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Faith and Victory: A Story of the Progress of Christianity in Bengal
by Mullens, Mrs [Hannah Catherine (1826-1861)] [Hana / Hanna]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London / Calcutta: James Nisbet and Co. / Calcutta Tract and Book Society. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature on title page "Rev. G. C. [?] 1881". Rubber stamp on title page "GUGUN CHUNDER DOSS / ENTALLY / 8TH MAR 1881". A few scattered small insect wormholes. Some tape repairs over wormholes on last few leaves.; Uncommon. xi, [1], 248 pages. Rebound (20th century) in half brown cloth and red patterned papered boards. Page dimensions: 190 x 119mm. "Hana Catherine Mullens (1826–1861) was a European missionary, educator, translator and writer. She was a leader of zenana missions, setting up schools for girls and writing what is arguably the first novel in Bengali. She spent most of her life in Calcutta, then the capital of British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal), and was fluent in the Bengali language." - Wikipedia entry on Hana Catherine Mullens, accessed May 2021. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22777
- Title
- Faith and Victory: A Story of the Progress of Christianity in Bengal
- Author
- Mullens, Mrs [Hannah Catherine (1826-1861)] [Hana / Hanna]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co. / Calcutta Tract and Book Society
- Place of Publication
- London / Calcutta
- Date Published
- 1865
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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