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FIRST EDITION

Lot No. 56: Amy Wilson- Carmichael

LOTUS BUDS

  • Medium: Printed book
  • Year: 1910
  • Size: 9.7 x 7.5 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹29,760

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Estimate

25,000 - 40,000


Estimate US$

300-480

Ends at Sep 12, 2024 07:55 PM IST

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Amy Wilson- Carmichael

LOTUS BUDS

First Edition

Year: 1910.

Size: 25 x 19 cm (9.7 x 7.5 inches).

Published By: Morgan and Scott Ltd.

First edition, 8vo., pp 341+xii, 48 full page sepia tone photographs, original green Cloth binding title in gilt on front spine.
The book was written for lovers of children by a missionary to India. It tells of her life there with the young children and their schooling.

Amy Wilson Carmichael (16 December 1867 - 18 January 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there. Initially Carmichael traveled to Japan for fifteen months, but after a brief period of service in Lanka, she found her lifelong vocation in India. She was commissioned by the Church of England Zenana Mission. Hindu temple children were young girls dedicated to the gods and forced into prostitution to earn money for the priests i. e Devadasi. Much of her work was with young ladies, some of whom were saved from forced prostitution. The organization she founded was known as the Dohnavur Fellowship. Dohnavur is situated in Tamil Nadu, thirty miles from the southern tip of India. The fellowship would become a sanctuary for over one thousand children who would otherwise have faced a bleak future. In an effort to respect Indian culture, members of the organization wore Indian dress and the children were given Indian names. She herself dressed in Indian clothes, dyed her skin with dark coffee, and often travelled long distances on India's hot, dusty roads to save just one child from suffering.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0347 24800.00 Regular 12-09-2024 05:09:55 PM IST
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