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London: Oliphants, 1953. This is the story of William Chalmers Burns, the first missionary to China, and how the Chinese came to give him the nickname "The Man of the Book" and why. Yellow cloth, black text on spine with title and illustration in black on front. Colour Frontispiece identical to DJ. 96 pp. Cloth is lightly rubbed on upper and lower edges with light bruising to lower corners. Ffep has bookstore and p/o stamp. Pages are clean, binding square and firm. Priceclipped DJ is edgeworn with several small tears and chipping to joint extremities, light creasing to front flap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.