The Dayspring; Vol. VI, Numbers 10, 11 12; [three original issues sold together] The Opium Trade; Scenes in South Africa; Devil Tree; Idols Despised; Intellifence from the Missions; A Slave Trader; An African Chief; Intelligence from the Missions; Baptism of a young Brahmin; Papal Missions in Chinaetc by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission et al - 1847

Boston, Massachusetts: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission, 1847. First Edition. Unbound. Good, Good, Fair. 3 original newssheets with short partial column articles concerning the various Ctholic foreign missions. Three original issues, folio (tabloid), page size 15" x 11 1/2", 4 pages each (a total of 12 pages--complete), black and white, with intertextual woodcut vignettesunbound as issued. Two good original issues over all with light soiling to the margins but soiling and chipping at the center mailing fold withfour 1/4" holes and a consequent partial loss of text, though the lines can be deciphered, paper lightly yellowed. One issue (no 11) is in only fair conditiojn, being more yellowed with the upper half of the front page fold significantly soiled and with two larger holes at the page fold, one 1/4" x 1/2" and the other 3/4" x 1". Sold together