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Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Third Impression. Octavo, paper covers, 178 pp. Laws by Hersh Goldwurm. Insights and Prayers by Avie Gold.

Unknown. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 176 pp.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Zustand: Fair. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page. Inscribed note laid in. Dampstained.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Toning on end pages, bumps and shelf wear. Part of overview series.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gutter of front board slightly hinged, binding intact & tight. Part of Overview Series.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear consistent with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Tearing visible to front face of mylar. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and page block edges. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Colour illustrations, 196pp, text in Tibetan and English, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket.

Colour and black and white photographic plates, including a double page image of Tiananmen Square, 209pp. A good paperback copy.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Colour and black and white photographic plates, including a double page image of Tiananmen Square, 209pp. A good paperback copy.

Zustand: New. pp. 296.

Staple binding, maps, 69pp. Paperback covers little worn and sunned, a good copy. "Bangladesh at a Glance has been written for those who come as missionaries of the Gospel of Christ." (From preface).

Colour illustrations, un-numbered, corners a little creased and light wear stapled wrappers, a good paperback copy. Text in English and Chinese. A book for tourists summarising cities along the Silk Road in images and descriptions.

Black and white photographic illustrations, 102pp, pen markings and received stamp front cover, a sound secondhand copy. 19 x 17.1cm.

Reprint. 8vo hardback with dust jacket, 159 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Overall VG/VG. (Shelf 200 Box K) ISBN: 0899060021 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Reprint. 8vo hardback with dust jacket, 154pp. Clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Overall VG/VG. (Shelf 200 Box K) ISBN: 0899060021 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Black and white photographic illustrations, 22pp. Head of spine little bumped, overall a very good copy in original stapled wrappers. 14 x 10.5cm. A short booklet issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, outlining the overall socio-economic state of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic - with much emphasis given to its socialist character and development.…

Black and white map and photographic illustrations, 60pp. 15 x 22cm. Upper wrapper stamped "With the Compliments of the Foreign Liaison Office, Ministry of Defence". Little shelf worn, though overall in very good condition. A glowingly positive introduction to Vietnam, with particular emphasis on conditions in South Vietnam.…

Soft cover. Very good. Slight discoloration in top and bottom margins. Size 16 x 10.25 Inches. This is an 1878 Rev. Johannes Nacken map of the German mission stations in Guangdong Province, China, originally published in the geography journal Petermann's Geographische Mitteilungen . The map is indicative of the level of geographic and cultural knowledge about China in Europe at the time. A Closer Look Contrary to the title, in addition to German mission stations, Protestant missions of other nationalities (American, British, and Swiss) are also indicated, along with Christian communities and churches (though not Roman Catholic missions). The color shading on the map shows the predominant language or dialect in various parts of the province, with Punti (Cantonese) being dominant. Although generally accurate, elements of the maker's geographical knowledge were evidently shaky. The city of Guangzhou (Canton) is called Guangdong ('Kwang-tung'), while the word Guangzhou ('Kwang Tschau') is written across the province. Moreover, directly north of Canton is Jiangxi ('Provinz Kiang Si') when that area should be Hunan. Jiangxi is farther to the east. Also, much of Guangdong province to the east and west is cut off. These errors and omissions are odd since German missionaries had been in China for decades by this point, but they indicate what is also clear from the placement of German mission stations: German missionaries had not spread far beyond the Pearl River Delta, and their detailed geographic knowledge was limited to that area. An inset map of Guangzhou (1 : 67500) is included at top-right. Towards the bottom-left of the inset is Shamian Island (??), where Europeans had originally been allowed to settle and set up trading 'factories' under the Canton System of Trade preceding the Opium Wars. To the northeast is the walled city ('Alt Stadt') of Guangzhou. Despite the presence of foreign missionaries and Christian churches, the city's Confucian temple, multiple other temples and pagodas, an imperial examination hall, and halls for native place associations ('amthaus') show that Guangzhou in many ways remained a typical Chinese city of the late imperial period. Christian Missions in China Although Christian missionaries travelled to China as early as the Tang Dynasty and perhaps even earlier, modern Christian missions began with the arrival of the Jesuits at the end of the 16th century. The Jesuits gained some prominent converts, but due to pressure from the Chinese Court, competing missionary societies, and the Holy See, their actions were limited, and they were ultimately confined to Beijing as servants to the emperor. Protestant missionaries attempted to reach China in earnest in the early 19th century, with the polyglot, swashbuckling German Karl Gützlaff being one of the most important early Protestant missionaries. Using Macao, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou as bases, Protestant missionaries focused their efforts on translation of Christian doctrine into Chinese and the training of Chinese apostles. The treaties that followed the First Opium War (1839 - 1842) removed many of the preexisting restrictions on proselytization and allowed missionaries to travel and preach throughout China, often leading to anti-Christian agitation and violence. Catholic missions tended to be dominated by the French, while Americans and Brits were similarly prominent among Protestants, though missionaries came from many other countries including Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia. Protestant converts tended to be small in number but very devout, though their localized interpretations of Christianity did not always please foreign missionaries, as with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom or the later True Jesus Church. This sentiment, what one scholar has called the 'hermeneutics of suspicion,' added to a general disparagement of Chinese culture among missionaries, far different from the Jesuits of the 16th-17th century. In the early 20th century, particularly afte.…