Boon Thomas C B (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Large 8vo. (7 x 10") unpaged [14p. including wrappers]. Stapled booklet in printed wrappers. [List of] Errata on the rear wrapper. Just touches of wear to extremities, some darkening around the edges, touches of rust on the staples, corners square and flat, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. "The above article is by the Archivist of the Provincial Synod of Rupert's Land, the Rev. Thomas C.B. Boon, B.A., (who is also Secretary of the newly-established Branch of the Canadian Church Historical Society for the above Synod). It throws light on the steady process pursued by Anglican m missionaries in communicating truths of the holy gospel to minds of aboriginal Canadians not only in their own tongue but in their own script. It also exposes the heavy debt these missionaries were under to James Evans of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, who invented a syllabic script formed upon the simplest of lines, enabling the Cree Indians to possess written copies of these truths which they might read with ease." [from the front matter] An important article on the invention and use of Cree Syllabics.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xii, 256. 8vo. Green hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the subject, and accompanied with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Neat ink name, and personal bookplte affixed to ffep else, no detectable flaws. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xii, 256. 8vo. Green hardcovers, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the subject, and accompanied with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. No detectable flaws, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No publication or edition year stated. Illustrated soft cover, minimal edge wear, The spine is lightly sunned. The inside is unmarked. The binding is tight. The pages are clean and clear.

[circa 1970]. (Trade paperback) Very good. 84pp. Illustrated cover, photographs, illustrations, chronology. There is a mark on the front cover. Article about David Anderson, W.F. Barfoot, William Bompas, Henry Budd, Chief Peguis, William Cockran, Richard Faries, Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding, William Bertal Heeney, John Horden, James Hunter, William West Kirkby, John Macallum, Robert Machray, John Alexander Mackay, Samuel Pritchard Matheson, Robert McDonald, George McKay, J.A. Newnham, Edmund James Peck, Maurice Sanderson, John Saunders, James Settee, Louis Ralph Sherman, John Smithurst, I.O. Stringer, Armand Tagoona, Thomas Vincent & John West. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Anglican Church of Canada, Missionaries--Western Canada).

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Card Covers. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 38. 8vo., measuring 10" x 7". Light blue stapled card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Fine. "To all students and others interested in the story of the Anglican Church of Canada the value of this publication can hardly be overestimated. At the Conference described in the following pages the obstacles that threatened to ruin the carefully drawn up plan for the consolidation of the whole Canadian church in a General Synod were faced and to a large extent overcome. Much of the credit for the success of the Conference was due to the skilful leadership of the presiding officer, Robert Machray, Bishop of Rupert's Land".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pp. Anglican church history on the prairies. Many of these pieces originally appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press1961-1968. Illustrated with b&w photos. Bright clean copy.