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(Sweetwaters, Natal, the compiler, 1960). Pictorial card wraps, soiled and scarred, pp. 46 + 16, cyclostyled or similar duplication process. Text browning. Externally poor; internally good. Norwegian missionary settlers in Natal Colony, Zululand. Translated in part from the Norwegian. .

(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1890, First edition). 8vo; original olive cloth gilt; pp. viii + 488, incl. index; tissue-guarded frontis. portrait; folding map. Boards somewhat spotted, bumped, and worn at extremities; hand-stamp on verso of frontis. Very good internally; good condition overall. The biography of Alexander M. Mackay, pioneering missionary to Uganda, written by his sister. "I take this powerful body of native Christians in the heart of Africa - who prefer exile for the sake of their faith to serving a monarch indifferent or hostile to their faith - as more substantial evidence of the work of Mackay than any number of imposing structures clustered together and called a Mission station would be." - Henry Morton Stanley. .

(Cape Town: South African Library, 1995) 0869681133. South African Library General Series, Number 23. 210 x 147 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 94, incl. index; contemporary illustrations in text. Lower cover very slightly rubbed. Very good condition. "Ann Hamilton, as the wife of a missionary artisan, was not expected to be more than an assistant to her husband, and when she tried to establish a wider field of activity for herself, she speedily incurred the powerful and effective hostility of both Dr Philip and Robert Moffat. ... [Her] life ... with its limitations and frustrations ... is to be regarded as typical of the lot of women on the mission field in the early nineteenth century". .

(Berlin, 7th edition, 1901). pp. (vii) + 410. Original cloth worn, lower hinge splitting externally, top corner of front free endpaper clipped, light browning. Much on African evangelical missions (pp. 206 - 261), including over twenty pages on South African missions. Scarce. (South African bibliography ... to 1925, Vol. IV, p. 725). .

(London, Seeley, Service & C., 1923). Original orange cloth, lightly marked, pp. 229, frontispiece, plates. Text edges stamped: "File Copy: not to be taken away." Publisher's own file copy, with notes on the front endpapers indicating when Czech and Swedish translation rights were sold. Everyday life at Loudon Mission Station in Nyasaland. .

(Bethel in Bielefeld, no date, circa 1931). Original blue cloth, little worn and marked, pp. 274, frontispiece, plates, folding map inserted loose. Front free endpaper removed, hinges splitting internally, binding a little slack, light foxing on the endpapers and text edges. Fair. Tanganyika. Digoland. Usambara. Buhaja. .

(Stuttgart and Basel: Evang. Missionsverlag, 1933). 8vo; original gilt pictorial brown cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 224; several monochrome photographic plates; folding endpocket map. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn, with tape stains. Very good condition. German text. (Spohr & Poller, 52; Kainbacher II, p. 108) The author relates his experiences during a 22-month mission trip between November 1930 and August 1932, which took him through West, East and Southern Africa. .

(Cape Town, Suid-Afrikaanse Bybelvereniging, no date). 16mo, pictorial wraps, a little soiled and worn, tears at the spine, taped at the tail of the spine, pp. 105, illustrations. Gift inscription reading "Aan Mevr. J de Villiers van U opregtevriendin M. Louw 2/8/'46" on front free endpaper. Elsabe de Villiers was born near Graaff-Reinet in 1861. This is a collection of letters to "Liewe Vriendin" relating to her experiences and impressions as a missionary in Nyasaland from about 1914. .

(London, Michael Joseph, 1965). Dustwrapper very slightly frayed, pp. 208, plates. 'This biography of the Rev. Herbert Alfred Brown introduces one of the truly inspiring missionary personalities of our time. His parish, set in 3,000 square miles of Stone Age New Guinea, includes some of the most primitive peoples on earth, living exactly as their ancestors lived a thousand years ago. .

(Hermannsburg, Verlag Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, 1954). Pictorial wraps, a little foxed, pp. 40 + plates. Owner's name to inside upper wrap, light foxing. .

(London, Salvationist Publishing and Supplies, 1962). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly soiled, pp. (v) + 101, a few text-illustrations in line. Edges very slightly foxed. 'Boy from the kraal is the true story of a lad who, after having been brought up most carefully according to the traditions of tribal life, became one of The Salvation Army's best-loved African officers. A musician and linguist of no mean ability, his song-writing and translation work has greatly enriched the store of songs in the Bantu languages.' .

(Leipzig, E. Bidder, 1882). ("Gedanken aus und nach der Schrift" S. 131) contempory cloth-back textured paper over boards, defective, pp. 72. Heavy browning and foxing. Poor. The Hermannsburg Missionary Society grew out of a religious revival in the region of Lüneberg during the mid-19th Century. The Society sent its first missionaries to East Africa but these were denied permission to preach in Gallaland and proceeded to Natal where they established a mission on the borders of Zululand. By the end of the century, 124 Hermannsburg missionaries had established themselves in South Africa. The item on offer here concerns itself with theological matters; it may be a critique of the Society and its approach - black letter script rather hard to read. .

(London, Chatto & Windus, 1959). Dustwrapper, lightly soiled, original blue cloth, pp. 320. ~ ~ 8 .

(Cape Town: South African Library, 1994) 0869681109. South African Library General Series, Number 20. 210 x 148 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 97, incl. index; contemporary illustrations in text. Near-fine condition. Afrikaans text. "Die ervarings en prestasies van sendelinge in Suid-Afrika is in hul eie tyd uitvoerig in briewe, dagboeke, verslae, boeke en sendingtydskrifte beskryf, en word tans nog deur navorsers ondersoek. Aan die lotgevalle van hul eggenotes is en word daar egter minder aandag geskenk, en slegs deur die moeisame opsoek en saamvoeg van inligting uit genoemde bronne kan genoeg algemene agtergrond en toevallige detail herwin word om 'n onvolledige mosaiekbeeld van 'n bepaalde vrouelewe te vorm. 'n Voorbeeld hiervan is die lewensverhaal van Sophia Burgmann (1769-1812), eggenote van die sendeling Christian Albrecht van Warmbad in die huidige Namibië, en daarby terloops ook die eerste vroulike sendeling in eie reg wat in Suider-Afrika gewerk het. Terwyl daar betreklik… Read More

(Paarl, Paarl Drukpers Maatschappy, printers, 1927). Original grey cloth, pp. 83, plate. Side-stitched, staples a little rusted. Biography/Tribute to this Afrikaans religious worker/author, by her sister. .

(Cape Town: J. C. Juta, [preface dated 1929]). 8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustwrapper; pp. xii + 408, incl. index; folding map. Dustwrapper edgeworn and partially sunned (a remarkable survival nonetheless, considering the flimsy paper on which printed); backstrip partially sunned; trace of stippling to lower board; endpapers and edges a bit foxed, occasional fox spot elsewhere; earlier owner's name signed verso of front free endpaper. Good condition. 'This work is a complementary volume to the Author's "Christian Missions in South Africa," and like the former endeavours to place the story of the missionary enterprise in its proper historical frame. Since the forces of Christianity and Civilisation move forward concurrently, the missionary undertaking stands in intimate relation to political and commercial movements, and can only be understood in its relation to them. The reader of this Book will obtain, together with full information on the… Read More

(Kijabi, Kenya, Kesho Publications, 1977). Paperback, card wraps scuffed, pp. (v) + 168, plates. Text lightly browned. 'Gladys Stauffacher writes about an Africa that has been her backyard since the late thirties. Married to Claudon Stauffacher, whose parents' lives are featured in this narrative, she has served in and visited many of the places she writes about. During their last term on the field, the Stauffachers pioneered a new station in one of the few primitive areas left in Kenya. Her own words are an excellent summation of what missionary life is all about. The story of missions is the story of young people and the young in heart, venturing into the unknown. It is the story of romance in the setting of a strange land, and joy or sorrow in lonely places.' .

(London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1900). Crown 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. 157, adverts; map. Small wormhole in upper joint; endpapers browned; sporadic foxing. Good condition. (Hess & Coger, Bibliography of Primary Sources for Nineteenth Century Tropical Africa, 5367) An interesting firsthand account of the progress of the West Indian Mission in Sierra Leone and Guinea. The missionaries had to contend with such challenges as termites, tornadoes, tribal wars, fever and locusts - not to mention devil worship by the locals, and the prospect of martyrdom! .

(Pretoria: Protea Book House, 2005) 1869190173. Vrijstatia Series, Number 15. 212 x 136 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 142, incl. index. Fine condition. "During the period 1814-1828 the London Missionary Society established a number of mission stations and outposts for the Bushmen in the vicinity of the Orange River. The only one ultimately to survive was Philippolis, founded in 1822, which became the capital of a Griqua Captaincy after Adam Kok II and his people settled there four years later. In this book the first fifteen years of mission work at Philippolis, the establishment of Christianity among the scattered inhabitants of the district and the tentative development of the new Griqua polity are described in extensive extracts from the letters and journals of the successive missionaries serving there." .

---. No. 12. Pp. 214. Contemporary quarter-cloth worn. Foxing and light marginal staining. Lacking two leaves. Fair only. Scarce. Includes articles on the Bechuana mission and much on the Zulu missions. .