Grenfell, Sir Wilfred: A LABRADOR DOCTOR: Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell. , New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919.

1st UK Edition; (5), 441pp, illustrated, 23 b/w plates. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to front cover and spine, no dustjacket. Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, one of Canada's most romantic heroes of the north, relates the story of his adventurous life. He was of an era when Victorian missionaries flung themselves into the far corners of the globe to bring civilization to the real or imagined uncivilized. Grenfell, motivated by both his religious and medical influences, brought to the coastal communities of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Quebec, a new degree of health care. The author was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador who founded the International Grenfell Association and was knighted by King George V in recognition of his services. Autographed photograph of author laid in. Shelfware, spine loosening, eps slitting at hinge, top corner of fep cut out, some foxing. Good. (Book ref. 2161)  £20.00

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