1891 John Kenneth MacKenzie Medical Missionary to China
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce
The very scarce first edition of this work.
An insightful biography on the life and work of John Kenneth MacKenzie, an important medical missionary to China.
During his time in China, MacKenzie treated a wide variety of cases, from eye disease to an opium addiction.
Illustrated with a frontispiece.
Collated, complete.
Written by Mrs. Bryson.
Institutional label to the front paste down, ink to the reverse of the frontispiece and reverse of the title page.
Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper.
Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Institutional label to the tail of the spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Faint tape mark to the tail of the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Institutional label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-tone and generally clean with some spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Institutional ink to the reverse of the frontispiece and reverse of the title page.
Very Good
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