Author: ARMSTRONG, ROBERT CORNELL.
Title: Just Before the Dawn. The Life and Work of Ninomiya Sontoku.
Description: New York The Macmillan Co, 1912. 1st prt of 1st edition. Size [xxi, 273, footnotes, bibl, illustr on 16 plates, adverts] (The story of a Japanese sage & socio-economic reformer who lived during the first half of the 19th century, preceded by chapters on the religions & the social history of Japan, published for the Young People's Forward Movement for Missions. Forward by Nathaniel Burwash & Introduction by A.H. Abbott, both professors at the University of Toronto.) Dust jacket of thin brown paper with black lettering, edges worn up to 1/4 inch plus one large tear on back lower side. Blue cloth hardboards with gold lettering, minor wear to corners & spine ends, pages very untrimmed, almost no internal signs of use, bright copy with tight binding & unmarked text, Very Good

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