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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Prudential Committee. [drop-title] 

Memorial of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 

Missions respecting the property of the Board in the Choctaw nation. [Washington]: 1832. 8vo. 17 

pp. 

$45.00 

Request to Congress for reimbursement of expenditures by the Board on property and buildings 

(mostly schools) to serve the Choctaw, which property had been seized by the federal government 

prior to the Choctaw's expulsion. Government document: H.R. doc. 194. 22d Cong. 1st sess. 

Removed from a nonce volume. Some light foxing. Some fold marks. Chip in top margin of, and 

small hole in last leaf with loss of a few letters, not affecting sense. Inked numeral in top margin 

of p. [1]. (11969) 

American Sunday School Union. The prairie missionary. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School 

Union, 1853. 16mo. Frontis., [2], 5-180 pp. 

$65.00 

“Written for the American Sunday-School Union, and revised by the committee of publication.” 

An account of frontier life by a missionary's wife. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and silver on the 

spine. 

Ex-Free Library of Philadelphia copy, with bookplate, charge pocket, rubber stamp and a sevendigit 

accession number. Rear free endpaper torn out. Child's pencil scribbling on some pages and 

a few stains in a few inner margins . (4017) 

American Tract Society. Christian biography. No. 1. The life of the Rev. John Newton, rector of 

St. Mary Woolnoth, London. “An authentic narrative,” written by himself: to which some further 

particulars are added. New York: American Tract Society, [1840]. 8vo. 116, 60, 60, iv, 12, 12, 12, 

12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 pp. 

$150.00 

The Life of the Rev. John Newton is followed by (with separate title-page and pagination) 

“Christian Biography. No. 2. The Life of Archbishop Leighton: with brief extracts from his 

writings;” “Christian Biography. No. 3. The Life of the Rev. C. F. Swartz, missionary of 

Trichinopoly and Tanjore in India;” and “Twelve Sermons to the Aged. By Rev. George Burder, 

author of Village Sermons, Cottage Sermons, &c.” Each sermon with separate pagination. Title on 

spine: “Newton Leighton Swartz Ser. To Aged”. Illustrated with engraved tail-pieces. Date derived 

from imprint on title-page of Christian biography nos. 2 and 3. Series: Christian Library, vol. 33. 

Contemporary full sheep, gilt-stamped on black leather labels; rubbed and abraded at edges, 

joints, spine, and head and foot; corners bumped. Title-page torn, with paper damage touching only 

one letter; inner margin adhered to front pastedown, not affecting text. Foxing. Light creases 

across some corners, some corners folded. Front free endpaper missing, back fly-leaf and free 

endpaper torn, foxed, and pencilled. Front pastedown with library bookplate. (13636) 

Arthur, T.S. The home mission. Boston: L.P. Crown & Co., 1853. 8vo. Frontis., [2], 213, [1] pp. 

$100.00 

First edition of these domestically themed short stories. 

PRB&M David Szewczyk & Cynthia Davis Buffington, Proprietors SESSABKS

Wright, II, 100. Publisher's red cloth, covers blind-stamped, front cover and spine giltstamped; 

very slightly cocked, cloth rubbed over corners, with gilt a bit dimmed, but overall clean 

and attractive. Front free endpaper with pencilled inscription. First and last leaves with a few 

spots of foxing, pages otherwise clean. (13673) 

Austin, Samuel. Paul, an example and proof of the peculiar excellence and usefulness of the 

missionary character. A discourse, delivered in Hartford, Conn. Sept. 15, 1824. At the fifteenth 

annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Boston: Pr. by 

Crocker & Brewster , 1824. Small 8vo (21 cm). 30 pp. 

$20.00 

Austin takes St. Paul, the Apostle, as the basis for his sermon on the importance of missionary 

work. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 15136. Removed from a nonce volume. Lacks the wrappers. Some agetoning. 

Good copy. (12202) 

Bacon, Leonard. Christian unity. A sermon, preached before the Foreign Evangelical Society in the 

Bleeker Street Church, New York, May 4, 1845. New Haven: Pr. by B. L. Hamlen for the Foreign 

Evangelical Society, 1845. 8vo. 43, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$45.00 

Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned. Pencilled presentation inscription on titlepage, 

partially cut off by binder's trimming. (10008) 

Baird, Robert. Christian retrospect and register: a summary of the scientific, moral and religious 

progress of the first half of the XIXth century. New York: W.W. Dodd, 1851. 12mo. 420 pp. 

$42.50 

Review of missionary activities -- conversion, scientific, ethnological, linguistic--of a wide swath 

of the non-Roman Catholic churches. A great source for activity in India, Africa, Pacific Island, 

and among the American Indians. 

Publisher's ribbed cloth. Top of spine pulled. Bookplate. Very good. (14124) 

The European Conquest & Settlement of 

Ceylon, Malabar, & “The East” 

Baldaeus, Philippus. Wahrhaftige ausführliche beschreibung der berühmten ostindischen kusten 

Malabar und Coromandel, als auch der insel Zeylon. Amsterdam: Brey Johannes Janssonius & 

Joannes von Someren, 1672. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.5"). [3] ff., 610 pp., [13] ff., 16 fold. maps/plans, 

18 fold. plts., and in-text illus. 

$5000.00 

• Missionary and keen observer, Phillipus Baldaeus (1632–72), recounts his travels in and to, 

and the history of the east coast of Malabar and Roromandel, the island of Ceylon, and the adjacent 

kingdoms and principalities. He tells of the cities, harbors, buildings, temples, natural history and 

society. In doing so, he demonstrates a fascination with the Hindu religion, its gods, ceremonies, 

and beliefs. 

The work is highly illustrated and the engravings, being 16 folding maps/plans, and 18 folding 

plates, are of battles, plans of fortresses, maps of areas, statutes, etc. Three double-page engraved 

tables are of scripts. The in-text illustrations, which are just as detailed and impactful, are 

numerous. 

An important book on the rising Dutch presence in the East Indies and concomitant diminution 

of the Portuguese hegemony. This is the first edition in German; a Dutch-language edition also 

appeared in 1672. 

• Landwehr, VOC, 557. 18th-century calf, gilt spine extra. Binding shows wear, with 

abrasions and leather lost; joints starting. Onetime library call number on spine; other library 

pencillings, but no stamps. Clean copy. (11612) 

Bardwell, Horatio. Memoir of Rev. Gordon Hall, A.M. one of the first missionaries of the Amer. 

Board of Comm. for For. Missions, at Bombay. Andover: Flagg, Gould & Newman; New York: J. 

Leavitt, 1834. 12mo. Frontis., 260 pp. 

$90.00 

First edition. 

Provenance: Front pastedown with inked inscription: “From Library of Rev. Solomon Peck, 

D.D. Presented ... by his son-in-law, Mr. Ira Winans July 1897"; front free endpaper inscribed “S. 


Peck 1835.” The Rev. Peck was a professor of Hebrew and Latin languages and literature at 

Amherst College. 

Publisher's textured cloth, spine with printed paper label; spine and board edges sunned, spine 

extremities and label rubbed, spine with call number label. Front pastedown with inscription as 

above and with institutional bookplate; title-page with institutional pressure-stamp, reverse with 

pencilled numeral; first text page with inked numeral in lower margin. A few scattered spots of 

light foxing, pages otherwise clean. (19506) 

Barnes, Albert. The Gospel necessary in our country. A discourse delivered before the Union Home 

Missionary Society of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Washington City, May 18, 1852. 

Washington: Pr. by Kirkwood & McGill, 1852. 8vo. 22, [2] pp. 

$20.00 

An address on the subject of Home Missions. 

Removed from a nonce volume. Internally clean; just a light stain in lower margin of final leaf 

of text and on final (blank) leaf. Very good. (20048) 

Barnes, Albert. Home missions. A sermon in behalf of the American Home Missionary Society: 

Preached in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, May, 1849. A sermon in behalf of the 

American Home Missionary Society: Preached in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, May, 

1849. New York: Pr. by William Osborn for the American Home Missionary Society, 1849. 8vo. 48 

pp. 

$45.00 

Barnes was a noted and controversial Presbyterian minister. “He held a prominent place in 

the New School branch of the Presbyterians, to which he adhered on the division of the 

denomination in 1837; he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy in 1836" (Encyclopedia 

Britannica, 11th ed.) . 

Removed from a nonce volume. Light browning. (10149) 

[drop-title] The Blind way. Madras: printed at the American mission Press for the American Tract 

Society, 1861. 12mo (13.5 cm; 5.5"). 128 pp. 

$125.00 

A later edition of the Hindu devotional work, in four parts. Earlier editions had been issued 

with these added parts: “Good advice,” “Mantiram,” “Tottiramalai,” “Uromanittarintu valuneri.” 

Text entirely in Tamil. 

Removed from a bound volume; without the wrappers. (15150) 

Bradbury, William B. The new golden shower containing the gems of the “Golden Shower,” with 

about one-half additional (new) pieces, designed for Sunday schools, social, missionary and 

temperance meetings. New York: Wm.B. Bradbury, and & Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., 

[copyright 1866]. Oblong 12mo. 128 pp. 

$40.00 

For Sunday Schools and temperance meetings, among other get-togethers. 

Publisher's quarter cloth with green paper sides; paper of sides printed, including advertising 

matter. Very good copy. (2472) 

Thai Life of Christ — Printed in Bangkok — A Notable Map 

Bradley, Dan Beach. [title in Thai characters, romanized as] Nangsu' ni pen ru'ang kitchakan 

hæng Phrayesu Chao. The life of Christ by Dr. Bradley. Bangkok: A.B.C.F.M. Mission Press, 

1841. 8vo (24 cm, 9.1"). [180 (2 blank)] pp. 

$5000.00 

• Printed in Bangkok, text in Thai. Condensation and adaptation of the Gospels of Matthew, 

Mark, Luke, and John by a renowned American physician and Protestant missionary, who from 

1835 to 1873 lived in Siam where he introduced Western medicine, journalism, etc. 

Affixed to the rear pastedown is a xylographically printed map of the Holy Land with sites in 

Thai characters. 

This is surely one of the earliest maps printed in Thailand, if not the first. 

Rare: Via OCLC, RLIN, and NUC Pre-1956 we trace only two copies in U.S. libraries and this 

one of those two, now deaccessioned. 

• Publisher's patterned cloth and orange paper sides; rubbed, soiled, and chipped with joints 

starting. Some bubbling of paper to front pastedown. Ex-library: front pastedown with library 

bookplates and a rubber-stamped five-digit number (repeated on another leaf), title-page and one 


other page pressure-stamped, and one margin inked with a four-digit number. Front free endpaper 

torn in gutter margin. One leaf chipped at fore-edge, with loss of several characters (loss unlikely 

to affect the sense); pages otherwise free of chipping or tearing — clean. (11550) 

Breed, William Pratt. A working church. Founded on Ecclesiastes, IX: 10. Philadelphia: Joseph 

M. Wilson, 1860. 8vo. 20 pp. 

$35.00 

Breed was pastor of the West Spruce St. Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. 

Removed from a nonce volume. In printed brown wrappers with traces of soiling and short 

notations in ink and pencil. A little bumping to edges, stitch holes in the inner margins, and a little 

light waterstaining. (10156) 

Buchanan, Claudius. The star in the east; a sermon preached in the Parish-Church of St. James, 

Bristol, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 1809. New York: Williams & Whiting, 1809. 8vo. 56 pp. 

$30.00 

Shaw & Shoemaker 17109. Good. Sewn; removed from a nonce volume. Occasional spots of 

browning. Pp. 1–26 with shallow chipping in the upper outer margins. (249) 

Butler, William. Thy kingdom come. An anniversary discourse delivered before the Missionary 

Society of the Methodist General Biblical Institute, at Concord, N.H., Nov. 4, 1852. Boston: Press 

of Geo. C. Rand, 1853. 8vo. 52 pp. 

$60.00 

An address on “the nature of the Kingdom of Christ”; “the Agencies which are to accomplish 

its coming”; “the Intimations which announce its approach”; and “the consequent Results of the 

establishment of this kingdom on earth.” 

Removed from a nonce volume. Single line in pencil drawn down center of pp. 7-16; extensive 

penciling in top and outer margins of p. 27, with two lines crossed out in ink and “corrected” just 

above; and elsewhere occasional pencil/ink marks and jottings in margin or within text. Very good. 

(20049) 

Carpenter, C. H. The great commission and its fulfillment by the preacher. Boston: American 

Baptist Missionary Union, 1874. 8vo. 23 pp. 

$15.00 

Removed from a nonce volume. Age-toned. Fold-mark down center. Edges with shallow tears; 

brittle. Ex-library with pressure-stamp on title-page. Ink numeral at top right corner of title-page. 

(20270) 

[drop title] The Christian's penny magazine. No. 193. February 13, 1836. London: J. S. Hodson, 

1836. 8vo. (49)–56 pp.; illus. 

$10.00 

Weekly periodical, published from 1832 to 1837. The lead article in this issue is titled, “Isis 

Omnia, an Egyptian divinity; the Isa of India, and Grecian Ceres,” and the first page is illustrated 

with a full-page engraving of Isis. Other articles include “Christian Lady's Friend: Biography of 

Eve, the Mother of Mankind -- Part II” and a review of “Missionary Researches in Armenia.” 

“Published every Saturday,” stated. 

Removed from a bound volume; sewing holes present, leaves loose, lightly chipped at edges. 

Now in a Mylar folder. (9752) 

Church Missionary Society. The missionary register for MDCCCXXXII. London: Pr. by R. Watts 

for L.B. Seeley & Sons, 1832. 8vo. [4], 15, [1], 534, [20] pp.; 2 plts., 1 map. 

$100.00 

“Containing the principal transactions of the various institutions for propagating the Gospel: 

With the proceedings, at large, of the Church Missionary Society.” The two engraved plates depict 

the missionary settlement of Rangihoua in New Zealand and “Buddhu, the principal god 

worshipped in Ceylon.” Publisher's cloth, spine with printed paper label; cloth faded unevenly, with 

spots of staining, spine label darkened and rubbed. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate; 

back pastedown and free endpaper with pencilled notes. Scattered small pencilled emphasis marks. 

(19721) 


The BCP in HEBREW 

Church of England. Book of Common Prayer. Hebrew. The Book of Common Prayer, according 

to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Translated into Hebrew. London: Office 

of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, 1836. 8vo. [416] pp. 

$450.00 

• First edition of the BCP in Hebrew printed in England: Preceded by a partial translation done 

in Dublin (1829) for “the Christian Israelites” at Smyrna. This edition contains BCP upto the 

Psalter and was translated by C. Czerskier and revised by Alexander McCaul, M.S. Alexander, and 

J. C. Reichart. 

Artifact of the 19th-century flourishing of missionary activities targeted at Jews. The London 

Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews (also known at the time as the “London Jews' 

Society,” and still active today as the Church's Ministry among Jewish People) was the first group 

dedicated solely to Jewish conversion; founded in 1809 by Joseph Samuel C.F. Frey, it garnered 

a great deal of financial and popular support, including the patronage of the Duke of Kent. 

Most uncommon: We locate only 6 American library copies, one of which has been 

deaccessioned. 

• Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 51.3. Contemporary sheep, title giltstamped 

on the spine; rubbed and abraded, spine leather chipped at head, much of bottom portion 

of spine also chipped away. Front free endpaper chipped at top edge, rear free endpaper with 

shallow tear. Small chip out of fore-margin of prefatory page, not costing any text. Ex-library with 

call number on pencilled on verso of title-page, bookplate, but no other markings. (18779) 

Clark, John A., ed. Christian keepsake and missionary annual. 1840. 1840. Philadelphia: William 

Marshall & Co., 1840. 8vo. Engr. t.-p., pp.; 8 plts. 

$85.00 

1840 edition, including Miss H.F. Gould's anti-Catholic poem, “The Nun.” 

Faxon 130. Publisher's leather in imitation of morocco, covers blind-stamped and with central 

gilt-stamped angels, spine gilt extra; extremities and portions of the spine rubbed. Endpapers with 

offsetting; front free endpaper with early inked ownership inscription. Pages lightly age-toned, 

with some offsetting around plates. (12980) 

Clarke, Henry Steele. The first danger: A discourse before the General Assembly of the 

Presbyterian Church, by appointment at their meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1859. 

Philadelphia: Board of Domestic Missions, 1859. Small 8vo (22 cm). 31 pp. 

$15.00 

Clarke (1818-64) was pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. On lacks of 

knowledge, but along the way, a seriously biased discourse against Catholics and definitely filled 

with the horrific rhetoric of the Nativists! 

Removed from a nonce volume. Lacks the wrappers. Waterstained. Fair condition only. (12201) 

THE VEDA Considered . . . 

A conversation on the Veda. Madras: Religious Tract and Book Society, printed at the American 

mission Press, 1864. 12mo. 10 pp. 

$82.50 

• Third edition; text entirely in Tamil. In Madras Religious Tract and Book Society's “General 

Series” as its publication number 83. 

• Front wrapper present, lacking rear one; removed from a bound volume. (15159) 

Cunow, Johann Gebhart. Memorial and petition of John G. Cunow, acting in behalf of the directors 

of the missionary concerns, of the Society of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. 

February 18, 1814. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington: Pr. by Roger 

C. Weightman, 1814. 8vo. 8 pp. 

$42.50 

Petition deals with Gen. Harrison's destruction of Indian settlements during the War of 1812. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 33297. Removed from a nonce volume; last leaf separating. (11920) 

First Editions — Bible History & Sacred Biography 

Cuoq, Jean-André. Aiamie tipadjimo8in masinaigan ka ojitogobanen kaiat ka niina8isi 

mekate8ikonaie8igobanen kanactageng, 8ak8i ena8indibanen. Moniang [Montreal]: John Lovell, 

1859. 12mo. 337, [3] pp. 

$1500.00 


• [bound with his] Ka titc tebeniminang Jezos, ondaje aking.... Moniang [Montreal]: John 

Lovell, 1861. 12mo. 396 pp. The first title in this volume is a history of the Old Testament and the 

second is a life of Jesus. Both are translated into the Nipissing dialect of Algonquin and both are 

first editions in Algonquin. 

Father Cuoq (1821–98) was an an extremely accomplished linguist as evidenced by his 

becoming fluent in both Algonquin and Iroquois; Field (Indian Bibliography, p. 93) writes glowingly 

of Cuoq's mastery of these languages. His life as a missionary of the Order of Sulpitians, notably 

among the Nipissing at Lake of Two Mountains, certainly aided in his achievement. Although 

there is nothing in the vows that the Sulpitians take requiring self-effacement, it is a characteristic 

of books published by members of the order that the author's name not appear on the title-page. 

A minor point, but an interesting factoid. 

• I: Pilling, Proof-sheets, 947; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer 

Collection, Nipissing-28 [giving author as Jean Claude Mathevet]; Field 389; Sabin 46820. II: 

Pilling, Proof-sheets, 949; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, 

Nipissing-30 [giving author as Jean Claude Mathevet]; Field 390; Sabin 46821. Contemporary half 

calf over marbled boards, worn at edges and along joints, spine abraded. All edges marbled in blue 

and orange. First title-page with two old library stamps, pages else very clean. (3318) 

By Fr. “Double Leaf/Fixed Star” 

Cuoq, Jean-André. Études philologiques sur quelques langues sauvages de l'Amérique. Par N.O. 

Montréal: Dawson Brothers, 1866. 8vo (24.5 cm, 9.6"). 160 pp. 

$825.00 

• Contained here are a critical examination of some philological works on New World languages 

by Schoolcraft and Duponceau, a study of the principles of the grammatical structures of 

Algonquian and Iroquois, and finally comparative lexicons of the Algonquian and Iroquoian 

languages based on McKensie, Duponceau, Schoolcraft, Catlin, and others. The initials N.O., 

adopted by Father Cuoq and appearing upon the title-pages of a number of his works, are the first 

letters of the names given him by the Indians among whom he lived — the first, Nij-kwe-natcanibic, 

being a Nipissing name meaning the beautiful double leaf; the second, Orakwanentakon, 

a Mohawk name meaning a fixed star. 

Father Cuoq (1821–98) was an extremely accomplished linguist as evidenced by his becoming 

fluent in both Algonquin and Iroquois; Field (Indian Bibliography, p. 93) writes glowingly of his 

mastery of these languages. His life as a missionary of the Order of Sulpitians, notably among the 

Nipissing at Lake of Two Mountains, certainly aided in his scholarly achievement. 

• Pilling, Algonquian, 100-101; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 952; Field 391; Newberry Library, Indian 

Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Algonkin-14; Sabin 17980. Not in Banks; not in 

Evans, Masinanhikan. Original printed green wrappers, spine reinforced some time ago, edges 

chipped. Half-title with pencilled annotations. First text page rubber-stamped by a now-defunct 

institution; pages otherwise clean. (17285) This appears not in the website’s “General Religion” 

catalogue, but in its “Dictionaries – Plus” gathering. 

Just WHOSE Mohawk IS This? — Plainsong for the Plains 

Cuoq, J.A. [?]; James Jacques Fremin [?]. Kaiatonsera teieriwakwatha onkweonweneha. Tsini 

kahaseres Iokarenre oni, nok tsi naionthkaristiotasi, eso ni nikarennake aiontste niakoriwiioston 

ononsatokentike nok aknonskon. Akwesasne karennaroron. Tiohtiake [Montreal]: 

Tehonaristorarakon E. Senekar nok Roienha, 1890. 12mo (18 cm, 7.1"). 420 pp., [1] f., 10 pp. 

$850.00 

• Various sources have different opinions as to what name to associate with this Catholic 

liturgical work. For example, Hector Bertrand (S.J.) says it was translated into Mohawk by Father 

James Fremin, S.J., resident pastor to the Seneca Indians at Totiakton at Rochester Junction, 

1668–69. Other sources attribute the work to J. A. Cuoq, and one source introduces the name 

Moïse Mainville. The music is in plainsong notation. 

• Banks, 112; not in Evans. Publisher’s pebbled cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt; 

spine and board edges sunned, with cloth pulled over head of spine. Pages slightly age-toned, 

otherwise clean. 

Downie, D. Bible revision among the Telugus; a reply to “Correspondence with Burma” by the 

British & Foreign Bible Society. Ramapatam: Pr. at the American Baptist Mission Press, 1891. 

8vo. 12 pp. 

$100.00 


Controversy concerning a revision by the Baptists of the Telugu New Testament published by 

the Bible Society. 

Removed from a nonce volume and resewn; inner edge a little irregular. Shallow chipping at 

lower outer corners. Title-page slightly darkened along outer edge. Pencilled numeral at top right 

corner of title-page. (20286) 

“Lived amongst the Hindoos as One of Themselves” 

Dubois, Jean Antoine. Description of the character, manners, and customs of the people of India; 

and of their institutions, religious and civil ... translated from the French manuscript. London: 

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1817. 4to (28 cm, 11"). xxvii, [1], 565, [3] pp. 

$950.00 

• Uncommon first English-language edition of Dubois’s Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des 

peuples de l'Inde. In 1792 the Abbé Dubois escaped the French Revolution by going on a mission 

to India. As part of his efforts to convert the Hindus to Catholicism, he spent a great deal of time 

studying the caste system and adopted native clothing and customs; in recounting his observations 

of Indian culture, religion, and literature, he here provides what was at the time considered “the 

most comprehensive and minute account extant, in any European language, of the Manners of the 

Hindoos” (according to Sir James Mackintosh, quoted in the preface). 

There is much on the condition of women, and there are eight-plus pages on “Magic . . . in use 

among the Hindus.” 

• NSTC 2D20846; Allibone 525; Graesse 438; Lowndes 680. Contemporary half morocco and 

marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title and gilt-decorated raised bands; corners 

and edges rubbed, paper faded and a bit worn, spine with small scuffed area from a now-absent 

label. Dedication page with small stain and with inked numeral; the book’s nicely laid out, widemargined 

pages are otherwise clean. (20281) 

Culture & Commerce CONNECTED — 1846 

Eclectikwn, Eis. Language in relation to commerce, missions, and government. England's 

ascendancy, and the world's destiny. Submitted to the consideration of merchants, statesmen and 

philanthropists. England's ascendancy, and the world's destiny. Submitted to the consideration 

of merchants, statesmen and philanthropists. Manchester: A. Burgess & Co., 1846. 12mo. 23, [1] 

pp. 

$125.00 

• Very uncommon sole edition: Cultural dominance is here proposed as a means of improving 

British commerce with India and China. The author suggests that the joys of Christianity and 

English literature will enable merchants to pursue free trade without military assistance, 

apparently with the goal of persuading the reader that missionary societies promoting Englishlanguage 

printing operations should be supported with financial contributions. 

• NSTC 2L4183; not in Goldsmiths'-Kress. Removed from a nonce volume and now in a Mylar 

folder. Pages clean. (10991) 

Eddy, Lyman A. The balm of Gilead: a sermon delivered before the Oneida Conference Missionary 

Society, at Utica, July 29, 1852, by Lyman A. Eddy. Auburn: Northern Christian Advocate Office 

(Wm J. Moses, printer), 1852. 8vo. 24 pp. 

$35.00 

Sermon examining the reasons for the slow spread of Christianity throughout the world. Rev. 

Eddy seeks a revival of the missionary spirit in the Church. 

Removed from a nonce volume. Light stains on top and inner margins of title-page. Light fold 

mark down center of pamphlet. Very good condition. (19957) 

Edwards, B[ela] B[ates]. Memoir of the Rev. Elias Cornelius. By B. B. Edwards. By B. B. Edwards. 

Boston: Perkins, Marvin, & Co.; Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1834. 12mo. [2 (blank)], frontis., [2], 

(iii)-viii, [4 (2 blank)], 13-360 pp. 

$92.50 

Second edition, stated. First edition of this memoir was published in 1833. Bela Bates Edwards 

compiled this “memoir” from Elias Cornelius's private papers and other writings. After graduating 

from Yale in 1813, Elias Cornelius (1794-1832) served as a missionary among the Cherokee and 

Chickasaw Indians and spent much of his life raising funds to support Indian missions. He also 

served as a pastor at the Tabernacle Church in Salem, Mass., and as Secretary of the American 

Education Society. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Rev. Elias Cornelius. 


Provenance: Ownership signature of Asher Bliss on front endpaper. Gift inscription on front 

fly-leaf: “Presented to Porter Cornelius Bliss[.] Dec. 28th 1850, a birth day present by his father 

Asher Bliss. Search and prove all things. Follow that only which is good.” Asher Bliss (1801-1888) 

was an ordained minister and commissioned as a missionary by the Congregational Church. He 

worked for a number of years with the Seneca Indians. His son, Porter C. Bliss (1838-1885) was 

a notable journalist and served as a secretary to the U.S. ministers of Brazil and Paraguay, and 

as an official historiographer of Paraguay. With frontispiece portrait and protective tissue guard. 

Publisher's full green cloth, with printed paper spine label. Covers lightly rubbed. Light foxing, 

limited mostly to margins. (5004) 

Ellis, William. Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis, wife of William Ellis ... including notices of 

heathen society, of the details of missionary life, and the remarkable display of divine goodness 

in severe and protracted afflictions. Boston: Crocker & Brewster; New York: Leavitt, Lord, & Co., 

1836. 12mo. Frontis., 286 pp. 

$125.00 

First U.S. edition. Contains approximately 60 pages on Hawaii. This American edition has an 

added essay on marriage of female missionaries, in course of which Anderson refers several times 

to Hawaiian missions. 

Hawaiian National Bibliography, II, 994; Hill, Pacific Voyages, 535 . 20th-century library 

buckram, spine with stamped title and call number label. Lower edges with ownership stamp; titlepage 

reverse with pencilled numerals and private ownership stamp. Light foxing, slightly heavier 

to frontispiece and title-page. (19499) 

Episcopal Church. Mission hymnal as adopted by the general convention at Cincinnati in the year 

of our Lord 1910. Chicago & New York: Biglow & Main, [copyright 1911]. 12mo. 176 pp. 

$22.50 

Publisher's red cloth, showing a little wear. Inner hinges weak. (3592) 

A BCP in Mandarin — A Remarkable 

Survivor/Fragment 

Episcopal Church. Book of Common Prayer. Chinese. 1872. Book of Common Prayer, translated 

into Mandarin, by the Rev. J. S. Burdon and the Rev. S. I. J. Schereschewsky. Peking: Pr. at the 

American Mission Press, 1872. 8vo (27 cm). 1, 2, 139 double leaves. 

$1500.00 

• Vol. I of 3 of the First printing of the Book of Common Prayer in Mandarin. Very rare. The 

translators were two of the most important missionary-linguists in China during the last half of 

the 19th century. 

Complete copies are rare: We trace only those at the British Library and the New York Public. 

• Griffiths, Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer, 18-4. Fine copy, stitched as issued 

in tan paper covers; paper labels on front covers, lettered in black in Chinese characters. A little 

light spotting or foxing. Call number pencilled on verso of third leaf. (10847) 

Fay, Warren. The obligations of Christians to the heathen world. A sermon delivered at the Old 

South Church in Boston, before the Auxiliary Foreign Mission Society of Boston and vicinity, at 

their annual meeting, January 3, 1825. Boston: Pr. by Crocker and Brewster , 1825. Small 8vo (24 

cm). 40 pp. 

$20.00 

Fay (1784-1864), pastor of the First Church in Charlestown, Mass., talks generally about 

missions and their aims. Pages [31]-40 contain: “Thirteenth anniversary of the Auxiliary Society 

of Boston & vicinity,” “Constitution of the Society,” “Officers ... ,” “Report of the Secretary,” and 

“Treasurer's statement.” 

Shaw & Shoemaker 20496. Removed from a nonce volume. Lacks the wrappers. Some agetoning. 

Good copy. (12204) 

Flint, Timothy. Recollections of the last ten years, passed in occasional residences and journeyings 

in the valley of the Mississippi from Pittsburgh and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from 

Florida to the Spanish frontier; in a series of letters to the Rev. James Flint, of Salem, 

Massachysetts. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co., 1826. 8vo. 395, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$200.00 


Account of the travels and work of this Calvinist missionary with both whites and aboriginal 

Americans in the Mississippi valley. The author was “principal of the seminary in Rapide, 

Louisiana.” A Howes “aa” book. 

Shoemaker 24553; Howes F 204. Good. Library cloth over boards, spine gilt-lettered. Some 

abrading of cloth at ends of spine. Bookplate from a now-defunct library on the front pastedown, 

charge pocket on rear free endpaper, and pressure-stamps on covers. Front free endpaper lacking. 

Pages with scattered staining, partially obscuring letters in some places without loss of sense; 

some chipping in the in the margins, not affecting text. (2521) 

NC “Sketches” — A Presentation Copy 

Foote, William Henry. Sketches of North Carolina, historical and biographical, illustrative of the 

principles of a portion of her early settlers. New York: Robert Carter, 1846. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 

[4], [ix]–557, [9 (adv.)] pp. 

$400.00 

• First edition: Spirited and patriotic depiction of North Carolina's history, character, and 

religious development, focusing on the Scotch-Irish and Presbyterian settlements in that state. 

The Rev. Foote was a Connecticut-born Presbyterian pastor who settled in Hampshire County, 

(now West) Virginia; his experiences as Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions in Virginia and 

North Carolina provided him with a great deal of information for both the present volume and his 

Sketches of Virginia. 

Presentation copy: Front fly-leaf with inked inscription reading “Dr. A. Neander — with the 

respects of the Author.” 

Signed binding: Back cover blind-stamped “S. Middlebrook Binder N. York.” 

• Howes F240; Sabin 25028. Publisher's blind-stamped black cloth, spine with gilt-stamped 

title and arabesque decorations; sides a bit scuffed, cloth chipped in spots on spine and edges. 

Front pastedown with private collector's 19th-century bookplate, front fly-leaf with presentation 

inscription as above, first few leaves with institutional pressure stamps. Back fly-leaf with 

contemporary inked and pencilled annotations. One small area of staining carrying through about 

five leaves, last few leaves lightly foxed, pages otherwise clean. (19181) 

Francisco, de Ajofrín, fray. Carta familiar de un sacerdote, respuesta a un colegial amigo suyo, 

en que le dà cuenta de la admirable conquista espiritual del vasto imperio del gran Thibèt, y la 

mission que los padres Capuchinos tienen alli, con sus singulares progressos hasta el present. 

Dase tambien una noticia succinta de la fundacion de esta penitente seraphica familia; de los 

santos que la ilustran, cardenales, arzobispos; de su observancia, y austeridad, missiones que tiene 

en todo orbe, provincias, conventos, y religiosos en que se halla propagada, con orras noticias 

historico-eclesiasticas. Mexico: En la imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1765. Small 4to. 

Frontis., [2] ff., 48 pp. 

$4000.00 

A remarkable book, demonstrating how small the world had already become in the 18th 

century. Mexico in 1765 seems an unlikely place for a discussion of Tibetan missions, but here 

is an elaborate report on the Capuchian missions in Tibet, published half way around the world in 

Mexico. It is possible that these reports came across the Pacific, or equally, that they came via 

Europe. In any case, a most exotic combination of topic and imprint. 

A special issue copy: Present here is an uncalled-for frontispiece. It is of four Capucin martyrs, 

is signed by the artist Navarro, is engraved on copper, and is printed au sanguine -- the color 

reserved for only the most special copies of 18th-century books. This frontis piece is not called for 

by Medina and is not present in any of the copies reported as held in the U.S. Medina, Mexico, 

4991; Palau 45600; Sabin 11098; Maggs, Bibliotheca Asiatica, 611. Full antique calf, spine gilt, 

leather label. Slight worming to late leaves, repaired with tape in an inoffensive fashion. Overall 

a good copy. (12725) 

17th-Century Spanish America from an Englishman’s Perspective 

Gage, Thomas. Manuscript on paper, in English. [A portion of his “New Survey of the West 

Indies”]. Philadelphia?: mid 19th-century . 8vo (18.8 cm, 7.375"). [3 (blank)], [81], [1 (blank)] ff. . 

$250.00 

• Manuscript copy by an unknown hand of a portion of _New Survey of the West Indies_ by 

Thomas Gage (d. 1656). Gage was an English Dominican who served in Spanish America, later 

abjuring the Catholic Church and returning to England. In his work he gives insights into the 

Spanish colonies, whose internal life had theretofore been a mystery to most Englishman: Among 

other matters, the portion presented in this manuscript discusses the tensions between those 


colonists born in Spain and those born in the New World, the various religious orders working as 

missionaries in Spanish America, a description of some of Gage's travels, and a partial account of 

Cortés' conquest. 

• On Gage, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XX, 353–55. Recent marbled paper over 

light boards. Second and third blank leaves pasted together. Some light soiling, and some 

chipping and tears without apparent loss of text. Rubber-stamps from a now-defunct library. 

The paper here is decidedly blue; the hand is very readable. (10943) 

Gálvez, José de; & Juan Crespí. Dos cartas sobre California del siglo XVIII. México: Vargas Rea, 

1946. Small 8vo. 33 pp., . 

$90.00 

Gálvez (1720--87) and Crespí (1721--82) address matters relating to the native peoples of 

California, missions, and travel in that region. Issued as part of the series: Biblioteca Aportación 

histórica. Limited to 100 copies. 

Publisher's wrappers. (14647) 

“God’s Tenth” 

God's tenth. Madras: printed at the American mission Press, for the Madras Religious Tract and 

Book Society, 1865. 12mo (13.5 cm; 5.5"). 12 pp. 

$75.00 

• Entirely in Tamil. In Madras Religious Tract and Book Society's “General Series” as its 

publication number 28. 

• Without the wrappers; clearly removed from a bound volume. (15156) This appears not 

in the website’s “General Religion” catalogue, but in its “India” gathering. 

“God’s Way of Removing Sin” 

[wrapper- and drop-title] God's way of removing sin. [Madras: printed at the American mission 

Press, 1858?]. 12mo (13.5 cm; 5.5"). 24 pp. 

$100.00 

• Entirely in Tamil. Signed at end: “S. R., Free Church Mission.” 

• Lacks the rear wrapper; clearly removed from a bound volume; some pages starting to loosen. 

(15157) 

Griffin, Edward D. The claims of seamen. A sermon, preached November 7, 1819, in the Brick 

Church, New York, for the benefit of the Marine Missionary Society of that city. New York: Pr. by 

J. Seymour, 1819. 8vo. 22 pp., [1] f. 

$20.00 

Shaw & Shoemaker 48117. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned with a few small 

spots of staining. (9759) 

Griffin, Edward D. Foreign missions. A sermon preached May 9, 1819, at the anniversary of the 

United Foreign Missionary Society, in the Garden-Street Church, New York. New York: Pr. by J. 

Seymour, 1819. 8vo. 27, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$40.00 

Shaw & Shoemaker 48118. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned. (9758) 

Griffin, Edward Dorr. Sermon preached September, 14, 1826, before the American Board of 

Missions, at Middletown, Connecticut. Middletown: Pr. by E. & H. Clark, 1826. Tall 12mo. 28, [1] 

pp. 

$20.00 

First edition. 

Shoemaker 24751. Removed from a nonce volume and now housed in a Mylar envelope. Very 

Good condition. (9027) 

The Orinoco Illustrated 

Gumilla, Joseph. Historia natural, civil y geografica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio 

Orinoco .... nueva impresion... Barcelona: Carlos Gibert y Tutó, 1791. 4to (21 cm, 8.25"). 2 vols. 

I: xvi, 360 pp.; 1 fold. map, 5 plts. II: [4], 352 pp. (pp. 65–72 lacking); 2 plts. 

$900.00 

• Revised edition of El Orinoco ilustrado, originally published in 1741; the first volume was 

corrected by P. Ignacio Obregón and the second by Antonio Juglá y Font. The interactions of the 


Jesuits with the Native Americans along the Orinoco River are here described by Gumilla, a Jesuit 

missionary who travelled through the region and who was much interested in the ethnology and 

natural history of the areas he was evangelizing. Sabin quotes Alcedo on this work: “At the time 

it was published, the good father was supposed to have availed himself of the traveller’s privilege; 

but later discoveries have proved the truth of his assertions, and his work has received the credit 

to which it is entitled.” 

Sabin calls for nine plates (including the map and portrait of the author), but the printed 

binder’s instructions call for only eight, as present here. 

• DeBacker-Sommervogel, III, 1948–50; Palau 111193; Sabin 29276. Recent quarter morocco 

with marbled paper–covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped title labels. Front fly-leaves with 

pencilled numerals and annotations, pages with a few other instances of small pencilled markings; 

title-page versos each institutionally rubber-stamped. Vol. I with staining to lower inner margins 

of first part, some scattered light spotting, one plate and last text page rubber-stamped. Vol. II 

lacking one signature (pp. 65–72 not bound in), with small early inked doodle of a fort in upper 

margin of first text page, rubber-stamp in lower margin of one page. A used set internally. 

(19534) 

Gutzlaff, Charles. Visit to the Chinese coast. New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1847–76]. 

16mo (14 cm, 5.5"). 16 pp.; illus. 

$47.50 

ATS Tract no. 25. An account of Rev. Gutzlaff's travels and missionary activities in Southern 

China. Illustrated with three engravings (one full-page) depicting a scene in a market, men casting 

nets from fishing boats, and worshippers inside a temple. 

Publisher's wrappers, a little splitting along the spine. Very good condition. (14275) 

Words from theGreat- GREAT- “Nephew of GOD” Considered 

Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey. Testimony of the authenticity of the prophecies of Richard Brothers, 

and of his mission to recall the Jews. London: H.D. Symonds, 1795. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.8"). iv, 40 pp. 

$400.00 

• Brothers, a millennialist prophet who claimed to be a descendent of King David by way of 

Jesus's brother James, differed from other doomsday prophets in the political orientation of his 

foretellings; here, his prophecies regarding the fates of various European monarchs and their 

countries are expounded upon by Halhed, a member of Parliament and an ardent supporter of 

Brothers's. The piece first appeared in 1795, and this example seems to be an early issue with a 

cancel title-page, printed on wove paper. 

• ESTC T49996. Paper wrappers, front wrapper with inked title, small numerical stamp. Page 

edges untrimmed. Title-page with inked ownership inscription in upper margin; pages with a few 

small spots but mostly clean. (6187) 

“Come to Jesus” 

Hall, Newman. Come to Jesus. Madras: Religious Tract and Book Society, printed at the American 

mission Press, 1864. 12mo. 64 pp. 

$100.00 

• Text entirely in Tamil; unillustrated. Apparently a production of the “South Travancore 

Tamil Tract and Book Society.” 

• Front wrapper present, lacking rear one; removed from a bound volume. (15158) 

It really DOES amount to “a succinct versification of the Bible” 

Hartwell, Jesse. The wars of Michael and the dragon: Or a succinct versification of the Bible: To 

which is prefixed a birth-day poem. Painesville (Ohio): Charles B. Smythe, 1845. 8vo (16.5 cm, 

6.5"). 160 pp. 

$250.00 

• Sole edition of this vigorous, readable and indeed engaging verse rendition of the Old and 

New Testaments, written by a Baptist missionary who had travelled “about seventy thousand 

miles in the United States and in Canada . . . ranging the field of the world to proclaim the gospel” 

(p. 3). Based on it, Mr. Hartwell must have been quite a lively preacher! 

• Contemporary quarter straight-grained roan with textured cloth–covered sides, spine with 

gilt-stamped bands and title. Worn, and back joint starting; front free endpaper with pencilled 

notations. Moderate foxing and staining, mostly to first half of volume. Safe for reading and 

worth reading. (7552) 


Heber, Amelia Shipley. Life of Reginald Heber, D.D. Bishop of Calcutta. Hartford: Belknap & 

Hamersley, 1836. 12mo. [2], [7]-130 pp. 

$35.00 

Early edition, following the first of 1829. 

American Imprints (1836) 37970. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper-covered 

sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding rubbed and worn, spine with paper label. Front free 

endpaper excised; front pastedown with paper adhesions and institutional rubber-stamp. Title-page 

and back free endpaper with faint pencilled ownership inscriptions. (20300) 

Hening, Mrs. E.F. History of the African mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 

States, with memoirs of deceased missionaries, and notices of native customs. New York: Stanford 

& Swords, 1850. 12mo. xii, [13]-300 pp.; 1 fold. map. 

$250.00 

“The object of the writer ... has been, to present ... the leading historical facts of the mission 

of the Protestant Episcopal church in western Africa.” - Pref. First edition, with copyright date 

1849. Library Company, Afro-Americana, 4726. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine with giltstamped 

title; spine and board edges sunned, cloth torn (repaired) and chipped at spine, spine with 

call number label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, title-page and map each with 

rubber stamp, back free endpaper with circulation slip. Map and a few other leaves lightly foxed. 

(19500) 

Hines, Gustavus. Life on the plains of the Pacific. Oregon: its history, condition and prospects: 

containing a description of the geography, climate and productions with personal adventures 

among the Indians during a residence of the author on the plains bordering the Pacific while 

connected with the Oregon Mission: embracing extended notes of voyage around the world. 

Buffalo: Geo. H. Derby and Co., 1851. 8vo. Frontis., viii, (9)–437, [1] pp. 

$110.00 

“Hines arrived in Oregon in 1840 and his narrative is useful on the early period” (Howes). An 

earlier edition was published under the title, “A voyage round the world; with a history of the 

Oregon mission” (Buffalo, 1850). Later editions published under different titles. Publisher's ad on 

final page. Howes H505; Sabin 31953. Library quarter cloth over marbled paper boards, spine 

with paper shelving label, front and back covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct library. Titlepage 

and several other pages rubber-stamped. Pages generally clean and free of chipping. (8268) 

Högström, Pehr. M. Petr. Höchströms Missionarii und Pastoris in Galliwarn Beschreibung von 

dem unter Schwedischer Crone gehörigen Lappland, in sich fassend einen kurtzen Ünterricht 

sowohl von des Landes Beschaffenheit überhaupt, als aüch von dem Züstande der Einwöhner, 

ihrer Haushaltung, Sitten, Manieren, Lebensart, Lastern ünd Aberglaüben .... Stockholm & 

Leipzig: Beij Johann Friedrich Lochner, 1748. 8vo (17.7 cm, 7"). Engr. t.-p. (double-page), 328 pp.; 

1 fold. map, 1 fold. plt. 

$1500.00 

First edition: German rendition of “Beskrifning öfwer de til Sweriges krona lydande 

Lapmarker,” originally published in Stockholm in the preceding year. The translation of this 

important, early account of travel to the Arctic and life above the Arctic Circle was done by 

Templin. 

Printed in black-letter, the volume is illustrated with an oversized, folding map of Lapland and 

a folding plate of Laplanders at work and at play, in addition to the double-page engraved title. 

Scarce: Searches of OCLC and RLIN show only two U.S. locations, one of which has been 

deaccessioned. 

Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of a 19th-century collector; front fly-leaf with 

inked ownership inscription dated 1770; title-page with early inscription of J.H. Gronau. 

Contemporary half calf over paper-covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and 

gilt-stamped decorations in compartments; leather worn, paper discolored, one spine compartment 

with dark adhesion now chipping. All edges marbled. First text page with inked numeral in lower 

margin. Free endpapers excised, with offsetting from turn-ins to edges of front and back flyleaves; 

back fly-leaf with corners torn away. Engraved title-page, map, and plate browned. (19000) 

Horne, Melvill. Collection of letters relative to foreign missions; containing several of Melvill 

Horne's “Letters on Missions,” and interesting communications from foreign missionaries.... 

Andover [Mass.]: Pr. by Galen Ware, 1810. 12mo. [1] f., 154 pp. 

$60.00 


Shaw & Shoemaker 19803. Removed from a nonce volume; stitched. Some light foxing and 

spotting; rubber-stamps, including one on title-page. (10256) 

“All Flesh Is Grass” (She Died at 23) 

Howe, John Moffat. Memoir of Mrs. Mary Howe, of the city of New-York. Containing selections 

from her letters and diary. New York: G. Lane & P.P. Sandford (pr. by James Collord), 1843. 8vo 

(15.2 cm, 6"). 282, [4 (adv.)] pp. 

$175.00 

• First edition. Biography of Mary Mason Howe, a dedicated Methodist and daughter of Mary 

Morgan Mason (one of the founders of the New York Female Missionary Society) 

• Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, spine decoratively gilt-stamped; sides and extremities lightly 

worn, front cover with small area of discoloration from a now-absent label, spine gilt attractively 

oxidized. Front pastedown and title-page verso with old institutional rubber-stamp, dedication page 

with stamped numeral in lower margin, rear free endpaper with remnant of date slip; ex-library 

but not abused during that era. Front free endpaper with pencilled ownership inscription. Light 

foxing. (20295) 

For the INGALIK 

Jetté, Jules. Canotlé Rannaga Kelékak. Délochét Roka. Winnipeg: Free Press no-rodeneletekteyar, 

1904. 8vo (14.4 cm, 5.6"). 54 pp. 

$475.00 

• Roman Catholic prayer book for the Ingalik Indians in the Ten’as language (Athabascan), 

containing prayers, hymns, and a catechism. The Ingalik inhabited the middle part of the Yukon 

River Valley, Alaska. 

• Cf. Wickersham, 1050, for another title by Jetté with the same imprint. Not in Evans; not in 

Banks. Original stiff cloth wrappers. Pages very slightly age-toned, otherwise fine. 

Johnson, Evan M. [drop-title] Missionary fanaticism opposed to Christian zeal. A discourse, 

delivered in St. John's Church, Brooklyn, February 24th, 1839, the festival of St. Matthias. [New 

York]: [Louis Sherman at the Protestant Episcopal Press], [1839]. 8vo. 16 pp. 

$17.50 

An appeal to restraint and reason in the booming business of missionary funding and support. 

Good. Removed from a nonce volume; without the wrappers. Scattered light staining and some 

pencil underlining and sidelining. (458) 

Kauder, Christian. Sapeoig oigatigen tan tetli gômgoetjoigasigel...manual of prayers, instructions, 

psalms & hymns in Micmac ideograms. Ristigouche, Quebec: The Micmac Messenger, 1921. 16mo 

(18 cm, 7.125"). 456 pp. (pp.i–xii never bound in). 

$250.00 

* First published in 1866, this manual of prayers in Micmac ideograms, containing a 

catechism, excerpts from the breviary and missal, and prayers for various occasions, served the 

tribe for many years in absence of a priest. It was first printed at Vienna in 1866, and this new 

edition reproduces in facsimile the Micmac text of the original, with the addition of a title-page and 

titles in English and French. Fr. Kauder was a Luxembourger priest who worked for 10 years as 

a missionary among the Micmac in eastern Canada. Publisher's yellow-brown cloth with simply 

gilt-lettered spine, to which one stain and general light soiling. All edges red. Internally clean. 

(8875) 

Keep, John. Nature and operations of Christian benevolence. A sermon, delivered Oct. 21, 1818, 

before the directors of the Domestic Missionary Society of Massachusetts Proper, at their first 

meeting in Northampton. A sermon, delivered Oct. 21, 1818, before the directors of the Domestic 

Missionary Society of Massachusetts Proper, at their first meeting in Northampton. Northampton 

[Mass.]: Pr. by Thomas W. Shepard & Co., 1818. 8vo. 24 pp. 

$55.00 

Author's presentation inscription on title-page, slightly shaved by binder's trimming. Keep was 

pastor of the church in Blandford, Mass. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 44498. Removed from a nonce volume. Light browning. A few shallow 

tears and some shallow chipping: not affecting impression. (10151) 


The Pacific Rim, 1811/(1812) — Exposé Statistique 

La Bissachère, Pierre Jacques Lemonnier de. État actuel du Tunkin, de la Cochinchine, et des 

royaumes de Camboge, Laos et Lac-Tho. Paris: Galignani, 1812. 8vo (21 cm). 2 vols. I: [4], ii, 325, 

[1] pp. II: [4], 342, [2] pp. 

$3250.00 

• First published in 1811 under the title Exposé statistique du Tunkin, de la Cochinchine, du 

Camboge, du Tsiampa, du Laos, du Lac-Tho, this is a well-respected travel account with important 

descriptions of Indochina, Tonkin, and Cochin China at the beginning of the 19th century. This 

is the second edition. 

The author was a French missionary (1764–1830) who arrived in Southeast Asia in 1790, 

settled in Tonkin, and remained there for 17 years. He was highly successful, converting over 

7000 locals to Catholicism and overseeing the establishment or operation of no fewer than 37 

churches. Of course the local political situation could and did prove volatile at times and in 1795, 

he was forced to flee into the jungle. Persecutions reached a new high in 1798 and he again had 

to flee for safety. 

Scarce: Via OCLC, RLIN, & NUC Pre-1956 we trace six copies in U.S. libraries, of which this 

is one of those six, recently deaccessioned. 

• Quérard, Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 478. 19th-century German black mottled 

paper over light boards, spine with inked paper title labels; binding rubbed, title labels browned. 

All edges speckled black. Ex-library: paper label with call number (now inked out) on spines, 

pasted over another call number; library bookplate on front pastedowns. Pages generally clean 

with occasional small brown spots. Pp. 162–64 of. vol. I with tear in the top margin, not touching 

text. Remnants of paper adhered to vol. II, p. 1, partially obscuring individual letters without loss 

of sense. A few instances of inked notations in the margins or on endpapers. Withal clean and 

sound for use. (11352) 

La Croze, Maturin Veyssiere. Histoire du Christianisme d’Ethiopie, et d’Armenie. La Haie 

[Hague]: La Veuve Le Vier, & P. Paupie, 1739. Small 8vo. Frontis., [14], 402 pp. 

$195.00 

Original edition. La Croze (1661-1739) here surveys the Catholic Church and its missionary 

activities in Ethiopia and Armenia, and also discusses monophysites. The work begins with a 

handsome engraved frontispiece and a title-page in black and red and comes from the press of a 

woman printer. Contemporary sheep, plain sides, gilt spine; binding rubbed and leather of top two 

spine compartments missing. Ex-library with one spine panel darkened so as to allow a call 

number to be applied; bookplate; call number in pencil on verso of title-page. No other markings. 

A decent copy, but a great one. (19699) 

Lafon, Thomas. The great obstruction to the conversion of souls at home and abroad. New York: 

Union Missionary Society (S. W. Benedict & Co, printer), 1843. 8vo. 23 pp. 

$60.00 

Lafon presents his views on the stumbling blocks to the missionary work of the Church, what 

he calls the three forms of heathenism: “Idolatry,” “Oprression,” and a mixture of both. He 

presents examples of these forms as they exist in various world cultures, from China and India to 

the Sandwich Islands. However, his main thrust is that the heathenism of Opression exists in the 

U.S., in the institution of slavery, with the support of the Church. On pp. 14–15 he states, “While 

the missionary is endeavoring to correct the ruin into which oppression has plunged his fellow man 

... how must his hear sink within him when he reflects that the same oppression which it is costing 

so much to remedy, exists in his own country, and in the very church under whose patronage he 

is laboring. ... Can the missionary feel his heart encouraged, and his hands strengthened, while 

he reflects upon this strange inconsistency and ruinous corruption in the Church?” 

Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing throughout. Fold mark down center. (16857) 

Latrobe, Christian Ignatius. Des evangelischen Predigers E.J. Latrobe Tagebuch einer Besuch- 

Reise nach Süd-Afrika in den Jahren 1815 und 1816; nebst einigen Nachrichten von den zur 

Mission der Brüder-Gemeine gehörigen Niederlassungen am Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung. Halle 

& Berlin: Buchhandlung der Hallischen Waisenhauses, 1820. 12mo. xvi, 398 pp. (lacks the colored 

frontis.). 

$850.00 

First edition in German of Latrobe's “Journal of a visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. 

With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good 


Hope.” This edition was not illustrated, unlike the English-language edition. The German is 

uncommon. 

Provenance: From the collection of 19th-century scholar Dr. Johann August Neander (1789- 

1850), a convert from Judaism who became a leading scholar of Christianity. 

19th-century half-calf, spine leather mostly missing. Ex-library with minimal markings: call 

number label on spine, bookplate. Without the hand-colored frontispiece. (13692) 

Lebrocquy, Auguste. Le fondateur des missions du Missouri central. Vie du R. P. Hélias 

D'Huddeghem de la Compagnie de Jésus. Gand: C. Poelman, 1878. 8vo. Frontis. port., [6], 324 pp. 

$45.00 

Contemporary quarter red leather over red cloth-covered sides, spine with gilt title. Covers 

holding by cords, most of spine chipped away, dark stains on back cover, boards exposed on 

corners and a little on edges. Ex-library, with bookplates on front endpapers. (15768) 

Loskiel, George Heinrich. Extempore on a wagon; a metrical narrative of a journey from 

Bethlehem, Pa., to the Indian town of Goshen, Ohio, in the Autumn of 1803, by George Henry 

Loskiel. Lancaster, PA: Samuel H. Zahm & Co., 1887. 8vo. Frontis., 45 pp. 

$295.00 

Limited to 200 copies. The first edition: Translated from the original German manuscript by 

J. Max Hark. Loskiel was an important Moravian missionary among the native populations of 

western Pennsylvania and Ohio and author of the “History of the mission of the United Brethren 

among the Indians in North America.” An interesting, fugitive, piece of Americana. 

Publisher's cloth, stamped in gold on front cover. Insignificant library marking in one gutter 

margin. A very good copy. (2714)\ 

United Brethren in North America 

The First Edition 

Loskiel, Georg Henrich. Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter den Indianern in 

Nordamerika. Barby: Zu finden in den Brüdergemein, & Leipzig: Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1789. 8vo 

(19.3 cm, 7.6"). [8] ff., 783, [1] pp. 

$1200.00 

• Important history of the early years of Moravian Church mission work targeting Native 

Americans in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and surrounding regions; Sabin refers to this account 

as the “best authority, both as to tradition and facts” on the Moravian efforts in the region from 

1735 through 1787. Before recounting the mission's history, the author describes the customs, 

languages, and beliefs of various tribes, along with the flora and fauna prevalent in their 

territories. A great deal of Loskiel's information is taken from the accounts of Bishop Augustus 

Gottlieb Spangenberg and David Zeisberger, the latter having served for over 40 years as a 

missionary in North America. 

This first edition does not include the map found in the later English translation; the six lines 

of errata (rather than a full page) at the back mark the present copy as an example of the first 

issue. 

• Howes, U.S.iana, L474; Pilling, Algonquian, 317; Sabin 42109; Vail 795. Early 19th-century 

German paper-covered boards, much worn and abraded, slightly cocked, spine with remnants of 

paper shelving label. Some corners dog-eared; scattered small spots of foxing, otherwise internally 

clean. (6141) 

The Above . . . Done Into ENGLISH 

Loskiel, George Henry. History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North 

America. In three parts.... Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius la Trobe. London: 

Pr. for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel by John Stockdale, 1794. 8vo (20.4 

cm, 8"). xii, 159, [1 (blank)], 234, [2 (blank)], 233, [1 (blank)], [22 (index and advertisement)] pp. 

(lacking map). 

$725.00 

• First English translation of Loskiel's highly informative account of missionary activities 

among Native American tribes “to the west of New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia” (p. 2), dating between 1735 and 1787. 

Before recounting the mission's history, the author describes the customs, languages, and beliefs 

of various tribes, along with the flora and fauna prevalent in their territories. 

A great deal of Loskiel's information is taken from the accounts of Bishop Augustus Gottlieb 

Spangenberg and David Zeisberger, the latter having served for over 40 years as a missionary in 


North America. Howes notes that the English edition “omits naming some former antagonists who 

had later become friendly.” 

• Howes, U.S.iana, L474; Field 952; Sabin 42110; ESTC T88588(electronic, accessed June 

2000). Recently handsomely rebound in quarter calf over marbled paper–covered boards; spine 

with four raised bands, gilt-stamped leather title label, gilt-stamped author's name and date, three 

compartments with gilt center devices. Map lacking, with leaf signed A reinforced at inner margin 

along removal; title-page with small hole, early inked ownership inscription. Some light pencilled 

marks, confined to the first section of the book; one instance of inked underlining and marginal 

comment (in response to the Gnadenhuetten massacre). Offsetting and scattered spots of foxing 

to first few pages (from now-absent map); a few other pages spotted. (3209) 

Lynch, William Francis. Narrative of the United States' expedition to the River Jordan and the 

Dead Sea, by W. F. Lynch, U.S.N., commander of the expedition. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 

1849. 8vo. Frontis., xx, [13]–508 pp.; 28 plts. (incl. frontis.) & 2 fold. maps. 

$250.00 

First edition. The expedition to explore the Dead Sea region, planned and led by Navy 

lieutenant W. F. Lynch (1801–65) from 1847–8, was one of several U.S. Navy-sponsored scientific 

missions in the 1830s and '40s. Soon after its completion, Lynch was granted permission by the 

Secretary of the Navy to publish this account. It was corrected in the following edition and 

reprinted numerous times. Illustrated with 28 engraved plates and two large folding maps. 

Sabin 42817. 19th- or early 20th-century library half morocco and marbled paper-covered 

boards, spine with white-lettered shelf number and gilt-stamped author and title in compartments. 

Covers rubbed; small loss of paper at edges of covers; leather spine with scratch marks. Private 

ownership signature and bookplate on front pastedown. Clipping from a bibliographic work affixed 

to front pastedown. Ex-library, with seminary library bookplate on front free endpaper; library 

charge slip, card, and pocket at back endpapers; ink number and a rubber-stamped date of receipt 

appear on verso of title-page. Maps torn (one with old tape repair), without loss. Foxed. (14338) 

Maillard, Antoine Simon. Le catechisme Micmac. Ristigouche, P.Q. [Quebec]: Freres mineurs 

capucins, [1921]. 8vo. 128, 32 pp.; illus. 

$40.00 

Reprint. Catholic catechism written almost entirely in Micmac (with occasional captions in 

French), begun in 1759 by Abbe Maillard and finished in 1900 by Pere Pacifique. Illustrated with 

in-text engravings. 

This issue is a reprint of the second edition (with the title-page labeled Deuxieme edition, giving 

a date of 1913) up to p. 112, after which comes a section entitled “Alasotmaganel” (rather than the 

“Gis Oen Melgitimg” of the 1913 printing), followed by the closing section “Gtapegiemgeoel” (the 

same in both printings); the publisher's binding gives a date of 1921 on the front cover. 

Publisher's quarter cloth with printed paper-covered sides; cloth and paper showing light wear. 

Some offsetting around binding staples; front pastedown with shelving number. (12614) 

He Sent the First Franciscans to the New World 

Maillard, Olivier. [incipit:] Mendis erutiis liber p[rae]dicationu[m] de adve[n]tu, fratr[is] Olliuerij 

Maillardi ordinis mi[n]or[um], i[n] eccl[es]ia s[a]ncti Joa[n]nis i[n] g[ra]uia parhisi[orum] 

declamatar[um], unacu[m] s[er]mo[n]ib[us] q[ua]dragesimalib[us] eiusde[m] fausto auspicio 

i[n]cipiu[n]t. [uniform title:] Sermones de Adventu, quadragesimales et Dominicales, et de peccati 

stipendio et gratie premio. Argentine: Per J. Knoblouch, 1506. 4to (210 mm; 8.25"). [6], ccclv 

(lacking initial 6 leaves and final leaf). 

$1000.00 

Sermons in Latin by this French Franciscan friar (ca. 1430–1502), Vicar General of the Order, 

and the man who gave permission in 1494 for the first “Observant” (i.e., “Reformed”) Franciscans 

to go to the New World as missionaries. As a preacher, Maillard was ranked among the best of 

his era, but it is also said that his Latin is macaronic. 

These Advent sermons are printed in double-column format in gothic type, with guide letters, 

none of which are accomplished. In this copy leaf V1 is a cancel. 

Binding: Contemporary quarter calf over wood boards, the boards exposed on covers. Leather 

embossed in blind with a two distinct rolls, including one of medallion heads. Spine compartments 

with blind-embossed Tudor roses. 

Searches of OCLC, RLIN, and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three copies in the U.S., this being one 

of them (properly deaccessioned). 


VD16 M241; Panzer IX–355. Binding lacks the clasps, upper and lower spine compartments 

show loss of leather; volume lacks first six leaves (including title-page) and final leaf with 

colophon. Scattered light spotting or dampstains. Despite noted lacks, a decent and atmospheric 

copy of a scarce early printed book. Now housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. (20369) 

Manning, Robert. A plain and rational account of the Catholic faith: or, The sum of a conference 

between three brothers, a Catholic, Protestant, and Presbyterian. By the Right Rev. Dr. James 

Sheil, Roman Catholic Bishop. To which is annexed, an appendix, proving that the Reformed 

Churches are destitute of any lawful ministry. Albany: Pr. by Ryer Schermerhorn, 1814. 8vo. viii, 

[9]–314, [6] pp. 

$250.00 

“First American edition, revised and corrected from the seventh Dublin edition,” stated on titlepage. 

Half-title: “A treatise shewing the only true religion;” title on spine: “Sheil's Treatise.” Includes 

a list of subscribers. Attributed to Robert Manning (d. 1731) and originally published as 

“Modern Controversy; or, a plain and rational Account of the Catholick Faith: in three parts,” in 

1720. The DNB has a list of works and a short blurb on Manning: “[He] was educated in the 

English College at Douay, and he was for some time professor of humanity and philosophy there. 

Afterwards he was sent to the English mission, and composed various controversial treatises, 

which, says Dodd, were ‘much esteemed by the learned on account of their easy flowing style.’ He 

appears to have been chaplain to Lord Petre, baron of Writtle, to whose family, as he remarks, he 

was indebted for all he possessed in this world.” 

Shaw & Shoemaker 32006; Parsons 477. Full contemporary sheep, spine gilt-lettered and 

inked in white with library shelving number; binding rubbed and abraded along edges and joints; 

small chip at head of spine. Ex-library, with rubber-stamp, and charge card, pocket, and slip inside. 

Signature of an early owner at back free endpaper. Variable foxing. (13578) 

Maria Cheeseman; or, the candy girl. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (copyright 

1855).. 12mo. Frontis., 158, 16 pp. 

$50.00 

With a preface by Rev. James W. Alexander. An orphaned girl who was born in England and 

emigrated to the U.S. with her mother, becomes a street vendor in New York , after the death of 

her mother. She is reunited with her grandparents by the efforts of the American Sunday School 

Union and its mission efforts. 

Publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind and front one with a gilt center device of an 

urn with flowers. Spine elaborately stamped in gold. All edges gilt. Binding worn; text with 

stains. A fair copy. (1816) 

[drop-title] Marks of a true religion. Madras: printed at the American mission Press, for the 

Madras Religious Tract and Book Society, 1864. 

$90.00 

Text entirely in Tamil. In Madras Religious Tract and Book Society's “General Series” as its 

publication number 16. 

Lacking wrappers; removed from a bound volume. (15161) 

“Relics of Père Marquette” — ILLINOIS 

Marquette, James. Facsimile of Père Marquette’s Illinois prayer book. It’s [sic] history by the 

owner Colonel J.L. Hubert Neilson, M.D. Quebec: Quebec Literary and Historical Society, 1908. 

Oblong 8vo (15.5 cm, 6.2"). [1 (blank)] f., [3]–12, [13], [3 (blank)] pp., 2 plts. (incl. 2 ports.), and [65] 

ff. of plts. (facsimile of prayer book, 2 pp. to 1 f., printed on 1 side). 

$175.00 

• Prayers in the Illinois dialect, and more — published in commemoration of the 300th 

anniversary of the founding of Quebec, 1 July 1608. Copy no. 183 of an edition limited to 300 

copies. 

• Original leather-backed cloth; joints splitting. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown, 

stamp on half-title, and admonitory slip addressed to readers on back free endpaper (“VOUS ETES 

EN RESPONSABLE”). Internally fine copy. 

Geography for Chinese Children 

Martin, William Alexander Parsons. Di li shü lin væn-koh kwu-kying z-tì yiu-tin kong-tsing. 

Nyingpo: s.n. [Mission Press], 1852. 8vo. 75 pp., [3] folded leaves of plates. 

$1875.00 


• The first of four parts of this juvenile geography, block printed on double leaves in romanized 

Ningbo colloquial dialect, with the title-page also in Chinese characters and bearing in the center 

a wood engraving of a teacher at a globe with three students looking on. Each chapter concludes 

with a series of study questions; the text is illustrated with three folding woodcut maps — one of 

a portion of China, and two world maps, each surveying approximately half of the globe. The first 

shows the area from the mid-Atlantic to the far Pacific, the other all of Europe, Africa, China, etc. 

An additional folding leaf bears a wood engraving (signed “JMH, del.”) of a train in the English 

countryside, a sternwheeler, and an English eating hall! 

The author (1827–1916) was a native of Indiana, a graduate of Indiana State University, and 

a Presbyterian missionary in China beginning in 1850 and later in Japan. He acted as interpreter 

for William B. Reed, the United States minister, in negotiating the treaty of 1858 with China. 

RARE. No library reports to OCLC or RLIN owning a complete set of all four parts. In fact, 

only Harvard and the library that deaccessioned this copy report owning any parts; Harvard owns 

parts two and three. 

Provenance: Author's presentation copy, with the front wrapper inscribed “Rev. E. W. Syle / 

fraternal regards of / Wm. P. Martin.” The Rev. Syle was a pioneer in the education of the blind 

in China and Japan. 

• Wylie, Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese, p. 204. Stitched in plain 

wrappers, as issued; now laid into a protective library binder. Front wrapper with inscription as 

described above. Pages very faintly age-toned, some creased; one map with split starting along 

fold. A rare production in a great association copy. (13854) 

Massachusetts. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. [drop-title] Memorial of 

the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of 

Massachusetts, praying that all treaty stipulations with the Indians within the United States may 

be faithfully observed, &c. Washington: 1831. 8vo. 10 pp. 

$45.00 

Opposes the removal of the Cherokees from their tribal lands. Addressed to Congress. 

Government document: 21st Congress, 2d Session. 50. 

Removed from a nonce volume; three holes in inner margin, not touching text. First page 

lightly foxed, and with a number inked at top margin by an early hand. (11956) 

Holy History & Christ’s Life, for 

the “Lake of Two Mountains” 

Mathevet, Jean-Claude. Ka titc Jezos Tebeniminang Ondaje Aking Enansinaikatek Masinaigan 

Ki Ojitogoban Kaiat Pejik Kanactageng Daje Mekatewikonaietc J. Cl. Mathevet Enawindibanen. 

Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ par J. Cl. Mathevet, Ancien missionnaire du Lac des Deux- 

Montagnes. Deuxième édition, revue avec soin. Montréal: J.M. Valois, Libraire-Éditeur, 1892 . 

12mo. xi, 384 pp. 

$400.00 

• The biographical notice on p. vii reads (in translation): “Jean-Claude Mathevet, born at St- 

Martin-de-Valamas, diocese of Viviers, in 1717, entered the Congregation of Saint-Sulpice when 

he was still very young. Having shown his superiors a great desire to work for the missions, he 

was sent to Canada in 1740. From that period until 1778 he was a missionary with the Indians 

of Lake of Two Mountains, where he rapidly learned the language, especially that of the 

Algonquians, of which he left a number of writings, which for the most part remained in 

Manuscript. Among his printed works the Histoire Sainte and his Life of Jesus [above] stand out. 

They were successively printed for the first time in 1860 and 1861.” 

• Cf. Banks, p. 147, Cf Pilling, Algonquian, p. 345, for first (1861) ed. Not in Evans. 

Publisher's cloth, with binder's title “Vie de Jésus en Algonquin”; cloth a bit wrinkled over spine 

and showing slight rubbing over corners, with signs of a now-absent shelf label on spine. Pages 

age-toned and a bit brittle as of the era, with sewing starting to loosen for some signatures. Back 

free endpaper with portion of upper margin torn and affixed to back pastedown. (14559) 

Meinicke, Karl Eduard. Die Südseevölker und das Christenthum, eine ethnographische 

Untersuchung. Prenzlau: F.W. Kalbersberg, 1844. 8vo. viii (lacking v/vi), 280 pp. 

$175.00 

Sole edition: Account of Catholic missions in Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, and other South Sea 

Islands, written by a German geographer particularly interested in Polynesia and Australia. 

Not in Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography; not in Hills, Pacific Voyages. 19th-century 

paper-covered boards, spine with inked paper label; binding rubbed and darkened, front cover with 


lined-through call number label. Author's forward leaf torn and separated, with central portion 

lacking; first contents page lacking. A few corners dog-eared. (19803) 

Miller, Hugh, the elder. The two parties in the Church of Scotland, exhibited as missionary and 

anti-missionary..... Second edition. Second edition. Edinburgh: [Pr. by Johnstone & Fairly for] John 

Johnstone, 1842. 8vo. 47, [1] pp. 

$45.00 

A defense of the Evangelical party in the Church of Scotland, including a defense of their 

missionary work in India and elsewhere. 

NSTC 2M28085, Imprint 2. Removed from a nonce volume. Some light soiling. (10698) 

Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity. The Holy Ghost. [Holy Trinity, Ala.: Missionary 

Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity, 1930–1]. 8vo. [352] pp.; illus. 

$100.00 

Contains 11 issues as follows: January to April, 1931; June to October, 1931; and November 

to December, 1930. Each issue is 32 pages. Official organ of the Missionary Servants of the Most 

Blessed Trinity. The name changed to Holy Ghost Messenger in the July 1931 issue. Scarce: 

OCLC records only one holding of another issue. 

Half leather over marbled paper boards, stamped with gilt rolls and lettering. Spine slightly 

cocked and pulled at head and foot, rear joint starting from head. Leather a little rubbed, with 

slight loss of leather and paper on edges. Bookplate of a seminary library on front pastedown, 

rubber-stamp on free endpapers. Ink numeral on first leaf and rear free endpaper. Library charge 

pocket and card on rear pastedown. Tiny chip to upper outer corners throughout. (17149) 

Moorehead, Henry Clay. Tan-go-ru-a. An historical drama. In prose. An historical drama. In prose. 

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1856. 12mo. 280, [32 (adv.)] pp. 

$125.00 

First U.S. edition: Drama set in Pennsylvania, featuring Native Americans and Moravian 

missionaries. 

Publisher's cloth, blind-stamped; worn, with covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct library, 

spine faded and with paper shelving label, label and cloth chipped at head of spine. Text block 

cracked and separated from spine, with a few leaves loose. Title-page and several others stamped; 

back free endpaper with pocket. (5892) 

Moravian Missions. Labrador. Catechism. Inuktitut. Ajokertutsit Pijarialiksuit. Apertsutit 

Kigutsillo. Attortaujut illagene Evangeliumiune. Evangelical Free Church Catechism. Naineme 

Nenertaumajut: 1907. 8vo. [2], 13, [1] pp. 

$95.00 

Banks, p. 78. Not in Evans. Lande, Moravian Missions, 127. Original printed paper wrappers, 

somewhat unevenly sunned, with small faint spots, outer edge a bit ragged. First and last pages 

slightly browned, pages otherwise clean. Generally very good. (15178) 

Moravian Missions. Labrador. Inuktitut. Apertsutit kigusingillo. Atoraksaujut komunionitaksanut. 

Questions for confirmation. [colophon: Herrnhuteme: Gustav Winterib 

nenilauktangit, 1927. 8vo. 7, [1] pp. 

$85.00 

Banks, p. 80. Not in Evans. Cf Lande, Moravian Missions, 128, for 1909 ed. Original printed 

paper wrappers, some browning along spine and outer edges. Lower corners bumped; pages clean. 

(15177) 

Moravian Missions. Labrador. Inuktitut. Kattangutigêt Tuksiargalautsingit. Montreal: Alfred Van 

Peteghemib nênerlauktangit, 1973. 8vo. [50] pp. 

$80.00 

“Of this booklet, a special edition of 50 numbered copies has been printed.” A collection of 55 

hymns, printed in the Roman alphabet. 

Not in Banks; not in Evans. Original printed paper wrappers. Fine. (15179) 

Mr. Moffat and the Bechuanas of South Africa. New York: Carlton & Porter, [1842?]. 8vo. Frontis. 

(incl. in pagination), 111, [1] pp.; illus. 

$135.00 


Uncommon first edition: Account of missions among the Tswana, intended for a juvenile 

audience. OCLC and RLIN report only one U.S. holding. 

Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; spine sunned, extremities 

rubbed, front cover with inked-through numeral and call number label. Front pastedown and free 

endpaper with prize and presentation bookplates, back pastedown with institutional bookplate, 

first text page with stamped numeral in lower margin. Pages clean. (19547) 

The Jesuits’ Arcadia in the 

Heart of South America 

Muratori, Luigi. Relation des missions du Paraguai. Paris: Che la veuve Bordelet, 1757. 8vo (19 

cm; 7.5"). xxiv, 402 pp., [2] ff., lacking the map. 

$850.00 

• Second edition in French of Muratori's famous and widely read account of Jesuit activity in 

Paraguay in the 17th and early 18th centuries, of the Guaraní Indians, of Spanish and Portuguese 

slave raiders (“bandeirantes”), and of the natural history of a beautiful and exotic region. The 

work is based on Jesuit sources supplied by one of the missionaries living in the “reducciones.” 

Uncut copy preserving the original margins. 

• Sabin 51419; Palau 185914; Leclerc 1918; Borba de Moraes (rev.) 603. Recent quarter calf 

with marbled paper sides. Oil stain in preliminaries, including title-page, and to first dozen pages 

of text; paper there embrittled. Original rear wrapper preserved. Lacks the map. Priced 

according both to its faults and its good points. (16581) 

The Evangelization of India 

National Church of India. A collection of papers connected with the movement of the National 

Church of India (Madras). Madras: The Cosmopolite Press, 1893–1907. 8vo (vol. I: 21.3 cm, 8.4"; 

vol. II: 21.1 cm, 8.35"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., [4], iv, [2], 228, [2], 229–323, [1], 17, [1] pp. II: [4], iii, 

[1], 67, [1], 8, [69]–88, [59]–210, 4 pp. 

$350.00 

• Reports on 20 years’ worth of missionary activities in India, from 1886 through 1906, led by 

Dr. S. Parani (or Pulney) Andy and others. The goal of Andy’s movement was the establishment 

of a non-sectarian, united church encompassing all native Christians — reflecting both a fear of 

Western denominationalism and a desire to build a national identity. 

Each volume includes several sermons printed in Tamil, with vol. II adding Tamil prayers and 

hymns as well; vol. II has the original printed paper wrappers bound in. 

Quite scarce, with few copies reported (of which this is one, deaccessioned). 

• Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper–covered sides; bindings worn and rubbed, 

spines faded, front covers each with scuff from now-absent label and spines each with small 

discolored area. Hinges (inside) cracked in both volumes. Front pastedowns each with 

institutional bookplate; perforation-stamps to title-pages, frontispiece, and first text pages 

(extending into image in second case); some inked and stamped numerals, edges rubber-stamped. 

Pages slightly age-toned. (20323) 

Nichols, L. T. History of the Megiddo Mission. Rochester, NY: Megiddo Mission, [1904]. 16mo. 47, 

[1] pp.; illus. 

$38.50 

Contains 6 illustrations and a one-page advertisement. 

Stapled; in original illustrated wrappers. The front wrapper bears a portrait of L.T. Nichols. 

Fine. (4421) 

Visiting the Brethren 

Ogden, John C. An excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799; with 

a succinct history of the Society of United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. Philadelphia: 

Charles Cist, 1805. 12mo (16 cm, 6.25"). [2], 167, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$750.00 

• Second printing, following the first of 1800. Ogden, a New Jersey-born clergyman, here 

provides an important, early account of one of the major Pennsylvania German communities — in 

two of its centers. Sabin notes that the work includes “a short narration of the massacre of 

Christian Indians at Salem and Gnadenhutten.” There is much homely detail as to life in the 

named communities, a good deal on their schools for girls and boys, an account of the history and 

missions of the Society from its beginnings, and an “Extract” of the articles of the Augsburg 

Confession for Brethren use. 


• Evans 38149 (first ed.); Howes O37; Sabin 56815; Shaw & Shoemaker 9050. Contemporary 

quarter sheep with speckled paper–covered sides; worn and abraded, leather cracked over joints 

and chipped at spine extremities. Pages age-toned. Actually, a good copy. (20326) 

Oldendorp, Christian Georg Andreas. C.G.A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen 

Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan. Herausgegeben durch Johann 

Jakob Bossart. Barby: Bey Christian Friederich Laux, und in Leipzig in Commission bey 

Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1777. 8vo (19 cm). 2 vols; fold. plts., fold. table, fold. maps. 

$2250.00 

Very important account of the Moravian Church's missions in the Virgin Islands based on 

interviews with blacks of various African nations, there: A great source on slavery, sociology of 

the islands, religion, syncretism, etc. Illustrated with four folding engraved plates and three 

engraved folding maps. As in all copies, the title page of v. 2 lacks publisher statement. Includes 

index. Sabin 57152; Bell Catalogue O70. Contemporary sheep over speckled paper; spines gilt and 

with red leather labels, gilt lettered (in fraktur). Much rubbed with some loss on bumped corners; 

spine leather dry and flaking with much loss of gilt and tears and holing along joints—front joint 

of vol. I open but sewing holding. Ex-library: call numbers on spine, now blacked out; bookplates 

on front pastedowns; and pencilled call numbers on verso of title-leaves. Interior very good: some 

browning from turn-ins; fold-out table in vol. I shallowly extruded with very shallow tattering and 

a little soiling; pages and plates generally clean with occasional spots of light foxing and some 

faint age-toning; a few corners shallowly bumped; and some shallow dog ears. All edges red. 

(11525) 

Paredes, Ignacio de. Catecismo mexicano. Mexico: Impr. de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1758. 16mo. 

[16] ff., 162 of 170 pp. (lacking pp. 17--24), [2] ff. 

$1500.00 

The first edition of Father Paredes's translation of Father Ripalda's Spanish-language 

catechism into Nahuatl. Both men were Jesuits, but in different centuries and on different 

continents: Ripalda was born in Spain in 1535 and died in 1618, never having left Europe; Paredes 

was born in Mexico in 1703 and died there the year this book was published, hailed as one of the 

most important Nahuatl scholars of the period. 

Beristain describes Paredes as being “outstanding in the Mexican language.” His volume was 

intended for use by missionaries, by parish priests, and by Indians: Indeed, there is a prologue 

intended to persuade Indians in particular to read and learn this catechism. 

The volume is illustrated with woodcut arms on verso of second title-page and many woodcut 

initials and tailpieces throughout. This copy lacks the Ortuño engraved frontispiece of St. Francis 

that is so often missing. 

Garcia Icazbalceta, Lenguas, 56; Viñaza 341; H. de León-Portilla, Tepuztlahcuilolli, 2286; Palau 

269110; Medina, Mexico, 4500; DeBacker-Sommervogel, VI, 210–211; Sabin 71488; Leclerc 2334; 

JCB 1191. Contemporary limp vellum with ties. Title-pages soiled. Lacking the engraving and 

pp. 17--24. An incomplete copy of an important work. (19435) 

Parker, John. A book for Jack. Words to, by and about John Parker, curator of the James Ford Bell 

Library, University of Minnesota. Published in Spring, 1991. Mineapolis/St. Paul: Associates of 

the James Ford Bell Library, 1991. 8vo. vi, 284 pp. 

$15.00 

Essays about John Parker and selections from his writings and speeches, put together in his 

honor upon his retirement as curator of the James Ford Bell Library. Parker's scholarly interests 

encompassed the Jesuit missionaries in China, the Eskimos and Indians of the Arctic, and the 

voyages of the merchant explorers of Europe. 

Publisher's cloth. Fine. (12824) 

Pascual, Miguel Angel. El oyente preservado, y fortalecido, en una mission practicada, qve 

exnprosecvsion, y complemento de sv obra comenzada saca a lvz, y ofrece a todo genero de 

personas, dividida en tres partes. ... Tomo septimo. Parte segunda. Valencia: Diego de Vega, 1698. 

4to. [8] ff., 408 pp. 

$40.00 

Vol. VII (of VIII). Part 2 (of 3—i.e., vols. VI–VIII). 

Palau 214311. Contemporary vellum, darkened, much chipped over spine and covers, and 

pulling away from text block. Bookplate of a female collector on inside of front cover. Title-leaf 

chipped and torn, with some loss of ornamental border but no loss of printing. Following four 


leaves chipped at lower outer corners with loss of several words to each page, dog-eared at top 

outer corners, torn in fore-margins with loss of some marginal notes. Top outer corners dog-eared 

and lower outer corners of first 60 or so pages chipped, with loss of letters of some catchwords and 

marginal notes. Chipped and torn in a few margins and corners with occasional loss of several 

letters or words of text. Pages 295-296 torn away at bottom with loss of final lines to each page. 

Moderate staining and spotting. A worn copy. (10637) 

Capuchins in Tibet 

Penna di Billi, Francesco Orazio della. Breve relacion de la prodigiosa, y nueva conquista espiritual 

del reyno del gran Tibet, y estos confinantes, que ofrecen unirse al gremio de nuestra Santa 

romana iglesia, por el apostolico zelo de los missionarios capuchinos, embiados â este fin por la 

sagrada Congregacion de propaganda-fide. [Mexico]: Imprenta de la viuda de D. Joseph Bernardo 

de Hogal, 1745. Small 4to (21 cm). 12 pp. 

$1500.00 

• An account of Capuchin missionary activity in Tibet. This is the first edition printed in 

Mexico, taken from the edition printed in Madrid. A second edition was printed in Puebla in 1751. 

It is based on a report of Francesco della Penna di Billi (1680-1747), prefect of the mission to Tibet. 

From the press of one of Mexico's famous widow printers. 

Rare: We trace no copies to any U.S. library. 

• Medina, Mexico, 3719. Uncut, folded as issued. Sewing perished. Very good condition. 

(12175) 

The Back to Africa Movement — The Herald, Nos. 1–6 

Pennsylvania Colonization Society. Colonization herald and general register. Vol. I. .... No. 1[–6]. 

Philadelphia: Pr. by William F. Rackliffe, 1839. 8vo. 288 pp. 

$450.00 

• Colonization of freed blacks in Africa seemed to many to be the solution to the problem of 

slavery in the 19th century. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society was founded to promote this 

objective, and as a review of the first six numbers of its journal, the Colonization Herald, reveals, 

the influence of that Pennsylvania society spread far outside the commonwealth. The articles 

include information on the history of slavery and the slave trade, the present, 1839 state of that 

trade (especially in Moslem countries where it was still legal), the geography and history of Africa, 

and proposals for various colonization schemes. The religious motive is especially evident, with 

the hope expressed that former slaves who had been converted to Christianity might prove 

excellent missionaries to Africa. 

• Sabin 14730. The first number in this series is removed from a nonce volume and without 

wrappers. The remainder are each stitched separately, with printed blue-green wrappers. Nos. 2–3 

are uncut. The wrappers, the tattered deckle edges, and the first and last page of no. 1 are 

moderately soiled; there are some instances of internal staining, not obscuring text. A good 

gathering. (3145) This appears not in the website’s “General Religion” catalogue, but in its 

“Abolition” gathering. 

AMERICAN COLOR PLATE BOOK 

Perkins, Justin. Residence of eight years in Persia, among the Nestorian Christians; with notices 

of the Muhammedans. Andover, [Mass.]: Pub. by Allen, Morrrill & Wardwel; New York: M.W. Dodd 

[and elsewhere], 1843. 8vo. Frontis., xviii, [ii] 512 pp., 26 litho. plts. of which 23 are hand-colored; 

lacks the fold. map. 

$2750.00 

• Unlike many early 19th-century books printed in America about travel to distant lands and 

illustrated with hand-colored lithographs, Residence of Eight Years in Persia is not a reprint of an 

earlier European production with plates that are mere reprints or derivatives. Here the narrative 

and plates are original and presented in the first edition. 

Justin Perkins was a native of Massachusetts who studied and trained at Amherst College and 

Andover Theological before being sent as a missionary to the Nestorians. He was an energetic 

missionary who found easy acceptance among his fellow religious in Persia and who has the 

distinction of having reduced Nestorian to a written language. Additionally, he established a boy's 

school on the Lancastrian system. 

The plates in this volume are of scenes and personages, but chiefly of costumes of different 

occupations and “types.” Not in Bennett; not in Reese. 

• Publisher's blind-stamped ribbed cloth, generally lightly worn only but with loss at head and 

foot of spine. Spine lettered in gilt. Ex–Maryland Diocesan Library with stamp on front 


pastedown and the initials of Bishop Whittingham on the front free endpaper. (His love of Latin 

meant his initials were rendered as “G.R.W.” not “W.R.W.”.) Without the folding map; all plates 

are crisp and 23 of the 26 are elegantly hand-colored. (19119) 

BENEDICTINES Come to the New World 

with COLUMBUS 

A FINE Engraved Title-Page & 18 Splendid Plates 

Plautius, Caspar. Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiae occidentalis.... [Linz]: 1621. 

Folio (32.6 cm, 12.875"). Engr. t.-p., [2] ff., 101, [1] pp. (lacks final blank leaf); 18 plts. 

$27,000.00 

• Curiously enough, the dedicatee of this work, Caspar Plautius, is certainly also its author, 

writing under the pseudonym of Honorius Philoponus. Plautius was abbot of Seitenstetten in 

Lower Austria, and no doubt wrote as a compliment to a fellow Benedictine: Bernard Buil or Boyl 

of Montserrat, appointed by the pope vicar general of the Indies, who, with others of the order, 

accompanied Columbus on his second voyage as missionaries. In the style of a medieval legendary, 

Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiae occidentalis relates first the westward voyage of 

St. Brendan, then the exploits of the Boyl and his fellow monks, including some description of the 

customs of the American native peoples they met, with their lands, their agriculture, their feast 

customs, et al. Boyl's missionary enterprise failed, and sadly he is now only remembered for his 

mordant criticism of Columbus. 

This book bears an ornate, emblematic engraved title-page, with portraits of St. Brendan and 

Boyl and more, and no fewer than 18 leaf-filling plates by Wolfgang Kilian. These plates, which 

mix fancy and realism in entirely engaging ways, include a portrait of Columbus, a scene of St. 

Brendan celebrating mass on the back of a whale, botanical images of the marvelous Peruvian 

potato, and numerous views of the missionaries' interaction with the natives, some friendly, and 

some not—the unfriendliest being notably violent and gory. Also, on p. 35–36 is given an example 

of purported native American music, with both words and notation. This copy is one (probably the 

first) of two states of this sole edition (with only three leaves in the preliminaries), without the 

additional foldout plate found in some copies. 

Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt-extra, with a red leather title label. Endpapers 

dabbed in red, blue, yellow, and green. All edges speckled red. 

• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 621/100; Sabin 63367; Palau 224762. Binding as 

above, chipped on corners and at head and foot of spine. Small wormholes visible on inside of 

covers, running into margins of pages and plates, and a few closed tears, neither affecting print 

or plates. Engraved title remounted. Small stains, light spots of waterstaining, and light soiling. 

A covetable illustrated Americanum of the early 17th century, in an enjoyable copy. (8281) 

Potter, Alonzo. An appeal in behalf of missions: addressed to Episcopalians. A sermon preached 

before the Board of Directors of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant 

Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in St. James' Church, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, 

May 12, 1829. Boston: R. P. & C. Williams, 1829. 8vo. 44 pp. 

$27.50 

Alonzo Potter was rector of St. Paul's Church, Boston. 

Shoemaker 40134. Uncut; in original wrappers. Chipping at corners, without affecting text. 

Foxing. (19350) 

Presbyterian Church (New York City). Board of Home Missions & Board of Foreign Missions. 

[drop-title] The Presbyterian house and Presbyterian honor. [New York: 1894]. 8vo. 19 pp. 

$15.00 

Concerns the “proposal of the Boards of Home and Foreign Missions to vacate their present 

property [53 Fifth Avenue, New York City], which was obtained by them from the Lenox estate ... 

and to erect a “million dollar building,” but eight blocks distant from the site now occupied ...” 

Pamphlet lacking its wrappers. Soiled on first and final pages. Ex-library duplicate copy, with 

a librarian's pencilled notations on first page. (19456) 

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Missionary intelligence; being a part of the report of the standing 

committee of missions to the General Assembly...for 1811. Philadelphia: Pr. by Thomas & William 

Bradford, 1811. 8vo. 52 pp. 

$97.50 

Collected reports of the Church's missionaries. 


Shaw & Shoemaker 23735. Good. Removed from a nonce volume; without wrappers. Pages 

lightly browned and foxed. (997) 

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Missionary intelligence; being two reports of the standing 

committee of missions to the General Assembly...Made in 1812, and the other in 1813. 

Philadelphia: Thomas & William Bradford, 1813. 8vo. 32 pp. 

$95.00 

Collected reports of the Church's missionaries. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 29570. Good. Removed from a nonce volume; without wrappers. Pages 

lightly browned, especially around the type impression. (799) 

Presbyterian Church in the U.S. The thirteenth annual report of the Board of Missions of the 

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Laid before that body in May, 

1829. Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, printers, 1829. 8vo. 44 pp. 

$50.00 

Review of the missionary work of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 

Shoemaker 40142. Good. Stitched; in original printed wrappers. Unopened and untrimmed. 

Very lightly browned and foxed; deckle edges with some tattering. (2516) 

Rice, John Holt. The power of truth and love. A sermon preached at Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1828, 

at the nineteenth annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 

Boston: Pr. by Crocker & Brewster , 1828. Small 8vo (24 cm). 29 pp. 

$20.00 

Rice (1777-1831), professor at the Union Theological Seminary in Virginia delivers a detailed 

explanation of reasons their is a duty to send missions among non-Christians. First published in 

the National Preacher for October, 1828. 

Shoemaker 35027. Removed from a nonce volume. Lacks the wrappers. Respined with archival 

tissue. Some age-toning. Good copy. (12203) 

Riddle, David H. Our country for the sake of the world. A sermon in behalf of the American Home 

Missionary Society. New York: Baker, Goodwin, & Co., 1851. 8vo. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$20.00 

Very Good. Sewn; in printed wrappers. Pencil marks to front cover and title-page; occasional 

spots of foxing. (254) 

Robinson, Charles S.; & Theodore E. Perkins. Calvary songs: a collection of new and choice hymns 

and tunes for Sunday schools and families. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, New York: 

American Sunday-School Union, (copyright 1875). Oblong 12mo. 168 pp. 

$20.00 

The index at the front is topical: Anniversary, Atonement, Christmas, family, heaven, infant 

class, missionary, opening school, teachers' meetings, etc. 

Publisher's quarter cloth with printed paper sides. Cloth of spine perished, covers rubbed and 

soiled. (2751) 

Roman Catholic Church. Catechism. Cree. [Pictorial catechism for use of the Indians. Paris: 

Bouasse-Lebel, 1874]. 8vo. [32] ff.; illus. 

$1250.00 

Text in French and Cree syllabics. Written by Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), one of the first 

missionaries in the North West Territories and a man who lived among the Indians of the West 

for some 60 years. 

The “title-page,” in the form of a foreword, reads: “My Children: Once again a prayer-book (or, 

a book of religious matters) is being given to you so that you will be knowing a little more and that 

you may have the right ideas about religious beliefs and ceremonies. You must be diligent in 

repeatedly looking at it so that you may promptly have fixed in your minds how you are to speak 

the words. But a few copies have been made, so for that reason strive to remember quickly what 

you read. Also, strive constantly for a little more wisdom so that because of this we may all have 

good things happen to us. I am the priest who loves all of you.” 

Illustrated with 30 large engravings and a frontispiece, printed in Paris. The Cree syllabics 

were probably printed separately in Montreal, as evidenced by overprinting of the French text by 

syllabics on three of the plates (Communion Pascale a Notre-Dame de Paris, Massacre des Saints 

Innocents, Le Champ de Paresseux est Couvert Par Les Epines). 


Rare: Not traced via OCLC. Only one reference located. 

Banks, 35. Original limp cloth, sunning to spine and edges of covers, and a little bubbling of 

cloth on back. Slight tearing of paper at hinges. One page with small, faint ink stain (not touching 

text or illustration). Some light pencilling on the front free endpaper. Still, near fine. (14757) 

Roman Catholic Church. Catechism. Ojibway. A short compendium of the Catechism for the 

Indians, with the approbation of the Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, Bishop of Saut Sainte Marie, 1864. 

Rev. N. L. Sifferath, Missionary of the Ottawa and Otchipwe Indians. Buffalo, N.Y.: C. Wieckmann, 

(Aurora Printing House.), 1869. 12mo. 62, 2 pp. 

$500.00 

Written in the Ottawa dialect. 

Sabin 80996; Pilling, Algonquian, 462; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3601a. Not in Banks. Not in 

Evans. Original buckram, showing minor water damage; upper page margins waterstained, 

obviously to very lightly. Title-page with library stamps and some rough old pen-markings; first 

two leaves a bit torn at binding. (14659) 

For the Catholic Mohawk, 1865 

Roman Catholic Church. Liturgy and Ritual. Mohawk. Tsiatak Nihono8entsiake onk8e on8e 

Akoiatonsera...Le Livre des Sept Nations ou Paroissien Iroquois, auquel on a ajouté, pour l'usage 

de la mission du Lac des Deux-Montagnes, quelques cantiques en langue Algonquine. Tiohtiake 

[Montréal]: John Lovell, 1865. 12mo. [6], [6 (blank leaves with decorative borders)] ff., 460 pp. 

$1575.00 

• First edition; translated by J. A. Cuoq. The volume contains a Mohawk processional, hymns, 

prayers, etc., with some music (e.g., for “Maria Mater Gratiae” and “Tharonhiakanerekeha”). 

Provenance: Inscribed in 1891 to W.D. Lighthall, prominent citizen of and author of 

Hochelagans and Mohawks: A Link in Iroquois History, by George S. Wilson. 

• TPL 9325; Banks, 109; Pilling, Iroquian, 50; Calderisi, 16. Contemporary roan, rebacked; 

abrasions along edges. Half-title with short tear at binding and with pencilled inscription as above. 

Tear at foremargin of one blank leaf; pp. 274–75 with small area of adhesion. (14660) This 

appears not in the website’s “General Religion” catalogue, but in its “Catholica” gathering. 

Ryder, Henry. A sermon preached at the parish church of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe and St. 

Anne Blackfriars, on Tuesday, May 3, 1814, before the Church Missionary Society for Africa and 

the East, being their fourteenth anniversary, by the honourable and very reverend the Dean of 

Wells. Also the report of the committee to the annual meeting, held on the same day; and a list of 

subscribers and benefactors. London: Pr.by Whittingham & Rowland, pub. for the Society by I. B. 

Seeley, 1814. 8vo. [2], 221–458, [5] pp. 

$100.00 

Consisting of the sermon, the report, and lists of contributions to the funds. 

19th-century German boards covered with mottled black paper, spine with inked paper title 

label; small areas of binding rubbed with paper loss on joints and at head and base of spine title 

label browned and chipped. Tear at top margin of one leaf. Ex-library with bookplate on front 

pastedown, call number on spine and in pencil on verso of title-page, and four-digit number in ink 

on bottom margin of another page. No stamps. (19059) 

Saturday evening. Usefulness of preaching. Letter a sister. The death of children. Hymn on the 

death of a child. Last days of eminent Christians. Reasons for renouncing infidelity. Fidelity in 

little things. Philadelphia: Printed for the Missionary Tract & Book Society of the Evangelical 

Lutheran Church of St. John, J. Rakestraw, Printer, 1852. 12mo. 36 pp. 

$40.00 

A collection of small short instructional and devotional pieces for Lutherans. 

Good. Sewn; in printed wrappers, rear wrapper lacking; front wrapper with a little soiling, a 

chip out of the upper inner corner, and a rubber-stamp in the top margin. (1044) 

A sermon delivered by appointment of the Right Reverend Horatio Potter, D.D., Ll.D., D.C.L., 

bishop of New York, before the nineteenth convention of the diocese of New York, in St. John's 

Chapel, Trinity Parish, in the city of New York, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September, 1873, 

in memory of Sam'l Roosevelt Johnson, D.D. Emeritus professor of systematic divinity in the 

General Theological Seminary, and rector of St. Thomas Church, Amenia Union, Dutchess County, 

New York. New York: Styles & Cash, [ca. 1873]. 51, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$25.00 


Johnson was a missionary in the west, and then for 20 years a professor at the General 

Theological Seminary. 

Good. Sewn; in printed purple wrappers. Occasional very shallow chipping, tears and dogearing. 

(1207) 

Shea, John Gilmary. Perils of the ocean and wilderness. Or, narratives of shipwreck and Indian 

captivity. Gleaned from early missionary annals. Or, narratives of shipwreck and Indian captivity. 

Gleaned from early missionary annals. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1857. 12mo. 206, [10 (adv.)] pp. 

$75.00 

Second printing, following Donahoe's first edition of 1856 

Howes S-363, Sabin 80018; Ayer, Captivities, 264. Publisher's blind-stamped textured cloth 

with the edges worn, covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution, and spine reinforced 

with cloth tape. Title-page and several others stamped; back free endpaper with pocket. (10077) 

Shedd, William Greenough Thayer. The guilt of the pagan. A sermon. Boston: American Board of 

Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1864. 12mo. 24 pp. 

$40.00 

Demonstration of the moral guilt of non-Christians, and thus the need for evangelization. 

Original printed wrappers. Wrappers partially detached along spine and with traces of soiling. 

A little shallow chipping and spots of staining in the top margins. Inked library ownership in top 

margin of front wrapper. (10040) 

The Usefulness of Female Missionaries 

Sherwood, Mary Martha. The history of little Henry and his bearer. Catskill: Nathan Elliot 

(Croswell & Son, prs.), 1818. 12mo. 54 pp. 

$425.00 

• The title-page proclaims this the “Third American Edition” but it is probably really the sixth 

of 19 editions that appeared in America through 1820. “The popularity of this work which was first 

published anonymously in 1814 has been compared to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was translated 

into French, Hindustani, Chinese, Cingalese and German” (Rosenbach). The tale is of an English 

orphan in India who in the course of 18 months goes from knowing nothing of the tenets of 

Christianity to having a grounding not only sound enough to please his Englishwoman missionary 

teacher but to become a missionary himself, converting his bearer. The author had lived some time 

in India during her husband's duty there. The volume ends with six pages of “Hymns for Infant 

Minds” by Ann and Jane Taylor. 

• Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books, 571; Welch, Bibliography of American 

Children's Books Printed Prior to 1821, 1196.6; Shaw & Shoemaker 44334 and 45704. Sewn in 

original printed wrappers. Some pages unopened; some pages closely shaved costing a letter or two 

per page. Rear wrapper cleanly torn across and piece loose but present. (3241) 

First ONEIDA Hymnal — First Edition 

Sickles, A[braham] W., tr. A collection of hymns in the Oneida language, for the use of native 

Christians.... Toronto: Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1855. 12mo. [3] ff., 245 pp. 

$2000.00 

• First edition of the first hymnal in Oneida, and the official Wesleyan Methodist Church in 

Canada hymnal for the Oneida. Abraham Sickles (1810–84), a Methodist missionary, prepared the 

Oneida texts; this contains 226 hymns, the first 52 offered in English and Oneida and the 

remaining ones in Oneida alone. The presentation is without the music. The volume also has a 

title-page in Oneida, Ne karoron ne teyerihwahkwatha igen ne enyontste ne yagorihwiyohston igen 

kanyengehaga kawennondahkon oni skayestonh dohka . . . , and an index in both Oneida and 

English. 

• Pilling, Proof-Sheets, 3601; Newberry Library, Ayer Collection, Oneida-1; Sabin 80840. 

Publisher's sheep, plain style; plain endpapers. Front joint (outside) starting to open half way 

from top to mid-point, but board presently holding strong. Some foxing, some small stains, quite 

satisfactory. (14839) 

Smith, Amanda. An autobiography. The story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, 

the colored evangelist; containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, 

England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary. Chicago: Meyer, 1893. 

12mo. 506 pp. front., plates, ports. 

$375.00 


Mrs. Smith was born a slave at Long Green, Md., in 1837 and was manumitted by her mother's 

mistress. Her story takes her to Liberia, India and elsewhere, along the way becoming an 

internationally known and respected Methodist evangelist, despite considerable opposition by the 

A.M.E. church which thought it inappropriate for a woman to do what she did. The volume has 

a most laudatory introduction by Bishop Thoburn. 

Publisher's red cloth with a gilt-stamped bust of Mrs. Smith on front cover. Small area of spine 

at base torn away. Ex-library with stamps on bottom edges of closed volume; call number tag on 

spine; bookplate on front pastedown, perforation-stamps on all plates and title-page; date due slip 

at rear. Not a great copy, but not a terrible one either. (13324) 

Smith, Asa D. A discourse on the life and character of Rev. Charles Hall, D.D., delivered in the city 

of New York, Sabbath evening, January 1, 1854. New York: Pr. by Baker, Godwin & Co. for the 

American Home Missionary Society, 1854. 8vo. 47, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$27.50 

Hall was a Presbyterian minister, missionary, and secretary of the American Home Missionary 

Society. 

Very good. Sewn; without the wrappers. Inked notes on title-page. (308) 

Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. 

The first report of the Board of Trustees...Made at the anniversary of the Society, January 6, 1813. 

With the constitution of the Society and a list of its members. Philadelphia: Pr. by William Fry for 

the Society, 1813. 8vo. 27, [1 (blank)] pp. 

$80.00 

Account of the beginnings and first year of work of this missionary society in the Episcopal 

diocese of Pennsylvania, with notice of the work of Jackson Kemper. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 29593. Good. Sewn; without wrappers. Unopened and untrimmed. 

Moderate wear: a little chipping on ends of spine; first page very lightly soiled; pages lightly 

browned, especially deckle edges, which also show folding and tattering. Rubber-stamped number 

on upper right corner of first page. (796) 


Fourth annual report of the trustees of the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the 

Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Pr. for the Society by William Fry, 

1816. 8vo. 16 pp. 

$50.00 

Report of the society, with the report of the president, Bishop William White of Philadelphia, 

and a listing of the society's disbursements and subscribers. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 38974. Good. In plain green wrappers. Wrappers stained and tattered; 

rubber-stamp on front wrapper. Untrimmed pages lightly browned with a few scattered spots of 

staining and tattered on the edges. (958) 


The second report of the board of trustees of the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for 

the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. Made at the anniversary of the Society, January 

6, 1814. Made at the anniversary of the Society, January 6, 1814. Philadelphia: Pr. for the Society 

by James Maxwell, 1814. 8vo. 20 pp. 

$50.00 


of their chief missionary, Jackson Kemper, and a listing of the society's disbursements. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 32814. Good. Removed from a nonce volume. A few shallow tears in the 

outside margins. Paper very lightly browned, crisp, and clean. Rubber-stamp in upper margin of 

title-page. (953) 


Seventh annual report of the trustees of the Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the 

Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Pr. for the Society by Jesper Harding, 

1819. 8vo. 24 pp. 

$50.00 


and the society's officers, by-laws, and missionaries. 


Shaw & Shoemaker 49454. Good. Sewn; in plain green wrappers. Rubber-stamp on front 

wrapper. Pages lightly browned, a small chip out of the upper outer corner of the first two leaves. 

(1034) 


Third annual report of the Board of Trustees.... Philadelphia: Printed for the Society, 1815. 8vo. 

16 pp. 

$75.00 

Account of the work of this missionary society in the Episcopalian diocese of Pennsylvania, 

with notice of the work of Jackson Kemper. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 35976. Good. Removed from a nonce volume; without wrappers. Closely 

trimmed with some lines shaved and part of one line lacking. Pages lightly browned. Rubberstamped 

number on upper right corner of title-page. (797) 

Southern California Panama Expositions Commission. Southern California, comprising the 

counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura. [San 

Diego?]: Southern California Panama Expositions Commission, (1914). 8vo. 263, [1 (blank)] pp.; 

illus. 

$35.00 

All about Southern California, including its physical geography, climate, mineral and 

agricultural resources, industry, roads, residences, public buildings and parks, religious 

architecture, harbors, bridges, aqueducts, dams, etc. 

With an history of its old missions, by John Steven McGroarty. Illustrated with over 300 

photographs. 

Original illustrated stiff wrappers. Front wrapper slightly detaching from text block at front 

hinge (inside). Covers lightly soiled. Top edge of front cover with very small hole. Good ++. (8605) 

An American Bishop’s”Eastern” Travels 

(Another Bishop’s Copy) 

Southgate, Horatio. Narrative of a tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia, 

with an introduction, and occasional observations upon the condition of Mohammedanism and 

Christianity in those countries. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1840. 12mo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). 2 vols. 

I: Frontis., xii, 334 pp.; 1 fold. map, 1 map (incl. in pagination). II: x, 356, iv (adv.) pp.; 1 map (incl. 

in pagination), 4 plts. 

$750.00 

• First edition. The Rev. Southgate, an Episcopal bishop, travelled in Turkey and Persia from 

1836 through 1839, observing Islamic beliefs and practices in order to report back to the church 

for the benefit of future missions. While Southgate was a careful and reasonably open-minded 

examiner of not only the Muslim but also the local Christian and Jewish religious observances, he 

was also fascinated by the details of the daily lives of those populations — their dress, cuisine, 

family interactions, medicine, education, system of justice, etc., and while religion is the main 

focus of this work, much information on the previous topics and others is present. The DAB 

credits the account with having done much “to stimulate Anglican interest in the Eastern 

churches.” 

The work is illustrated with one oversized, folding map engraved by Sherman & Smith; with 

several single-page engraved plates and maps, most of which are signed by M. Osborne; and with 

a few in-text engravings. 

Provenance: Ownership initials of William R. Whittingham (G.R.W., the “William” being 

rendered as “Guillelmus” for his love of Latin), fourth Episcopal Bishop of Baltimore. 

• Smith, American Travellers Abroad, S121. On Southgate, see: Dictionary of American 

Biography, XXI, 668. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spines with gilt-stamped title; cloth slightly 

rubbed with loss at corners and spine extremities, bindings else clean and fresh. Front hinge 

(inside) of vol. I tender. Vol. I: front pastedown with institutional bookplate and front free 

endpaper, half-title, and title-page stamped; vol. II: front pastedown stamped; both volumes with 

inked ownership inscriptions dated [18]44 on front free endpapers. Each volume with inked 

inscription to margins of one page; back fly-leaves of vol. I with pencilled index. (19134) 

Stanford, W. M., ed. The year book of the United Evangelical Church for 1913. Harrisburg: 

Publishing House of the United Evangelical Church (J. J. Nungesser, publisher), [1913]. 8vo. [2], 

82, [16] pp.; illus. 

$32.50 


Annual publication, published under various titles: “Evangelical Almanac” (1893–1910); “Year 

Book of the United Evangelical Church” (1913–1922); and “Yearbook of the Evangelical Church” 

(1923–1946). Contents include an almanac for 1913, a section on the Church's educational 

institutions and missions, a section on the Church's English and German organs and other 

publications, lists of Church officers and board members, addresses of foreign missionaries, 

important dates and events of the China mission, etc. Illustrated with photographs of numerous 

individuals and groups, including one of the missionary families, the faculty of Western Union 

College, the Woman's Board of Missions, and a group of four native Chinese students at a Church 

boarding school in Changsha, China. 

Original wrappers, with a small piece chipped away from foot of spine; front wrapper with small 

chips at bottom edge and a 3.5" (9 cm) long tear along spine; wrappers browned, soiled, and 

cockled. Leaves cockled and lightly waterstained. Three 1" x 0.5" (2.5 cm x 1.5 cm) pieces of paper 

(“995") affixed to top left corner of front wrapper. (8553) 

Storrs, Richard S. A sermon, delivered at North Bridgewater, Oct. 31, 1821, at the ordination of 

the Rev. Daniel Temple, and Rev. Isaac Bird, as evangelists and missionaries to the heathen. 

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1822. 8vo. 52 pp. 

$30.00 

Appended are three shorter addresses and the constitution of the Palestine Missionary Society 

that sponsored of Temple and Bird. 

Shoemaker 10359. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned with a few small spots 

of staining and a few shallow tears. (9760) 

Strong, Augustus Hopkins. A tour of the missions; observations and conclusions. Philadelphia, 

Boston [etc.]: The Griffith and Rowland press, 1918. 8vo. xxii, 223 pp. 

$15.00 

Tour of Christian missions in Asia, including chapters on Japan, China, and Burma , and other 

chapters grouping nations/regions (e.g., Mandalay & Gauhati; Calcutta, Darjeeling, & Benares; 

Lucknow, Agra, & Delhi; etc.) 

Publisher's cloth. Ex-library with the usual markings. Very good copy. (19961) 

Stuart, Moses. A sermon preached in the Tabernacle Church, Salem, Nov. 5, 1818, at the 

ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Pliny Fisk, Levi Spaulding, Miron Winslow, and Henry Woodward 

as missionaries to the unevangelized nations. Andover: Pr. by Flagg and Gould, 1818. 8vo. 44 pp. 

$16.50 

Stuart (1780-1852), a major educator of ministers at the Andover Theology Seminary, offered 

the sermon at the ordination of missionaries Pliny Fisk (1792-1825), Levi Spaulding (1791-1874), 

Miron Winslow (1789-1864) and Henry Woodward (1775-1863). 

Shaw & Shoemaker 49530. Removed from a nonce volume. (20235) 

The Original Juggernaut 

Sutton, Amos. A narrative of the mission to Orissa, (the site of the temple of Jugurnath;) supported 

by the New Connexion of General Baptists in England. Boston: [Pr. by Samuel N. Dickinson for] 

David Marks, 1833. 8vo (17.2 cm, 6.75"). Frontis., viii, 424 pp. 

$225.00 

• “Jugurnath” (more properly “Jagannatha”) is the title under which Vishnu is worshipped at 

Puri in Orissa, India—where Englishman Amos Sutton (1798–1854) was a Baptist missionary—and 

is the source of the English word “juggernaut.” In this detailed account of his mission work, 

Sutton describes those crushed to death in the Jagannatha procession; he also describes horrors 

such as suttee (the immolation of a widow on the pyre of her dead husband) and is distressed by 

the caste system. Though he sees “idolatry” everywhere, and what we would now see as sheer 

racism is not absent, in what he writes and quotes, his reports are meaty. The frontispiece here 

is an engraving entitled “A View of the Procession at Jugunnath's Festival.” 

First edition and sole American edition (there was also a Glasgow edition of 1834). 

• NSTC 2S47592, Imprint 1. On Juggernaut, see: Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., XV, 545. 

Contemporary sheep, worn but sound; spine divided into compartments by double gilt rules, 

second with red leather label, gilt-lettered. . Light to moderate foxing and brownspotting and a 

little light waterstaining. Tear in title-leaf and tissue cover of frontispiece, not affecting text. 

Some leaves shallowly extruded; dog-earing, shallow chipping, and marginal tears. Faintly 

pencilled ownership inscription on front free endpaper. A nice copy. (11509) 


Tallmadge, James. Address delivered May 20, 1837, in the chapel of the University of the City of 

New-York, on occasion of the dedication of the building to the purposes of science, literature, and 

religion. New York: Pr. by D. Fanshaw, 1837. 8vo. 23 pp. 

$37.50 

A sort of mission statement from the early years of New York University (founded in 1831) 

Sewn as issued. Light foxing. Historical society stamp on verso of title-page. (3530) 

Tamil Primer 

Tamil second book. Madras: Christian Vernacular Education Society, printed at the American 

mission Press, 1864. 12mo (13.5 cm; 5.5"). 108 pp., plus wrappers. 

$100.00 

• Advanced primer with in-text wood-engraved cuts. “New Edition --5,000 Copies,” but scarce 

in U.S. libraries. Text entirely in Tamil. 

• Publisher's wrappers, but clearly removed from a bound volume. (15126) 

Tappan, Benjamin. A sermon delivered in Wells, June 27, 1821; before the Maine Missionary 

Society, at their fourteenth anniversary. Hallowell: Pr. by S. K. Gilman, 1821. 8vo. 36 pp. 

$65.00 

Early Maine imprint. Benjamin Tappan was pastor of the church in Augusta. “For other works 

of Tappan, see Williamson's Bibliography of Maine,” stated in Sabin. 

Shoemaker 6935; not in Sabin. Removed from a nonce volume. Now in a Mylar folder. Early 

ink writing in top right corner of title-page, cropped out. Very good. (9763) 

Wade, Jonathan, comp. A dictionary of Boodhism, and Burman literature, compiled by Rev. J. 

Wade. Maulmain: American Mission Press, 1852. 8vo (19 cm). 192 ff. 

$975.00 

Sole and very rare edition. Title-page and preface in English; text mostly in Burmese. “This 

work,” Rev. J Wade states in the preface, “has been compiled entirely from a Burman work 

extracted from the sacred books ... [and] compiled for use of the American Baptist Missionaries.” 

In the U.S. we trace only two copies and this is one of the two. 

Contemporary half calf, rebacked and gilt-stamped on the spine, over cloth sides; touches of 

rubbing to spine, small abrasions with some leather loss at corners, boards soiled and lightly 

rubbed; paper at hinges (inside) cracked, but still a solid binding. Light to moderate foxing 

throughout and traces of soiling on some pages. Small chip in fore-margin of one leaf. Pencilled 

signature at front free endpaper. (11297) 

Compiled by the Ladies 

Waite, Cora, ed. Cook book of tested recipes compiled by the ladies of the Mission Band of 

Emmanuel Church Little Falls, N.Y. Little Falls, NY: Herkimer County News, [ca. 1890]. 8vo. 47, 

[1] pp. 

$65.00 

• Uncommon church cookbook, compiled by the Mission Band of Emmanuel Church women's 

group, with all recipes bearing attributions. 

• Stapled in original printed paper wrappers; wrappers lightly stained, and chipped over edges 

and spine. Pages age-toned but generally clean, a few with short edge tears. (13751) 

Watts, Isaac. Logick: Or, the right use of reason in the enquiry after truth. With a variety of rules 

to guard against error ... the tenth edition. London: T. & T. Longman, J. Buckland, S. Oswald, et 

al., 1755. 8vo (20.8 cm, 8.25"). [6], 365, [5 (adv.)] pp. 

$450.00 

Tenth edition, following the first of 1725. This popular, much-reprinted work by the wellknown 

hymn writer was in its time the standard textbook on Aristotelian logic, in use at Oxford 

and a number of other universities for many years. 

Provenance: The front free endpaper bears the inked ownership inscription of David Jones, who 

served as a chaplain in the Revolutionary Army and was for some time attached to General Wayne. 

That inscription notes the book’s purchase place (Philadelphia) and price (“9/6"); the back free 

endpaper’s inscription reads “Horatio G. Jones / Logician / Bordenton [i.e., Bordentown, NJ] 

Academy / August 12 – 1796.” The “Logician” grew up to become Horatio Gates Jones, D.D., 

founder and longtime pastor of the Lower Merion Baptist Church, an organizer of the Baptist 

Board of Foreign Missions, and a tireless worker for Philadelphia civic causes; he was David 

Jones’s youngest son. 


ESTC N2614. Contemporary calf, covers framed in double gilt fillets and spine with giltstamped 

leather title-label; spine and joints shellacked some time ago; leather rubbed, abraded, 

and cracking along front joint. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, title-page with 

unobtrusive pressure-stamp, dedication page with inked numeral in lower margin, back free 

endpaper and pastedown with pockets. Front and back free endpapers with inscriptions as above. 

Pages age-toned, with some light staining; some corners dog-eared. Rear cover detached. (20029) 

White, Joseph. Sermons, preached before the University of Oxford, in the year 1784, at the lecture 

founded by the Rev. John Bampton, M.A. late Canon of Salisbury. To which is now added, a 

sermon, preached before the University of Oxford, July 4, 1784, on the duty of attempting the 

propagation of the gospel among our Mahometan and Gentoo subjects in India. Boston: William 

Greenough, 1793. 8vo. vi, [7]–269, [1], lvii pp. 

$150.00 

First American Edition. 

Evans 26476. Contemporary sheep, crudely rebacked using almost matching leather. Front 

joint cracked, with cover nearly detached. Binding much abraded and chipped, with significant loss 

on extremities; leather dry and cracking. Spotting, soiling, and staining, mostly limited to 

margins; title-page and final leaves darkened in margins. Endpapers with contemporary ink 

ownership inscriptions. Ex-library, spine with white-lettered call number; inside, bookplate, charge 

pocket, pressure-stamps, rubber-stamp and inked five-digit number on dedication leaf, call number 

in pencil on verso of title-page, and library name rubber-stamped on bottom edge of closed book. 

Several instances of chipping, with loss of paper limited to blank area of margins. (20348) 

Wilkinson, Thomas. Some account of the last journey of John Pemberton, to the Highlands, and 

other parts of Scotland. With a sketch of his character...from the London edition. With a sketch 

of his character...from the London edition. Philadelphia: James P. Parke (pr. by William Brown), 

1811. 8vo. vii, [1], 86, [2] pp. 

$135.00 

First American edition; story of Pemberton's 1787 Quaker mission through Scotland. 

Shaw & Shoemaker 24449. Good; disbound from a nonce volume, with sewing holes. Moderate 

foxing. Title-page stamped with shelving number. (2253) 

Williams, John. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South sea islands; with remarks upon 

the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. New 

York: D. Appleton & Co., [1837]. 8vo. 525 pp., fold. map. 

$400.00 

First American edition. Williams (1796-1839), the Hill catalogue tells us, “was the ablest 

missionary to the Polynesian people, and his book was the most often printed and widely read of 

all the contemporary accounts. Williams was sent . . . to the Society Islands in 1816. He traveled 

about the island, converting the native populations. . . . He made his headquarters at Raiatea, but 

also visited the Cook Islands and discovered Rarotonga, where he sojourned for a considerable 

time. He voyaged to Samoa, Tonga and the neighboring islands. He returned to England in 1834 

for a four-year period where he commissioned a printing of the New Testament and then translated 

it into Rarotongan . . . where he sojourned for a considerable time. After a successful speaking 

tour of England during which time he oversaw the printing of his translation of the New 

Testament into Rarotongan, he returned to the Pacific in 1838 and while visiting the island of 

Erromanga he was murdered by cannibals.” 

Hill (2004 ed.) 1875. Publisher's cloth, rebacked, front joint (outside) opening; front hinge open 

and weak. Ex-library, with call number label on spine. (13815) 

Wright, Samuel H. The illustrated family Christian almanac for the United States, for the year ... 

1856, ... Calculated for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston ... New York & Boston: 

American Tract Society, [1855]. 12mo. 48 pp. . 

$50.00 

Stories, poetry, anecdotes and thoughts on various subjects from a Christian point of view. 

Illustrated with wood engravings, showing the wreck of a steamer, a western trapper, a mission 

house in Siam and men climbing mount Blanc. 

Sewn in original printed and illustrated wrappers. Back wrapper creased at bottom corner. 

Light foxing. (18301) 


Young, David. The family Christian almanac for the United States, for the year ... 1846, ... 

Calculated for Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Charleston ... New York: American Tract Society, 

[1845]. 12mo. 36 pp. 

$18.00 

Front wrapper illustrated with vignettes of rural life. Anecdotes, brief essays on missions and 

missionaries, thoughts on various religious subjects, stories and observations on temperance, 

counsels for the young and other advice, and poems. 

Drake 8293. Sewn, original printed and illustrated wrappers detached, chipped and darkened. 

Stiching holes present. Foxing. (18264) 

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