1920-30 Missionary Explorers, Missionary Heroines of the Cross, Heroines of Missionary Adventure

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Three volumes on Christian missionaries, by R. A. M. Ibbotson, and E. C. Dawson.

These three works explore the adventures of British missionaries around the world, in particular in Africa and China, with dramatic accounts of their work and experiences. Including stories about Dr. T. L. Pennell, Fidelia Fiske, W. Barbrooke Grubb, Anna Hinderer, Bishop Bompas, Rebecca Wakefield, Griffith John, Mary Louisa Whatley, and George Grenfell.

Including;

'Missionary Explorers', written by R. A M. Ibbotson, published in 1920. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and eight monochrome plates. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. Collated, complete.

'Missionary Heroines of the Cross', written by E. C. Dawson, published in 1925. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. This is an abridged edition of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'.

'Heroines of Missionary Adventure', written by E. C. Dawson, published in 1930. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, and twenty-three monochrome plates. Collated, complete.

Four pages of adverts to the front, and six pages of adverts to the rear of 'Missionary Explorers' and 'Missionary Heroines of the Cross'. One page of adverts to the front and twenty to the rear of 'Heroines of Missionary Adventure'.