A Labrador Doctor. The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton & Mifflin Company, 1919. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. 5p.l.,441pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered green cloth with plates (including frontispiece portrait) from photos. Slight fading along edges of covers and minor shelf wear. Small library stamp on title page. very good 1919
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121121
- Title
- A Labrador Doctor. The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- Author
- Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton & Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Arctic|Polar|Autobiography|Grenfell|Inscribed|Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador|Original Artwork|Signed
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Shelf Wear
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