The Field And The Work: Sketches Of Missionary Life In The Far North
by Semmens, Rev. John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, ON: Methodist Mission Rooms. Very Good. 1884. First Edition. Original cloth. A smart first edition in Very Good condition with rubbed boards and bookplate of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Canada to front pastedown. Illus., frontis. Original blue cloth; "Mission Life in the North West" to front and spine. Antiquarian name cards laid in; not sure what, if any, significance they may have to this book; An influential Methodist missionary who secured the surrender of 133, 000 sq. Miles in Indian treaty no. 5. Peel 771: "A Methodist missionary describes work among the Indians in northern Manitoba. Very scarce; B & W Illustrations; [1-9] 10-199 [200] pages; GinsID1727; FIELD AND THE WORK: SKETCHES OF MISSIONARY LIFE IN THE FAR NORTH. Toronto, 1884. 199pp. Illus. Original decorated cloth. First edition. Peel 771: "A Methodist missionary describes work among the Indians in northern Manitoba." A very influential missionary who secured the surrender of 133,000 sq. miles in 10 adhesion in Indian treaty no.5. Very scarce.; OP:250 .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50149
- Title
- The Field And The Work: Sketches Of Missionary Life In The Far North
- Author
- Semmens, Rev. John
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methodist Mission Rooms
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Canadian History 19th Century Canadiana, Native* Indian*, Missions Missionaries, Protestantism, Biography Autobiography Memoir, Collectible OP Rare, Ginsb CSM
- Bookseller catalogs
- By Year Of Issue / 1880s;
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