John S Moffat (44 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages bright and clean. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Gibbens, Gathered here today.thoughts on a May fair. Moffat, John Moffat of Edinburgh - a Victorian photographer in the family. Williamson, A royal descent of Commander Timothy Laurence. Colwell, Faily history into community history. 8.25" tall; 39 pages.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardback. Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Very Good. 14 pages, 2 figures, 4 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 22 cms. Category: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In English.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 314 p. + catalogue 23 p. 12,5x19cm. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute on front pastedown. Code 1075.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. New Edition. This is a VG hardcover 1888 American edition, midnight green cloth binding, no DJ. 484 pages with index. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. 484 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light fading and shelf rubbing on the covers and spine. Light foxing, faint on the exterior edges of textblock and prelims. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

3rd edition. Some foxing throughout; binding tight; corner of front board bumped; slight wear at head & foot of spine Used - Good. Good hardback in dark grey cloth Used - Good. Good hardback in dark grey cloth.

Biography by the son of the African misssionaries and adventurers. 2nd edition, revised with a supplementary chapter. Lacks fep otherwise VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex. Library. Stamps. Tightly bound. Cover boards shelf worn and slightly marked. B/W photos. Good reading copy.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. heavy copy. a worn, knocked and stained copy. spine is torn and chipped. heavy foxing and marks. gift inscriptions. very poor copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED. THE CORNERS ARE SCUFFED AND EXPOSED. THE SPINE IS FADED AND BOTH ENDS ARE BUMPED. THE PAGE EDGES ARE GOLD GILTED. THE FFEP HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE BINDING HAS LOOSENED SLIGHTLY AROUND THE FIRST AND LAST FEW PAGES BUT THEY ARE ALL ATTACHED. THE REMAINDER OF THE BINDING IS FAIRLY TIGHT. THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the story of Robert Moffat, a Scottish gardener who became a missionary in South Africa. The book begins with Moffatââ â¢s early life, depicting the deeply religious atmosphere of his upbringing and his own struggle to understand and accept his faith. We see Moffatââ â¢s early encounters with the missionary movement and the powerful impact they had on him. The narrative follows his journey to becoming a missionary, detailing his decision to leave behind a promising career to dedicate himself to spreading the gospel among the indigenous people of Africa. We are privy to his thoughts and feelings during his preparations for the journey and his anxieties as he leaves his family and friends to embark on this uncertain mission. The author captures the stark contrast between Moffatââ â¢s modest upbringing and the grandeur of the gardens he tended, a contrast that highlights his humble nature and unassuming dedication to service. We also see the authorââ â¢s attention to the historical details of travel and communication in the early 19th century, creating a vivid picture of a time when missionary work was truly a leap of faith into the unknown. Moffatââ â¢s story is a captivating testament to the transformative power of faith and the enduring legacy of missionary work in a world where the concept of a missionary life has largely disappeared. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. T Fisher Unwin, London, UK 1900. 314 pages. 12th edition. Moderate general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, father of Mary Moffat Livingstone and father-in-law of David Livingstone, and first translator of the Bible into Setswana. Biography Religion::Christian Pre-1910 6092.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Good. A smart twelfth edition of this illustrated biography of Scottish missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat. Twelfth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. The lives of Robert Moffat, a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa who began his missionary career in South Africa at the age of twenty-one, and his wife Mary Moffat, a British missionary who became a role model for women involved in missionary work. She was seen by Victorian Britain as an ideal missionary wife and role model for Tswana women. Their daughter Mary Moffat Livingstone married David Livingstone, a prominent missionary in his own right. Written by their son, John Smith Moffat, as a British missionary and imperial agent in southern Africa, known for various publications and essays detailing his journeys and experiences in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Age toning to the endpapers with a paper cutting pasted to the front endpaper. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xix, [1], 484pp, bound in blue cloth, top edges gilt, with two double page Maps of South Africa, and two mounted photographic portraits [one being the frontis-piece, with the tissue guard intact], with a total of six plates. Covers show edge/corner wear, with loss to upper/lower spine edges. Interior binding is somewhat loose, but holding.…