The Field And The Work; Sketches Of Missionary Life In The Far North
by Semmens, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Methodist Mission Rooms, 1884. First Edition. HB. Blue cloth ruled in black, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, 199 pp. Frontis illustration and 10 full page plates within text. Book plate of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Canada on front paste-down. Semmens (1850-1921) was a Methodist missionary who traveled extensively in Manitoba and published 4 books in the Cree language. There is minor math equations, in pencil, on the ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight and pages clean. Covers show edge wear, light chipping top and bottom of spine. Book condition VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NZ8328
- Title
- The Field And The Work; Sketches Of Missionary Life In The Far North
- Author
- Semmens, John
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methodist Mission Rooms
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1884
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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