Off the Rocks: Stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador by Wilfred T. Grenfell - 1906

Sunday School Times Co., 1906. Introduction by Henry Van Dyke. Somewhat soiled, with small red ink stain cover. Pretty white and blue pictorial stamping on camel boards.. Second Edition. Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co , 1906. 3rd edn. Grey bds, titles and vig in blue and white on cover. Spine faded. Endpapers foxed. Missing free end paper.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Travel.

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co., 1906. OFF THE ROCKS- 'Stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador'- Wilfred T. Grenfell- Illustrated- The Sunday School Times Co.-Philadelphia-1906-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- G-VG/ no dj- original publishers beige-grey cloth with white and blue design, illustration and titles- titles on spine faded-re-written in pen-light spine rubs- 248pp, clean, no tears or writing- small library stamps-no pocket- illustrated with B&W photos- SEE PHOTOS- "Real tales by the famous medical missionary from his rounds with the steamship Strathcona, the missionvessel.- Non-fiction-biography-fishing-Labrador-Canadiana-steamship-missionary-deepsea-fishing-Eskimo-Montagnais-Indians-illustrated (2623) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. G-VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Sunday School Times, 1906. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. Introductin by Henry Van Dyke. Illustrated with photographs in black & white.

Philadelphia: Sunday School Times, 1906. Hardcover. Good. First printing. 248 pp., frontis photo, photo plates, octavo, navy buckram with illustrated front cover. Good copy with some wear to covers, fading of cover ill. and spine titles. Front endpaper excised, previous owner's name.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1906. xi, 203p., 10 b/w illus., original decoratived cloth, private owner's gift presentation on the front flyleaf.

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. First US Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated dark blue cloth covered boards with light shelf wear present, corners lightly bumped. Titles worn off spine. Previous owner's name on back of frontispiece.; A tight solid book. Front board stamped in white and light blue with design of a ship off the coast. Introduction by Henry van Dyke. This is the US edition published the same year. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 248 pages; "The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1892 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador. The mission expanded greatly from its initial mandate to one of developing schools, an orphanage, cooperatives,… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,5th edn.[No date,but intro dated 1906,but later copyright year,1907,in book.(Circa 1907?).VG.No owner inscrptn but front free endpapere removed/missing.An easy repair. Publisher's original green cloth,pictorially colour decorated upper board with black ink printed lettering.Slight rubbing and shelf-wear to edges,with lightly bumped and rubbed corners and head+foot of spine/backstrip lightly bumped but no rubbing or tears.Top+fore- edge aged/browned as usual/normal; contents generally tight and clean with some minimal foxing throughout and a small edge tear to pp152/3.UK,12mo (approx 7.50" x 5") HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn ,xipp+3-248pp includes intro,contents,list of illus,b/w photographic frntis with 9 other b/w photographs,all called for.
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