Missionary Memorial: or, Biographical and Historical Sketches of Distinguished American Missionaries by the Rev. Drs. Worcester, Cheever, Dickinson, and other Clergymen

Various authors; Pierson, H. W. (ed.). Missionary Memorial: or, Biographical and Historical Sketches of Distinguished American Missionaries by the Rev. Drs. Worcester, Cheever, Dickinson, and other Clergymen. Glasgow: William Collins, ca. 1852. Sm. 8vo. 344pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Printed endpapers. Frontispiece engraving protected by tissue guard. 25 missionaries wrote and contributed to this rare Missionary memorial. Includes a chapter on the ‘Origin of American Foreign Missions’ and the ‘Ordination of the first American Foreign Missionaries’. Age wear and staining on binding. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Binding in fair, interior in overall very good condition. g. Hardcover. (22486) $65