Miracles in Black: Missionary Experiences in the Wilds of Africa
by WENGATZ, John C
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- first
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1938]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original buckram in black photographically illustrated dust jacket; 177pp.; frontispiece, 3 photographic plates. Jacket extremities a bit worn with shallow chips and short closed tears; verso dampstained with bleeding to bottom edge of front flap and rear panel and flap; cloth slightly bubbled from damp; nevertheless, a Very Good, presentable copy. "Missionary Adventures in the Wilds of Africa" - upper jacket panel. "The mind of the African is simple and childlike...Consequently, the Gospel and Light are all that is needed to correct it" - p. 9. Includes the author's memoirs as a missionary in Angola.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26344
- Title
- Miracles in Black: Missionary Experiences in the Wilds of Africa
- Author
- WENGATZ, John C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1938]
- Keywords
- Angola
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Africa;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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