in the Pietermaritzburg… Read more about this item

(London: H. R. Allenson, 1895). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. 223 + (v); frontis. portrait, with tissue-guard; plates; folding map. Cloth rather stippled; portion cut from half-title; regular, light browning and sporadic foxing; binding a bit slack. Fair to good. (Work: A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and… Read more about this item

(Paarl, Paarl Drukpers Maatschappy, printers, 1927). Original grey cloth, pp. 83, plate. Side-stitched, staples a little rusted. Biography/Tribute to this Afrikaans religious worker/author, by her sister. .

(Cape Town, Suid-Afrikaanse Bybelvereniging, no date). 16mo, pictorial wraps, a little soiled and worn, tears at the spine, taped at the tail of the spine, pp. 105, illustrations. Gift inscription reading "Aan Mevr. J de Villiers van U opregtevriendin M. Louw 2/8/'46" on front free endpaper. Elsabe de Villiers was born near Graaff-Reinet in 1861. This is a collection of… Read more about this item

---. No. 12. Pp. 214. Contemporary quarter-cloth worn. Foxing and light marginal staining. Lacking two leaves. Fair only. Scarce. Includes articles on the Bechuana mission and much on the Zulu missions. .

(London, Salvationist Publishing and Supplies, 1962). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly soiled, pp. (v) + 101, a few text-illustrations in line. Edges very slightly foxed. 'Boy from the kraal is the true story of a lad who, after having been brought up most carefully according to the traditions of tribal life, became one of The Salvation Army's best-loved African officers. A musician… Read more about this item

(London, Marshall Brothers, 1907). Original blue cloth, well-worn, pp. 200, frontispiece photogravure portrait, detached, with margins slightly frayed in consequence, rear hinge splitting internally, some foxing. Fair condition. .

(London, Michael Joseph, 1965). Dustwrapper very slightly frayed, pp. 208, plates. 'This biography of the Rev. Herbert Alfred Brown introduces one of the truly inspiring missionary personalities of our time. His parish, set in 3,000 square miles of Stone Age New Guinea, includes some of the most primitive peoples on earth, living exactly as their ancestors lived a thousand years… Read more about this item

(London, Chatto & Windus, 1959). Dustwrapper, lightly soiled, original blue cloth, pp. 320. ~ ~ 8 .

(Hermannsburg, Verlag Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, 1954). Pictorial wraps, a little foxed, pp. 40 + plates. Owner's name to inside upper wrap, light foxing. .