The China Mission Hand-Book. First Issue.

CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.

Published by Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1896

About this Item

First edition, rare in commerce, commercial records showing only one other copy in the last two decades. The publication was effusively welcomed by the Chinese and religious periodical press, for it satisfied long-standing demand for a comprehensive and easily accessible survey. The contents offer textual and statistical descriptions of the state of missionary work in different Chinese provinces and cities, alongside articles by Timothy Richard and other missionaries on secret societies and on Buddhism, Taoism, and Islam. Part II, the survey of recent progress, is subdivided into the dozens of Western groups proselytizing in the country by century's end. Emphasis is placed on educational and medical work and, where applicable, the operations of printing presses. Octavo (245 x 160 mm). With 2 large colour folding maps, 12 full-page maps printed in black and red, 3 folding tables, tables in text, errata slipped tipped in facing p. 335. Contemporary dark red half roan, raised bands, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, black cloth sides, marbled sides. Ex-Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, with bookplates, title-page ink stamp, and traces of removed record card holders. Binding worn and recently repaired, folding map at page 56 now detached from stub and repaired with tissue, a few ink marks in printed area, other maps well preserved: very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The China Mission Hand-Book. First Issue.
• Publisher: Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1896
• Edition: 1st Edition