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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Christian Brahmun ; Or, Memoirs of The Life, Writings and Character of the Converted Brahmun, Babajee Including Illustrations of the Domestic Habits, Manners, Customs, and Superstitions of the Hindoos; A Sketch of the Deckan and Notices of India in General, and an Account of the American Mission at Ahmednuggur By Rev Hollis Read, Two Volumes Bound Together, Leavitt, Lord & Co. New York, 1836, 264 pp, 275 pp, full cloth, 8 x 4.75", 8vo. In fair condition. Ex-library of Yale College Library. Spine is fragile with peeling at joints and staining overall to surface of cloth. Moderate wear to extremities with heavier rubbing to corners. Ex-libris stamp of "Rabe" in red ink on fly and pastedown. Fly leaf is torn at bottom corner. Dampness staining to gutters with foxing throughout, heavy at times. Light soiling to text with age-stain. Free of known markings. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. Two Volumes in One. Very Scarce. Hollis Read (1802-1887) was a missionary, lecturer, pastor, and author in the United States. He wrote about religion, India, and Africa as well as about emancipated African Americans after the American Civil War in the United States.