2008, ISBN: 9781437278620

Hardcover

Rubbed. LACKING REAR FREE FLYLEAF. Good. 28pp photoplates; 6 maps. Islam Student Volunteer Movement New York 1907 orig. cloth 21x15cm, xx,295,(34)pp, Light binding corner bumps. Some penc… More...

Rubbed. LACKING REAR FREE FLYLEAF. Good. 28pp photoplates; 6 maps. Islam Student Volunteer Movement New York 1907 orig. cloth 21x15cm, xx,295,(34)pp, Light binding corner bumps. Some pencilled & inked textual underlinings. Name inked on flyleaf. Full title reads: "Islam, A Challenge to Faith: Studies on the Mohammedan Religion and the Needs and Opportunities of the Mohammedan World from the Standpoint of Christian Missions". Includes 28pp single-side photoplates + 6 folding maps & charts. Contents: The Origin and the Sources of Islam; Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam; The Spread of Islam; The Faith of Islam; The Practice of Islam; The Ethics of Islam; Division, Disintegration, and Reform; The Present Condition of the Moslem World; Missions to Moslems; Methods and Results; The Problem and the Peril; A Challenge to Faith; Apendices: Chronological tables of important events in history of Islam and of missions to Moslems.- -B. William Gifford Palgrave’s characterization of Allah.--C. Thomas Patrick Hughes’ characterization of Mohammed.--D. List of missionary societies working among Moslems.--E. Select bibliography for further reference and study (p. 270-281)., Student Volunteer Movement, 1907, 2.5, Minor rubbing & soil to binding, VG. Parsi literature Messrs. Nusserwanji & Co. Karachi nd.(ca.1930?] orig.boards 22x14cm, v, 68 pp Not listed in British Museum Online Catalogue. Poems by a Karachi Parsi. ["...it was not the exact truth that I described in my first book of poems ' A Dream of Prophets'...In my dream I had only seen Holy Zarathustra, Moses, Guatama Buddha & Jesus Christ. Yet out of my over-anxiety of those days to promote better religious feelings between different religionists & out of a desire not to hurt the feelings of the Mohammedans I added the lines about Mohammed though I had not seen Mohammed in my dream..." ( - from author' s preface)]., Messrs. Nusserwanji & Co., 3, Paperback / softback. New., 6, Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items., 2.5, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-27. Hardcover. Used:Good., Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-27, 0<

2008, ISBN: 9781437278620

International Publishing, 1896. Hbk, 512pp, illustr portrait frontis, maps, facsimile documents and b+w photos, no dj as issued, fine embossed, gilt, and decorated gray-green cloth board… More...

International Publishing, 1896. Hbk, 512pp, illustr portrait frontis, maps, facsimile documents and b+w photos, no dj as issued, fine embossed, gilt, and decorated gray-green cloth boards only very slightly faded at the spine, very slight toning to front endpaper verso and 2nd front endpaper, marbled foredges, appears to be a previously-unread copy and internally excellent clean tight unmarked almost as new, a handsome copy becoming harder to find, International Publishing, 1896, 0, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-27. Hardcover. Used: Good., Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-27, 2.5<