Crosby thomas rev (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. xiv + 403pp. 21 photo plates complete, including portrait frontis. Light scuffs to cloth. Front hinge starting but secure. Name to front end paper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover. No jacket. Assumed first printing. Book is in very good condition with moderate wear. A very nice 109 year old copy. Additional photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. "A record of missionary work among the Indian tribes of the Northern Pacific Coast of our country and of the wonderful transformation in character and conditions which the introduction of the blessed Gospel has brought about." - Preface. xiv, 403 p. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates. New front and back endpapers applied over originals. Narrow opening in binding at half-title. Somewhat above-average wear to maroon cloth covered boards adorned with gilt lettering and photo of author. Lowther 1611, Tourville 1128, Amtmann 3501, Ricks p.75, Smith 2135, Matthews 295, Tod & Cordingley p.85.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; British Columbia Pacific Coast Missionaries Native Peoples Rev. Thomas Crosby Forward Movement of 1874 Bella Bella Naas Mission Skeena Kitamaat Kitamat Queen Charlotte Islands Totemism. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 243 pages. Tissue-protected frontis photo portrait of author. Attractively decorated maroon cloth-covered front board. All seventeen black and white plates present. "An autobiographical account of the author's first twelve years (from 1862 to September 1873) as a Methodist missionary among the Cowichan and Nanaimo Indians." - Lowther. Average wear. Prior owner's name in light pencil upon front free endpaper. Faint moisture marks to fore-edge of first twenty-five pages. Hinges starting. Issued without dust jacket. LOWTHER 1556, RICKS p.75, AMTMANN 3499, SMITH 2134, WALLACE p.52, MATTHEWS 295, TOD & CORDINGLEY p.85.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; An-ko-me-nums, Flathead Tribes, Indians - Pacific Coast, Northwest Coast - Native Peoples, Missionaries, Christian, Methodist, Missionaries, Accounts, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Whiskey, Whisky, Fire-Water, Slavery, Feuds, Chilliwack, Coal Tye.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Toronto: William Briggs, 1907. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original cloth. 243 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Good+. Front hinge just the very slightest bit cracked but tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear. "The author, a Methodist Missionary, arrived at Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) in 1862, taking charge of the mission school there. He traveled for many years all over Vancouver Island, across to the mainland, through the Fraser River and Chilliwack valleys doing mission work. He was the first protestant to carry the Gospel among the heathen Indians of the Thompson River country. His account of the impact of the miners upon the customs and manners of the Indians is most interesting."--Decker. Very scarce work on the Native Americans on Vancouver Island and elsewhere in British Columbia. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. …