Rev james b johnston (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1904. 2nd Edition. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to endpaers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Red staining to front board.…

Original Beige Buckram H'cover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged. 1904. Second edition, revised and enlarged with a new preface. ix, 65pp. Top edge gilt. The author was minister in St. Andrew's church, Falkirk. After a substantial introduction on the origins and history behind place names in general, this book contains an alphabetical list of the chief place names in Stirlingshire with something of their history and the meanings behind them. The book is bound in the original brown buckram covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and a little faint damp spotting on the boards. The spine is very slightly faded. The contents are tight and clean with some scattered light foxing. The title page and last few pages are a bit more heavily foxed and there is also foxing on the fore edge of the text block. There is no inscription.…

Volume I only. Volume I: xlvi + 560pp, index, Missionary bibliography, index. Library label from The United Church of Canada in Toronto laid down front free endpaper, "duplicate" written in ink, no other library markings. Preliminary leaves a little spotted. Original cloth binding damaged with loss on spine particularly at head and tail of spine and edges. A sound ex-library copy. Filled with many fascinating contributions reflecting the Protestant missionary world of the time. Includes "The Increase and Influence of Islam", "Buddhism and Other Heathen Systems."; "The Missions of the Roman Catholic Church to Heathen Lands."; "Missions to the Jews"; "Medical Missions"; "Women's Mission to Women" and a Part entitled "Teh Mission-Fields of the World" which includes chapters on "India: Northern and Central"; "India: South, Ceylon, Burmah, Etc"; "China: The Eighteen Provinces"; "Japan and Imperial China and Dependencies; three chapters on Africa; one on "The Turkish Empire and Central Asia"; another on Oceania and the 11th on America.…