• Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - front cover and spine
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  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - Lee Stoneking bookplate on torn front free endpaper
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - title page
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - copyright page and dedication
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - foreword
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - January 1 reading
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - text pages
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - handwritten note and underlining, page 329
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - colored pencil underlining
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - underlining, December 24 reading
  • Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, 22nd edition - owner stamps on rear pastedown
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Streams in the Desert

Streams in the Desert

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Book Notes: Front free endpaper with a large piece torn away. Black cloth with light shelf wear; spine ends and edges rubbed; binding tight. Pages toned; the publisher's imprint at the foot of the title page is partly rubbed away. Ink and colored pencil underlining and brackets on a number of pages, with a handwritten note "11-14-41 9am To days Missionaries" at the top of page 329. No dust jacket. "Ex Libris" bookplate signed "Lee Stoneking" on the front free endpaper. Rear pastedown stamped twice "Property of Arthur W. Molene, 1505 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa".

Author(s): Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman
Edition: Twenty-Second Edition

Publication year: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: The Oriental Missionary Society

Condition: Good
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A book of daily devotional readings compiled by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman (Lettie B. Cowman), with a reading for each day of the year beginning January 1. In her foreword she describes the years of her husband's failing health after their missionary work in Japan and Korea, and how the messages that comforted them were passed on to others; the book is sent out with the prayer that "many a weary, way-worn traveler may drink therefrom and be refreshed." It is dedicated to the memory of Chas. E. Cowman.

Twenty-Second Edition. Los Angeles: The Oriental Missionary Society. Copyright 1925 by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman; this printing undated. Black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering, titled "Daily Devotional Reading" on the spine.

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