Buchanan Rev Claudius (24 results)

Hardcover. 475, [2] p.; 15.5 cm. -- Claudius Buchanan, promotor of missions to India, 1766-1815. Fair rubbed sheep, front cover detached. Lacks title-pieces.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A sermon "preached in the Church of St. James, Bristol (CT) on Sunday, February 26, 1809, for the benefit of the 'Society for Missions to Africa and the East'" by Buchanan "from India". 24 pages. Previously bound with other items, now with no cover and a rough spine edge; has soils and foxing. Paper.

Full-Leather. Condition: Poor. "At their tenth anniversary July 12, 1810, to which are added Christian researches in Asia." First printed at the University press, Cambridge England. [1-5], vi, 2-264, [1-2], iv-xii, 14-80, [1-2], 4-28, [1-3], 6-36, [1-4], 6-39p, appendix, ads for Samuel Armstrong. Brown leather cover barely attached, covers somewhat warped at bottom corners, parts of front and back cover missing at hinges, very worn and soiled, title "Researches in Asia" in dulled gold letters in red panel on spine, moisture marks on front few pages and back end papers, much foxing, mostly on end papers, binding weak at title page and at back hinge, otherwise tight, name on 2nd blank page Jany 1812 Albany and same name on title page 1813. Several pages have been turned down at corners.

.both as a means of perpetuating the Christian religion among our own countrymen and as a foundation for the ultimate civilization of the natives." (continuation of title) Cambridge 1811 second Cambridge edition. Hilliard and Metcalf. Octavo. Later wraps. 80p. Text toned but legible. Binding secure; no ownership marks.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 96pp. Disbound. With the half-title present.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair copy in marbled calf with red title band on spine. Edge-wear, scuffing, fore-edges worn-through. Pages are toned.275pp 12mo.

Condition: Good. Boston 1809 eighth American edition. Munroe, Francis & Parker. 52p. Original cover missing, now rebound in later plain wripas. Good. no ownership marks.

Hardback. 275 pages. The book is bound in printers boards with a leather spine, the binding is rubbed and stained but remains sound. There is some foxing and browning throughout the book.

Condition: Good. Boston 1809 8th Munroe, Francis & Parker. To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing The Interesting Report Of The Rev. Dr. Kerr To The Governor of Madras On The State Of The Ancient Christians In Cochin And Travancore And An account Of The Discoveries Made By Rev. Dr. Buchanan of 200,000 Christians in the Sequestered Region of Hindostan. Octavo, 52pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Signature of Leverett Saltonstall on top of title page. Good, some browning in text block.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. three numbers, portrait (lightly tanned), printed double column, good. keywords: biography & autobiography;

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Second Boston Edition. Fair copy. Some repairs to spine (bookseller's tape inside gutter and on spine). Quarter leather. Some rubbing to covers. Darkening to pages. Previous owners' names inside cover. 230pp. Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Fifth Edition. From an academic library, usual stamps and labels. [2], 118, [2], 306 pp. Binding is half leather over textured cloth boards, front board hanging by a thread. Some foxing to prelims. Library stamps here and there including the title page. A reading copy. A00007541.

96pp. Rough cut. Rebound in plain blue modern cloth. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated. Small hardback copy in half brown leather binding, marbled boards with gold gilt lettering and decoration to spine, no dustjacket as issued. No inscriptions, small 'St. Judes Library' ink stamp to half title and full title pages, light wear to board and leather edges. (14/2).

306pp. Firmly rebound in plain brown cloth. Account of the author's extensive travels through India and Ceylon visiting Christian Missions. He was Vice-Principal of the College of Fort William in Calcutta. Paper a little wavy but clean and largely unspott.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. First American Edition. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. Original two toned hardcover with tan paper spine and blue paper covered boards, much wear, previous owner's name and private library stamp behind front cover, some darking to the text block and penciled bracketing. Part of spine is missing (1 inch approx) some water stains on back board does not effect the text. Overall in FAIR condition. In Apology for Promoting Christianity in India in India (1812) Claudius Buchanan tells a heart-rending story that illustrates the power of shame in Indian culture. A widow of Vaucha-ramu, a Brahmin, had to commit Sati with her dead husband at Mujilupur, South of Calcutta. The cremation got delayed until sunset. The smoke and the heat made the widow change her mind. She managed to wriggle out of the funeral pyre and hid in the bushes. When the smoke had cleared, the mourners saw that there was only one body on the pyre. A manhunt began. The son found his mother and began to drag her to the fire. She cried and begged with the young man who owed his life to her, to please let her live. The son replied that if she lived, he would be shamed in his caste and that would be worse than death. So it is better for her to die! UncleAndy Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

18 cm. 158, 55pp. Full brown leather with black leather label and gilt rules. Spine ends worn down, joints repaired. Amateurish strengthening of hinges. Text block very good with scattered foxing throughout. Rev. Buchanan was chaplain of Calcutta and vice-principal of the college of Fort William. While in these positions he translated the bible into many languages. This book was widely influential in encouraging a more world wide missionary expansion, and it was published in an amazingly wide variety of places in the United States. His outlook toward those he tried to convert is representational of the era he came from, exuding moral superiority and dismissing their ways.

Condition: Good. New York 1812 Richard Scott. Two title bound in one volume. Hardcover. 12mo., 154pp., 118pp., marbled boards with later paper spine. Numerous ink numbers on title page. Includes an appendix "containing an account of 200,000 Christians discovered in the sequestered region of Hindostan." Near Good, inner hinges cracked, text toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unique wooden boards with cloth spine. Minor rubbing at edges. Title label on spine beginning to peel. General shelf wear. Occasional foxing to first half of book, overall clean. Binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Christian Researches in Asia: With Notices on the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages. To Which are Added The Eras of Light and The Star in the East. By Rev. Claudius Buchanan and printed in Philadelphia by David Brown. 1813, 275 pp, 7.25" x 4.75", 8vo, hardcover full leather. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Losses to head and heel of spine. Cracking and looseness to boards, primarily at back. Light marginalia and markings, primarily at front of book. Text block remains bound well with minor wear. Illustrated frontispiece. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce early Philadelphia imprint of a report on early American missionary activities in Asia, accompanied by additional sermons. COLR1813AFGR-1023-aj0557.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FINE FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. Slim Crown 8vo. Bound in 20th Century Half Calf, spine gilt-tooled in compartments. Inscribed " With the Author's respectful Compliments." Complete with Half Title, Title, (4)pps., (1) - 199pps. A SUPERB EXAMPLE ! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, Octavo, Quarter Calf, With Corner Wrapped Marbled Boards, PP.199 Including Appendix of The Number Of English Protestants In India and troop numbers in Various Indian Cities, Has Discussion of Murder, Idolatry, Mission Activities And efforts to Civilize the Natives; Signed "With The Authors Respectul Compliments" in Ink at Fep; This Copy is from the Sitwell Family Library At Weston HALL U. K. THEIR FAMILY SEAT FOR 300 YEARS. THE BOOK LIKELY ARRIVED AT WESTON HALL DURING THE TIME OF HARRIET WRIGHTSON 1788-1864 AND COL. HENRY HELY- HUTCHISON. Signed by Author(s).

Later edition. Contemporary brown calf, gilt tooling on spine, edges and spine worn; tear to upper corner of p. 11 (one word of text missing), text leaves browned with some foxing, stain through last 40 leaves. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf. Rare edition of an influential work. It contains sometimes lurid accounts of religious and cultural practices in India, including, for example, a section on "Immolation of females." First published in 1811, the work Christian researches in Asia was issued in several editions in England and the United States in the ensuing two years. It was also translated into several languages. According to the Oxford DNB, "Buchanan's writings were considered authoritative in America and helped to stimulate the American missionary movement and to shape American attitudes towards non-Christians." The sermons included with each edition vary somewhat. This particular edition, published by Stephen Ustick in Burlington, New Jersey, appears to be relatively rare, with OCLC listing just 6 known copies in libraries. Buchanan (1766-1815) was born in Scotland, and became an East India Company chaplain. He traveled extensively in India and wrote compellingly on what he observed.