New York: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, May, 1917. First Edition. Quarto in custom marbled boards with blue cloth; original illus. wraps bound in; pages 297-368 + [adverts]: illustrations; 24 cm. Numerous b&w photos; advertisements. About near fine to very good(+) thus. . Hardcover.
Uncommon thus, in custom sewn bindng. Bookplate of "Rt. Rev. Nathaniel S.Thomas, S.T.D." [S.C.D.?] // "Nathaniel Seymour Thomas (1867 - 1937) was second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming, serving from 1909 to 1927.Early life and educationThomas was born on June 30, 1867, in Faribault, Minnesota, the son of the Reverend Elisha Smith Thomas, later Bishop of Kansas, and Georgine Mary Brown. He was educated in Minneapolis, and Saint Paul, before studying at the University of Minnesota and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1890. He then became chair of English literature in St. John's Military School, where he remained until 1891. He perused his theological studies first at the University of Cambridge in England, and then at the Kansas Theological School."—Wikipedia // Christian Missoinaries overseas; Periodicals
