From the Barroom to the Pulpit and Mission Fields of Africa: An Autobiography
by Weiss, Fred
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Shenandoah, Iowa: Fred Weiss, 1912. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. photos, 415p. Original magenta cloth. 18cm. Backstrip unevenly faded. Extremities rubbed. Bookplate (Friends Community Library, Unadilla, N.Y.) Name plate on endpaper. Grease spots on a few leaves. No jacket. Weiss and his wife served as missionaries in Natal, South Africa (1895-1898 described at pages 126-293) and later in Morocco (pp. 342-415).
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91134
- Title
- From the Barroom to the Pulpit and Mission Fields of Africa: An Autobiography
- Author
- Weiss, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- Fred Weiss
- Place of Publication
- Shenandoah, Iowa
- Date Published
- 1912
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McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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