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Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893 -(SIGNED)-
by Rompkey, Ronald -(signed)- ; Curwen, Eliot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773513663
- ISBN 13
- 9780773513662
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 1996. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, headband, xxxix, 231 pages with b & w photos, map & diagrams, SIGNED (without inscription) by author on title page, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition now in Mylar. "The journal throws some very interesting light on what was happening in Labrador & Newfoundland in 1893, & the magnificent photos represent a treasure of info." (Philip Smith) "A religious, well-educated Victorian, Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. He reveals the pervasive sectarianism, the tawdry political world of St John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, & the poverty of the Labrador "livyers," the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit." Check out the scans. . Signed By Editor. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011447
- Title
- Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893 -(SIGNED)-
- Author
- Rompkey, Ronald -(signed)- ; Curwen, Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0773513663
- ISBN 13
- 9780773513662
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893 (Mcgill-Queen's/Hannah Institute Studies ... History of Medicine, Health, and Society, 3 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Reference;
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