Historical Sketches of the Missions under the Care of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 303, [1] pages. Hardcover, in very good condition, bound in dark gray cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Chipped at head and tail of spine; tips of boards rounded and mildly worn; slight cracking to paper at hinges, though the book remains firmly bound. Gilt title and decorations on spine and front board, with the spine a bit dulled. Spotting to front board from old spill, but with no particular ill effect. Four-inch crease and one-inch interior tear to pp. 199-200, but otherwise contents, including folding maps, are fresh and clean. Item #851
Historical accounts of Presbyterian missions, arranged geographically: The North American Indians, by Rev. J. B. Garritt, Ph. D.; Mexico, by Rev. M. Woolsey Stryker; Guatemala, by Rev. Wm. Brenton Greene, Jr.; South America, by Rev. George Hood; Africa, by Rev. R. H. Nassau, M. D.; Syria, by Rev. William A. Holliday, D. D.; Persia, by Rev. J. Milton Greene; India, by Rev. A. Brodhead, D. D.; Siam, by Rev. J. F. Dripps, D. D.; China, by Rev. Albert B. Robinson; Japan, by Rev. A. Gosman, D. D.; and Korea, by Rev. L. W. Eckard, D. D. Illustrated with eleven black-and-white maps, one for each section but Korea.
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