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Forty Years for Labrador
by Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". F.C. Sears et al.. The first UK edition of this extended inspiring autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The first UK edition of this extended autobiography by Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Partly inspired by his 1919 original autobiography The Story of a Labrador Doctor. Sir Wilfred Grenfell was a renowned and greatly admired medical missionary to Newfoundland. He inspired two characters in Canadian literature, Dr. Luke in Norman Duncan's Doctor Luke of the Labrador (1904) and Dr. Tocsin in White Eskimo by Harold Horwood (1972).In the publisher's original teal cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original teal cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear only and minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is very smart, with minor shelfwear and minor closed tear to head of spine, repaired by previous owner not affecting cover. Internally, firmly bound. MInor faint spotting to edges, not affecting pages which remain bright and clean. Minor closed tear to bottom halt title page. With unclipped dustwrapper. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 754A4
- Title
- Forty Years for Labrador
- Author
- Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- Illustrator
- F.C. Sears et al.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Grenfell autobiography first edition illustrations autobiography
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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