GEIL, WILLIAM EDGAR

The Isle that is called Patmos

Philadelphia, A.J.Rowland. 1897, 1st US Edition. Decorative Hardcover. Book, Written by an American " unordained evangelist, Baptist missionary, explorer, lecturer, photographer and author " it describes the Orthodox Monastery of the Apocalypse and the island as he saw it c.1890. A review in the Spectator Dec 24th.1904 stated " He has a good deal to tell us about modern conditions of life on the island, and he illustrates it with some excellent drawings .He is especially interesting on ecclesiastical affairs. He describes the library, and .. the theological associations of the place. Altogether, he has given us a very readable and, it may be safely added, an instructive volume." It includes interesting contemporary photographs of that period. xii, 195p. frontis. illus. 30 plates of photographs and maps. Name of previous owner on ffep. Decorative cloth cover. This copy has some water stains and the text block is loose in the somewhat soiled original binding. An original edition NOT a print on demand reproduction .Large format, heavy volume [Weighs 1.5 kg/ 3 lbs 4oz,] 195p. illus.s. Good/No Jacket.

Kalamos BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36196

Catalogue: Patmos

Keywords: Patmos Monastery St. John the Divine Sold

William Edgar Geil

Ocean and Isle

WM. T. Pater & Co. Melbourne, 1902. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition. 22cm x 15cm. [viii], 309 pages, 94 plates (6 folding). Original brown cloth. Accounts of Pacific missions by American evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). Illustrated with 100 full page engravings, technically 94 plates with 6 being double-paged. Geil is best known for his evangelistic travels, which took him to China, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim and South Seas. He is considered one of the important explorers of his generation. In addition to his writings, Geil lectured extensively with numerous photographs of packed theatres present in this work. Geil married later in life and had no children. His widow, Constance, survived him until the late 1950s. In 1959 his estate was sold at public auction including the contents of his library, which was purchased by a Bucks County book dealer "Gus" Gustafson. It remained in his possession until shortly after his death in February of 2008. Some mottling to cloth. Hinge shaken but intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; Countries::Melanesia; Inventory No: 0034274.

Book Merchant JenkinsProfessional seller

Book number: 0034274

Catalogue: Religion & Theology

Keywords: BZDB407 Religion & Theology; Countries::Melanesia; Unbranded William Edgar Geil Ocean and Isle Countries::Melanesia

GEIL, WILLIAM EDGAR.

A Yankee in Pigmy Land.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908.

Antiquariat Manfred NosbüschProfessional seller

Book number: 19701AB

Catalogue: VariaNeu

Keywords: Afrika; englisch; Ostafrika

William Edgar Geil

A Yankee on the Yangtze

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of William Edgar Geil's account of his travels in Asia. The first UK edition of this work from Geil, an American evangelist, explorer, lecturer and photographer. He is believed to be the first American to have travelled the entire length of the Ming section of the Great Wall of China.Illustrated with ninety-nine photographic plates, each featuring a number of images. Collated, lacking the plate which should appear between pages 208 and 209, which featured three images.A fascinating account of the author's travels through Shanghai and Burma, with discussion of the Yangtze Gorges, Chinese interpreters, copper mining, and opium.The scarce first UK edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Marks to front joint. Front hinge significantly strained, with front free endpaper and frontispiece tenderly held. Small loss to one corner of frontispiece. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 886F1

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: asia shanghai burma shanghai Not Stated