Published by Holy Childhood Indian School, Harbor Springs, Michigan, 1898
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 32. Slim 16mo., measuring 15cm tall. 1/4 black cloth spine over lovely marbled boards. Exceptionally well preserved; contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. Exceedingly scarce Ojibway language prayer book as 'Printed by the Indian Children [of] the Harbor Springs Franciscan mission'. Text printed in English phonetics. Rare indeed, with only one other known extant copy available in commerce at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to OCLC #15057173. "I gladly give you permission to print in the Indian language from Bishop Baraga's book, The Stations of the Cross." Letter, Bishop Henry Joseph of Grand Rapids, Mich., to Rev. Zephyrin Engelhardt: p. 2.