Chronological Handbook of the History of China A Manuscript Left by the Late Rev. Ernst Faber, Dr. Theol.

Bookseller

Leaf and Stone Books (CA)

Bookseller's Inventory #

10539

Title

Chronological Handbook of the History of China A Manuscript Left by the Late Rev. Ernst Faber, Dr. Theol.

Author

Faber, Rev. Ernst; Kranz, Pastor P. , editor

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good with no dust jacket

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society of Germany

Place of Publication

Shanghai

Date Published

1902

Keywords

China, Missionaries, Ernst Faber, Sir Edmund Walker

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