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London: Janus Publishing,1993.. 1st edition. The story of Mengo Hospital in Uganda. "How the East-African Christian revival broke down all barriers between African and European; and how doctors and nurses were touched by it. How a Christ-centred organisation was able to surmount other obstacles, such as local superstition, and bring healing of mind and body to… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, nd. (c.1930).. Story of the author's missionary work in Northern Canada with an introduction by Mark Guy Pearce.. Pp.267, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates and occasional black & white illustrations, presentation bookplate to front free endpaper, small bookseller's stamp (Ruddocks,Lincoln). Grey illustrated cloth. VG.

London: Burns Oates, 1953.. 1st edition. A popular account of the missioinary activities of the Church from the time of the Apostles to the 1950s. Pp.xii/200, inscribed by the author "With grateful thanks to Miss Corcoran for all the valuable services rendered to the Church and to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Aloysius Roche, Xmas 1953" to front free endpaper,… Read more about this item

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1935.. 1st edition. Pp.xx/249, black & white photo portrait frontispiece + 7 further black & white photo plates, owner's details to front free endpaper. Yellow cloth rubbed with a couple of spots, spine slightly sunned with minor crease, bumps to corners. G+.

London: Gardner, Darton & Co., 1897.. A very good original cloth binding. Second edition signed by the Author, February 1897 (The first edition was published in December, 1896). 8vo. 7.75" x 5.25" x 1.00". pp.xviii/pp.233/[4pp. - Adverts] . A good tight green cloth binding, edges rubbed and bumped. Illustrated front board, image dulled. Titles in red to both front… Read more about this item

London Christian Literature Crusade,1945.. 11th edition. "George Fenton Hall, the subject of this memoir, was one of the first four Amazonian pioneers of the W.E.C.[Worldwide Evangelization Crusade]. The plunge into the trackless Amazon forest in search of a tribe of Indians taken by this intrepid young Crusader is the enthralling drama of this book....Fenton took risks...in carrying neither medicines… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co, 1892.. 1st edition. Christian home mission thoughts. Contents include: Part I. Home-Making: I.The Corner-stone of the Commonwealth; II.The Mothers' Meeting; III.The Mothers' Meeting - Bible Lessons; IV.Mothers and Daughters; V.Our Helpers; VI.Questions; VII.Men, Brethren, and Fathers. Part II. Home Destroyers: I.No Place for Home; II.The Drink Traffic; III.The Mother Not at Home; IV.Storming… Read more about this item

London: James Blackwood & Co., nd. (c.1880s).. Brief biographies of female Christian missionaries and other women of christian influence, including: Mrs Susan Huntington; The Right Hon.Wilielma, Viscountess Glenorchy; Miss Sophia Laura Clementine Cuvier; Mrs Isabella Graham; Mrs Mary M Ellis; Miss Caroline Elizabeth Smelt; Mrs Margaret Wilson; Miss Martha Reed; Mrs Harriet W L Winslow; Mrs W W Duncan;… Read more about this item

London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1992.. 1st.ed. "This book offers valuable insight into the beliefs of the British people and helps us to gain a better understanding of the times we live in." Pp.x/182, pages slightly toned. Paperback. VG.

London: James Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1901.. Comprising Hints for Chairmen, Preachers, and Speakers; Outlines for Missionary Sermons and Addresses; Missionary Facts, Figures, Illustrative Anecdotes, and Independent Testimonies, A Missionary Kalendar, A Conspectus of British Missionary Societies, etc. Pp.xii/368/10(ads). Maroon cloth, bright gilt title to front and spine, edges slightly rubbed with bumps to corners, publisher's label (File Copy) to… Read more about this item

London: The Churchmen's Missionary Society, 1951.. Review of the workings of the Churchmen's Missionary Society for the year 1950, in the Central Provinces of India, the Arctic, East Africa, French Morocco, Burma, China, India, and Ethiopia. Pp.32, 4 pages of black & white photos + line map. Paperback. G+.

London: Edinburgh House Press, 1961.. 1st edition. Joan Scutt lived and worked in South Africa and Swaziland for over twenty years. "The characteristics which she has found in the heroine of this story, to whom she has given the sobriquet of 'Mrs Crocodile', are no doubt those found in many an African woman, while the setting of the tale… Read more about this item

London: The Carey Press, nd.(c.1930s).. R.H.Carson Graham was, for thirty-seven years a Missionary in Portuguese Congo. Pp.xii/293, black & white photo portrait frontispiece of Dom Pedro VI, Mbemba, the Fourth King of the Congo in his Robe of State(which was originally the Mayoral Robe of Bristol, presented to the Kings of Congo by Sir Charles Wathen) + 8 further… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960.. 1st edition. Nate Saint was one of the five missionaries martyred in the Ecuador Jungle in 1956. Pp.303, 16 pages of black & white photos, photo illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth, small bumps to lower front corner, dustwrapper price-clipped and has general edge wear. VG/G+.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1891.. This book is written especially for boys, in the hope that Mackay's example may lead many of them to think of Africa, and devote their lives to its moral and spiritual regeneration."(author's preface). All edges gilt. Pp.viii/338/6(ads), sepia portrait frontispiece + 11 black & white plates, gift message to inner front endpaper, some… Read more about this item

London: Seeley and Co.Ltd, 1910.. True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring Adventures of Missionaries with Uncivilized Man, Wild Beasts and the Forces of Nature. Pp.163/12(ads), black & white frontispiece + 7 further black & white plates, presentation notation to front free endpaper, spotting to endpapers. Blue cloth with green and red 'art nouveau' floral decoration to front… Read more about this item

Operation Sunshine, nd. (1994).. Kathleen Harding is the founder of Operation Sunshine. "The work of Operation Sunshine in England, opened the door for Compassion Ministries in Zimbabwe, Africa, to minister to thousands of refugees and Street People in that country." Pp.94, signed by author to title page, some black & white photo illustrations. Stiff card covers. … Read more about this item

London: John Snow, 1851.. 4th edition. With prefatory remarks by Rev. Thomas Archer. The author was a missionary in Western India and the book consists of 6 lectures: I. India Considered Descriptively and Historically; II. India Considered as a Sphere of Evangelistic Operations; III. The Inward and Outward Forms of Hinduism Revealed; IV. India Described as a Battle-Field… Read more about this item

Eastbourne: Kingsway, 2006.. When a surgeon and his anaesthetist wife are called by God to the strange and exotic land of Thailand in the 1960's, they soon find themselves immersed in a culture and language that require both a sense of humour and strong practicality in order to survive!" Pp.240, 2 maps. Pbk. VG.

Milton Keynes: Authentic, 2008.. The extraordinary story of Ruth Shakeshaft. A young nurse who joined the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa, she found herself obeying a missionary call to Uganda. She soon became involved in the world of those suffering with leprosy; a disease that was greatly feared and sufferes were often shunned by their families and society." … Read more about this item