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Bartimeus, of the Sandwich Islands
by Bingham, Rev. H[iram]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: American Tract Society. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. N.d., [ca. 1868 per WorldCat]. Orig. brown blind stamped cloth. 58 pp., [4] pp. ads. Frontis. engraving w/ tissue guard. Printer's error to title, reading Bartimeus, "or" instead of "of." Boards sunned to spine and extremities. Moderate foxing to text block. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Creasing to a few corners. The story of Christian convert and evangelist Bartimeus, born Puaaiki on Maui, probably around the year 1785. "Though the islands had, by Capt. Cook, been discovered, and introduced to the Christian world in 1778, yet for half of 'threescore years and ten,' darkness and the undiminished pollution of Hawaiian heathenism, and trained under the baleful influences of a senseless and cruel superstition." It follows the blind, middle-aged man from his "heathen" origins through his appointment as Deacon and evangelist labours. 0.
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- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014563
- Title
- Bartimeus, of the Sandwich Islands
- Author
- Bingham, Rev. H[iram]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- American Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- religion, Bartimeus, religion, Christianity, Christian converts, biography, Hawaii, American missions, Hiram Bingham
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Christianity;
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- Cloth
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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