New York: The John Day Company, (1936.). Hardcover - Fictionalized biography of the author's mother in China. 315 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, the story of a young couple in China in 1906, witnesses to the crumbling of a 2000 year old dynasty, and spent many years there working to help the people in the city that they came to love; a story inspired in part by the lives of the author's grandparents who were Mennonite missionaries in China from 1906 to 1961. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0805092288.

New York: Negro Universities Press, (1969.). Hardcover - Reissue of this account of native life in South Africa written by the missionary priest at St Cuthbert's and originally published in 1905. Illustrated with several photographs. 154 pp. ISBN: 0-83711277X.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). Hardcover first edition - Biography of one of four American Catholic missionary workers brutally murdered on a back road near the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador - from her privileged upbringing in a Connecticut suburb to her decision to dedicate her life to helping the poor and oppressed. Illustrated with photographs. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-67147992x.

Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana State University Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Deals with the rise of African independent churches in Southern Africa in the late 19th century and with the role that African Americans played in that rise. One of the most significant alliances was with Bishop Henry McNeal Turner of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and in addition, African students came to the US to study at black religious colleges and young African Americans were sent to Africa as missionaries. Several appendices, extensive bibliography, index. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-13190.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An unforgettable report on South Africa from Kraal to apartheid. Talks about the "whole great fraud perpertrated on the black people of South Africa. We came to them one hundred and more years ago with a bible in one hand and a set of chains in the other." Nevertheless, in gathering the information for this book, she still used the missionaries to make contact, to bypass the rules and to mix with Africans of every social level. Illustrated with photographs. 205 pp.

Chicago: Moody Press, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - A religious tale set in the little hamlet of Swallow Cliff on the Yangste River by a woman who the daughter of missionaries to China, brought up there, and became a missionary herself. Illustrated by the author with black and white drawings throughout, Epilogue by Christiana Tsai. 284 pp.

Philadelphia: The Westminister Press, (1964) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A story of danger and adventure set in Africa during a tumultuous time - "What do you do when your whole world suddenly turns against you? This is the problem that faces young Paul Manship, son of missionaries in Africa." Fortunately his friend Daniel has shown him the takula tree and the hut underneath it where he can hide with his mother until someone can lead them through the jungle to safety. Illustrated with drawings by Robert L. Jefferson. The author was herself the child of missionaries, born in Japan. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper - "To my friend ---- with best wishes" 164 pp.

Philadelphia: Judson Press, (1922.). Hardcover first edition - Although primarily an account of Christian Protestant missionaries work in the Belgian Congo, this also gives a picture of Africa itself and of the lives of the Africans. Includes one chapter on "rival practicioners" - on medicine men and medical missionaries. Illustrated with photographs. Fold-out map. Uncommon. 200 pp.

New York: Fleming H. Ravel, (1936.). Hardcover first edition - The author made several trips to the Belgian Congo, visiting with missionaries there - but this book focuses on the native African people - on their ways - but also on their reactions to missionaries and to other whites who came to their country - the first chapter begins with Mongo, the cannibal, recounting his story and Yuka recalling his meeting with Stanley.Includes chapters on women, witch doctors, on the work of the missionaries, the difficulties of travel and more. Illustrated with photographs. 175 pp.

Cambridge, MA: The Central Committee of the United Study of Foreign Missions, (1928.). First edition - A study of conditions in Africa, and the part Christian friends of Africa may hope to play - as teachers, doctors, and more. Illustrated with photographs, a colored map. Bibliography, index. 250 pp.

New York: Praeger, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a man born into the the ruling family and destined to be the chief of his village in French Guinea, West Africa, but who instead came to the United States where he had a distinguished career as a musician, writer, actor and lecturer. This book focuses on revealing an African value system rooted in brotherly love, communal responsibility, and harmony with nature. Foreword by Peter B. Hammond. viii, 179 pp

New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, (1961). Hardcover first edition - The author's experiences as a Roman Catholic missionary to the Mengen tribes on the South Sea island of New Britain in the years after World War II. The members of the tribe describe themselves in the Melanesian idiom as " we the people." Illustrated with photographs. Preface by the Bishop of Rabaul. xiii, 248 pp. End paper maps of the territory of Papua New Guinea and New Britain.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruce Publishing Co., (1962.) dj. First edition - Translated from the French by Alba I. Zizzamia. - the first book by the author, who was a White Sister missionary nurse and worked for many years in Francophone West Africa, to appear in English. Covers West African family life, customs, education with a special emphasis on the role and importance of African women. Index. xviii, 239 pp.

New York: The Century Co., 1918 (c 1917.). Hardcover - Seaman's books have become hard to find in recent years, but are wonderful stories for girls - many involving history and hidden mysteries rooted in the past. In this story, a girl moves to the city, and next door to her apartment building is a ramshackle old house known as "Benedict's Folly" - and living in that house is a strange girl. Missionaries to China and the Boxer Rebellion all play a part in this story - this book is dedicated to Hoa-Sian-Si-Nui (Margaret Gillespie Fagg) and Hoa -Sian-Si (John Gerardus Fagg, the author of Forty Years in South China.) Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 glossy inserted plates by C. M. Relyea. 260 pp.

Mountain View, CA & and Omaha, NE: Pacific Press Publishing Association 1966. dj. SIGNED hardcover - SIGNED on front endpaper 'with love' Autobiography of an African orphan, who was educated in a mission school and then adopted by an American couple. Her life was featured in a "This is Your Life" segment, and she herself returned to Africa in a missionary capacity.

Mountain View, CA & and Omaha, NE: Pacific Press Publishing Association 1966. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on front endpaper with 'best wishes' Autobiography of an African orphan, who was educated in a mission school and then adopted by an American couple. Her life was featured in a "This is Your Life" segment, and she herself returned to Africa in a missionary capacity.

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Facsimile reprint of a work originally published in 1861. An indictment of the mission for its refusal to condemn slavery - 'this last unequivocal and emphatic uplifting of the voice of the Board on behalf of slavery will help many Christians to realize how far different is its teaching from the Gospel of Christ.' 45 pp.