vanderkiste (12 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

xvi, 295pp 19x12, blind stamped brown cloth, glt text on spine. Edges of cloth rather worn, edges roughly cut, paper browning, ex-lib with a few stamps, fair copy thus. Personal recollections of the author's six years in the Cow Cross district of Clerkenwell as a missionary; his observations on licentiousness, profligacy and deliquency are generally that the cause is a lack of religious education, perhaps unsurprisingly, but are interesting nonetheless.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 372 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Various (illustrator). A vivid 19th-century account of London"s poorest districts through Vanderkiste"s missionary encounters and social critique, this book once belonged to philanthropist and banker, Samuel Gurney. On the publisher's original brown cloth binding with blind stamping.The book chronicles Vanderkiste"s six-year mission among the dens of London, focusing on missionary work among the urban poor and impoverished.His narrative depicts scenes and reflections: "A Fortune-Teller Converted," "Extreme Destitution," "Sanitary Arrangements," "Lamb and Flag Schools," "The Templars and Their Banner," "Struggles Against Superstition," "Is the Church Blameless?" and "Intemperance Precedes Lunacy."Bookplate of Samuel Gurney to front paste down. Samuel Gurney (1786-1856) was a wealthy Quaker banker and philanthropist, head of Overend, Gurney & Co., which became the world"s largest discount house in 19th-century London. He was also a leading social reformer, supporting his sister Elizabeth Fry"s prison reform work and promoting causes such as the abolition of slavery and improvements for the poor. On the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spot of staining upper edge of front and rear board and towards the joints. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, more so to upper extremities, resulting in slight loss to cloth. Slight rubbing to boards. Glue residue to gutter of font endpapers. Bookplate of S. Gurney Buxton, Catton Hall, Norfolk, to front free endpaper. The odd spot and slight handling mark to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot heavier to first and last few leaves. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Heavy rubbing to marbled papered boards. A 3/4" split to leather at tail of rear joint. 3/8" chips to leather at tips of corners of boards. Half of rear free endpaper torn away. Foxing to endpapers. ; "Third Thousand". x, 357 pages. Lacking the publisher's advertisements. Half-leather and marbled papered boards. Page dimensions: 163 x 109mm. [Bibliographical Reference: Ferguson 17623 - "A somewhat discursive work recounting the author's missionary experiences in the Dungog and Maitland districts of New South Wales [. . .] The book takes its title from a perilous misadventure, when the author was lost for six days and nights in the bush, without food or shelter and exposed to heavy rain."] ; Ex-Library; 8vo.