Missionaries
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Aucas Downriver: Dayuma's Story Today
by Wallis, Ethel Emily
New York: Harper & Row. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is age-toned and marked. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 126 pages. The story of missionaries amongst the Huaorani people of Ecuador. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 18.09
THREE VISITS TO MADAGASCAR; during the Years 1853-1854-1856, including a Journey to the Capital with Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilisation of the People.
by ELLIS, Rev WILLIAM
Rebound with the original gilt illustration on cloth tipped onto front; 4 raised bands, 3 skivers . Acidic discolouration from the leather shows thru the paper boards; slight wear on lower edge; edges of book block are discolured; very occasional light foxing. I guess the ads were discarded in the re-bind. A light cross in pencil on the rear free end paper and again on the rear cover; bookplate of J G Bishop on verso of front cover. Folding frontis and 1 map plus 14 wood-cut plates plus 10 woodcut illus...
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SGD 106.80
American Board Quarterly News Bulletin, Congregational House, Boston, February 16, 1923
Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missiona, 1923. Good. (4)p. folded newsletter. 28cm. Two later horizonal creases. Bottom two-thirds of first page browned. Small tear at base of fold. Nine headed paragraphs about a variety of American Board activities and personnel -- five are China-related.
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SGD 34.42
The Dust Diaries
by Sheers, Owen
London: Faber & Faber. 2004. Very Good condition. 310 pages. The biography of the author's relative, Arthur Cripps, a missionary to Rhodesia and his work to defend the interests of the Africans against those of the colonists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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SGD 13.57
Historia das Missoes do Padroado Portugues do Oriente. India 1500-1542
by Silva Rego, Antonio da
Lisboa: Agencia Geral das Colonias, Divisao de Publicacoes e Biblioteca, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 5 folding maps, xxxix, 5650. Later blue buckram. 24cm. Some soil and white paint remnants on cover. No Jacket. Portuguese text.
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SGD 61.96
Sur les Pistes de L'A.E.F.
by Briault, Maurice, 1874-1953
Paris: Alsatia, 1945. Paperback. Very Good/Good. photos, illustrations, 285p. dj. Untitled softcover with dj. 25 cm. Jacket somewhat soiled and and has some edge-wear. Moderate browning in text. Unopened. French text. The author had been a missionary in what is now Gabon early in the 20th century.
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SGD 34.42
Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988)
1988. Paperback. Very Good. [Cameroon] Baptist Herald, Vol. 66, No. 3 (March 1988). 31p. Wrapper. 28cm. Pages 2 and 4-21 are devoted to articles about Baptist missionary efforts in Cameroon.
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SGD 34.42
Etchings from Two Lands
by Mason, Clara Arthur, 1844-1884
Boston: D. Lothrop, 1886. Hardcover. Good. frontis, 179p. plus (12)p. publisher's advertisements. Original brown cloth. 18cm. Spine sloped. Gift inscription. Signature almost entirely detached. Account of experiences by this American missionary who was apparently born in Eastport, Maine and whose husband organized the first Baptist church in Tokyo during his service in Japan (1873-1877). Slip laid in with former owner's speculation about the identity of "Jennie" and "Fannie" from the gift inscription.
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SGD 68.85
William Carey The Shoemaker Who Became "The Father And Founder of Modern Missions"
by Myers, J.B
London: S.W. Partridge. circa1910. Octavo Size [approx 14x19cm]. Very Good condition. Red, decorated cloth boards. Gilt to face and spine. Black & white illustrations. Pages tanned. Presentation inscription to front free endpaper dated 1911. An attractive volume. 160 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Hardback.
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SGD 22.61
Tuareg Trails
by Campbell, Dugald
London: Printed for the Author by Pickering & Inglis, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. photos, 39p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Cover flap price-clipped. Name stamp on front cover. Missionary item.
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SGD 34.42
Life Out of Death
by Phyllis Thompson
Great softcover African mission classic! Copyright 1989 by Phyllis Thompson. The title is "Life out of Death in Mozambique". This is the true story of a miracle of Church growth in the face of opposition. No writing or marks in text. Very good binding. Slight wear to cover and small discoloration mark bottom of outside paperback spine. No tears or bends.
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SGD 6.54
Dan Crawford
by Evans A R
London: Oliphants Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 190x130x15mm. 190x130x15mm+247g . . Oliphants Ltd. London. 1956. . . . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.00
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SGD 15.37
The Night of Toil A familiar account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands: by the Authour of Peep of Day
by Mortimer, Favell Lee
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1844. xi (2), 468 [4] pp. Octavo. Original green cloth boards. Engraved frontispiece. Gilt lettering on the spine. Edges are dust soiled. Original coated Victorian end papers. An attractive gift inscription on the front free end paper dated 1845. This volume has light staining and foxing throughout. Illustrated with nine plates, including a map. This book comes with a four page catalogue of works by the publisher. Otherwise, an attractive copy in the original cloth. Like...
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SGD 655.66
Minutes of the West Central Africa Mission Conference Held in Loanda, Angola, Africa February 7-11, 1907
by Methodist Episcopal Church. West Central Africa Mission Conference
(Rome): Methodist Mission Press, 1907. Paperback. Very Good. frontis, illustrations, 83p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Modest cover wear and soiling. Some portions of narrow backstrip split and reglued. The 1907 Session of the conference is identified on front cover as Fourth Session. Joseph C. Hartzell and William Burt were the Presiding Bishops at the 1907 conference. Bishop Burt was serving as Resident Bishop in Europe and was also designated as Ep[iscopal Visitor to other areas including...
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SGD 275.40
Bible-Woman's Hand-Book ..
by [Mission Press Item]
Madura: A. M. Mission Press, Pasumalai, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. ix, 296p. Brown cloth. 18cm. Light cover wear. Title label on backstrip chipped. No jacket. Title also in Tamil. Tamil text.
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SGD 516.38
Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of The Philippine Mission of The Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.: Manila, P. I., May 28 - June 2, 1934
by Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Philippine Mission
Manila, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. index, 39p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Two notebook holes punched near spine. Cover lightly soiled and chipped.
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SGD 55.08
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS AND CULTURAL INTERACTION IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST, 1850-1950
by Banker, Mark T
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993. 1st Printing. Cloth in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very good. 225pp. Index, bibliography. Illustrated with b/w photographs. (Presbyterian Historical Society Publications, No 31) When Presbyterian missionaries arrived in the Southwest in the mid-nineteenth century, they were confident of the superiority of their own culture and religion and turned to "Christian education" to bring the region's Native Americans, Hispanic Catholics, and Mormons into the...
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SGD 20.66
The Light Shines On: A story of one hundred years of Australian Baptist Missionary work
by REDMAN, Jess
Hawthorn: Aust Baptist Missionery Soc.. 1982. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine a little faded. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 288 pages.. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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SGD 16.28
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[Mission Craft Item] Mozambique Bark Blanket Bag
Inhambane, Mozambique, 1920. Very Good. Bag (approximately 18 x 24cm.) made out of a bark blanket (Mputu tree) by students at an unidentified mission in Mozambique. Folded in quarters in worn contemporary cardboard box. Printed on the bag, "Souvenir of Inhambane, East Africa" and the Royal Arms of Portugal. Includes a printed sheet describing how the bark blanket was made. At the bottom of the sheet, "Printed on the mission press by native boys."
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SGD 110.16
T. Elmira, Christian School Mistress
by [Photograph]
n.p.: Children's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church, n.d. (19th century). Very Good. Carte de Visite photo (5.7 x 8.7 cm. image, as trimmed along top with some loss of photographic image) and mounted on larger thin, stiff card (also trimmed at top) with rounded corners. Information about the Children's Missionary Society and the cost (25 cents) of annual membership printer on back of card. We don't know where this Christian School Mistress was located but assume it was some domestic or foreign...
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SGD 172.12
We have toiled all night
by Martha T. Frederiks
454 pages.A textbook on Christianity in the Gambia. A detailed study of Christianity in the Gambia Contains an explanation of the ethnic groups within Gambia, the history of Christianity in Gambia and the relationship Christianity has with Islam in the country, and how historically and presently the two religions have related to each other in the Gambia.Signed by the author.
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SGD 60.43
Society Erected by Royal Charter for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Taking into Serious Consideration the Absolute Necessity there Is, that Those Clergymen Who Shall Be Sent Abroad, Should Be Duly Qualified for the Work to Which They Are Appointed...
by Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
n.p., n.d. [mid- 18th century or earlier]. Paperback. Very Good. Broadside. Blank lower right corner torn off; otherwise sound and nicely printed. Instructs recommenders of any clergyman to "testifie" about the following ten subjects in their recommendation: the clergyman's age, marital status, temper, prudence, learning, conversion, zeal for the Christian Religion, affection to the present government, and conformity to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England.
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SGD 103.28
The 'Black War' in Arnhem Land. Missionaries and the Yolngu 1908-1940
by Dewar, Mickey
Canberra: Unit. 1995. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x25cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs, Maps and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 107 pages. In the 1930s Australia was stunned by a series of seemingly inexplicable murders of non-Aboriginal people perpetrated by the Arnhem Land Yolngu. After eight deaths in two years, newspapers were calling it the 'Black War'. Missionaries, police and the...
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SGD 67.83
Indian Theological Studies, 27 issues of this quarterly Catholic periodical dated between 1978 and 1986. Includes: Vol. XV, Nos. 3,4 (1978); Vol. XVI, Nos. 1/2, 3, 4 (1979); Vol. XVII, Nos. 1-4 (1980), Vol. XVIII, Nos. 2-4 (1981); Vol. XIX, Nos. 1-4 (1982); Vol. XX, Nos. 1, 2/3, 4 (1983); Vol. XXI, Nos. 1, 2, 3/4 (1984); Vol. XXII, Nos. 1-4 (1985); and Vol. XXIII, No. 1 (1986)
Bangalore: St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Theology, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Individual issue softcover in original wrappers. 22 cm.
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SGD 68.85
From Fianarantsoa to Mananjara : being notes of a journey made on behalf of the London Missionary.
by George Andrew Shaw (1842-1917)
12°. 11, [1 blank] pp. Later half morocco with marbled sides and gilt lettering on spine. Only known copy of a British missionary's account of his foot journey from inland Madagascar to the coast. The author, George Andrew Shaw (1842-1917), was a missionary of Tamatave, Madagascar. In the present work he describes in detail the sights and surroundings, the various churches and stations, as well as the way of life of the local inhabitants that he encountered along his journey.
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SGD 2,878.59
