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Shepparton: The Shepparton News, 1947. 129 pages. Frontispiece and many plates in sepia. Pictorial card wrappers with yapp edges; short closed tear at head of spine. Scarce. *The author's experiences while working as a nurse at the Australian Inland Mission hospital in Labrador.. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
Labrador Memories. With a Foreword By Rev. R. Wilson Macaulay by Burchill, Dora Elizabeth - 1947
by Burchill, Dora Elizabeth
Labrador Memories. With a Foreword By Rev. R. Wilson Macaulay
by Burchill, Dora Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
Shepparton, Victoria: Shepparton News , 1947. The head and tail of the spine had been reinforced with tape, leaving a horizontal stain; the tail also suffers from minor loss. The staples are exposed along the back hinge and the back board has become detached towards the bottom, though the binding remains solid. A clean, unmarked copy. "Dora Elizabeth Burchill SRN, RM, TC, OAM (4 January 1904 - 3 December 2003) was an Australian nurse, philanthropist and author.....Sister Burchill trained as a nurse in Homeopathic and Women's Hospitals[1] in Melbourne and joined the nursing service of the Australian Inland Mission, and in 1930 started at the Innamincka Nursing Home, where she worked with the fledgling Flying Doctor Service. In 1932 she left for the Royal Hospital for Women and Children in London to gain further qualifications and later joined a British medical unit which was caring for children at Almeria displaced by the Spanish Civil War. In 1937 she joined Wilfred Grenfell's mission on the coast of Labrador." (Wikipedia)Please check with us for an accurate postage cost, the book is light.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Card Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Shepparton News
- Place of Publication Shepparton, Victoria
- Date Published 1947
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall