The Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea. The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986 by WAGNER, HERWIG AND HERMANN REINER (editors) - 1986

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Quarto, 678 pages with numerous illustrations plus endpaper maps. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Loosely inserted is a fine copy of the contemporary pamphlet, 'A Service of Thanksgiving for the 100th anniversary of Lutheran mission work in Papua New Guinea'.

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Quarto, 678 pages with 5 maps, endpaper maps and numerous illustrations from photographs. Colour-pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed and bumped; spine a little sunned; a very good copy. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), one of the contributing authors, with his signature on the front flyleaf. He was 'Vice-Principal of Senior Flierl Seminary, Logaweng', and he had been in New Guinea since 1966 (see page 657). Some ephemera is loosely inserted: a copy of Gerhardy's two-page 1979 Annual Report for the seminary; a colour photograph of a local woman and child; a postcard from a family member in Germany; a circular letter from the publisher to contributing authors; and a photocopy of a lengthy review of the book.