Hardcover. Canada, Broadview Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust cover slightly yellowed, but clean inside. In good shape. From the dust cover front flap: " This book presents a compelling view of one of the great travelers of this century and of the last days of "the Old North."
Hardcover. NY/Chicago, Revell, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in white and black, 229 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. 12 b&w plates. Frontis photo portrait of Grenfell on his ship with tissue guard. Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865 -1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Beginning with Vikings of To-day (1895), he published between 1905 and 1938 a succession of books about Labrador, which was at the time a British colony. Owner's name and date on front fly leaf, mild soil to cover.
Hardcover. NY/Chicago, Revell, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in white and black, 226 pages, 12 photographic plates. Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865 -1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Beginning with Vikings of To-day (1895), he published between 1905 and 1938 a succession of books about Labrador, which was at the time a British colony. Frontis photo shows Grenfell and Perry (back from the N. Pole) on the deck of the 'Roosevelt'. This is a collection from six periodicals of 14 sketches by the 'Labrador Doctor.' He has fascinating stories to tell about the natives, the sailors, fishermen, the climate and his doctoring. Small tan stain affecting 10 pages, only in margin. Otherwise clean.
Softcover. Ontario CA, ECW Press, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover/Advanced Reading Copy, 228 pages. A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the life of an aging shepherd. For 50 years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd's Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her 70s, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning and satisfaction. Through her unsentimental gaze, we witness the highs and heartbreaks of delivering and rearing lambs, the shearing and spinning of wool, the wildlife in the woods (and occasionally in the house), and the garden produce moving from seed to harvest to table. Even after half a century on this land, McLean is still making fresh observations, and she shares them in evocative, elegant prose. As she moves through the calendar year, she also reflects on years past, offering a long view on climate, stewardship and agriculture. With its vivid description and absorbing storytelling, Shepherd's Sight offers an unforgettable glimpse of a life lived on the land. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Edmonton CA, Hurtig , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 221 pages, b&w photographs, map end papers. Edge wear, rubbing, small tears to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Northampton MA, Kraushar Press, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth covers with black lettering, 163 pages, b&w photos. Inspired by a visit to Stoney Reservation in Alberta, Canada, the author spent 15 years visiting & living among 47 tribes, and developed a touring show of pictures, songs, dances, stories & sign language. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 272 pages. Map endpapers, frontispiece, illustrations, bibliography, index. Black and white frontispiece portrait of Grenfell. Endpapers feature a map of Newfoundland and Labrador. The first full biography of the founder of the Grenfell Mission in Labrador and Newfoundland. Lacks dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages. Oversized. Black cloth cover, gilt design, very little wear. Dust jacket with minor wear. Many b&w photographs throughout. A bright, clean copy. The story of William Notman and his sons and proteges who for over 60 years chronicled North America ( Canada and continental United States ) through the eye of a camera. He gives an invaluable view of what was like to live in the latter part of the Victorian era.