This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... a father, what will be his life-course and end? Cousin John Chinaman served us with good coffee--a genial, manly fellow was he. Next morning, within a mile of our port, Mr. White pointed to a small lone dwelling on the rocky shore of a little bay, said: "Do you see that house?" "Yes." "That is all that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... a father, what will be his life-course and end? Cousin John Chinaman served us with good coffee--a genial, manly fellow was he. Next morning, within a mile of our port, Mr. White pointed to a small lone dwelling on the rocky shore of a little bay, said: "Do you see that house?" "Yes." "That is all that remains of the town of Cheneviye. It contained a population of about 400, and the tidal wave of last May swept it clean, and most of its inhabitants were carried clear away into the ocean." Some of the people fleeing to the hills called to a German merchant as they passed his door, saying: "Get your family out quickly, and run for your lives." He shouted: "Go about your business, you want me to run away that you may steal my goods." He went in and barred his doors. Poor man! daring thieves on some former occasion had doubtless closed his ears against the timely warning of his friends. In a minute after, his house, with himself and family all locked in, was carried into the sea and crushed to pieces. They were seen no more. Severe earthquakes on this coast occur once in a hundred years, but a second destructive visitation of that sort within nine years is quite exceptional. Pdbellon de Pica is one of the great guanoloading ports of Peru. There are here and at Haunillos, 22 miles south, including a few vessels at Point Labos, one hundred and three ships. My work is to follow the currents of English commerce along the dark coasts of heathenism and of semi-Christian lands, to help to prevent the wreck of Chris tian character on those foreign reefs and rocks, and to secure those already wrecked, and to utilize men and money for missionary evangelizing purposes, instead of quietly allowing Satan to monopolize these resources and array them against the...
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VG. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Published by Nelson & Phillips, 1879. NOT exLib. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth over boards w/ bright gilt lettering on spine. Very light soiling & wear to front cover. Very light soiling to first couple & last couple of (blank) pages, o/w book is clean and unmarked throughout. Pages slightly stiff w/ age. Preliminary advt & Frontis illus in b&w. 318pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
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B/W Illus. Very Good. No Jacket. 12 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. Early, not 1st Printing; maroon c w/lite wear at extremities, rubbing at edges; in mylar protective wraps 318 clean, unmarked pages.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear with lightly bumped corners. Edge wear at corners and top and bottom of spine. FFEP has been removed.; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Gilt stamped titles on spine; 7.3 X 5.2 X 1.3 inches; 318 pages.
