Published by Brookfield MA: Merriam, 1838
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 8vo, 55, i pp. Disbound. Spine sewn. First Edition. A good+ copy.
Published by Power Press of Cooke & Chapin, West Brookfield, Mass, 1848
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Orange printed wrappers. 56pp. In comtemporary back green unprinted wrapper. Title inked on outer wrap, early owner's name, light wear to inner orange wraps, a very good copy.
Published by Church Missionary Society, London, 1905
US$ 92.71
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). Historical overview of the involvement of the Church Missionary Society in Japan, featuring photographic plates and a folding map. Fourth edition.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit, author of Exlibris Japan: An Introductory Handbook to the Bookplates of Japan (1982).Illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map and seven further photographic plates. Collated, complete.An overview of life and religion in contemporary Japan and the Church Missionary Society's involvement there. Written and published by the Church Missionary Society, the first edition (1879) being from Eugene Stock, this revised edition including updates from Assistant Editorial Secretary Rev. C. D. Snell and a conclusion by Rev. G. H. Pole. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With the bookplate of Cliff Parfit to front paste down. Signature of previous owner to rear of front free endpaper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing. Boards feature light discolouration and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean with the exception of mild spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. book.