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Rockpools and Daffodils : An Orcadian Diary, 1979-1991. First Edition n dustjacket

Price: $40.00

Publisher: George Wright Publishing, Edinburgh, 1992, ISBN:0903065762:

Seller ID: 53467

BROWN, George Mackay. Rockpools and Daffodils : An Orcadian Diary, 1979-1991. Edinburgh : George Wright Publishing, (1992). Pp. 272 + 8 leaves of plates. 8vo, green cloth. George Mackay Brown (b. October 17, 1921, Stromness, Orkney – d. April 13, 1996, Stromness, Orkney). A collection of the author's columns for The Orcadian, a newspaper for the Orkney Islands of Scotland.Name, else very good in dustjacket. 40.00
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Sea and the Tower. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BROWN, George Mackay BROWN, Erlend

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Bayeux [Arts Incorporated], Calgary, Alberta, 1994, ISBN:1906209009:

Seller ID: 114263

BROWN, George Mackay. The Sea and the Tower. Illustrations by Erlend Brown.(Calgary, Alberta) : Bayeux (Arts Incorporated, 1994). First Edition. Pp ( 56) unpaginated. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. George Mackay Brown (b. October 17, 1921, Stromness, Orkney – d. April13, 1996, Stromness, Orkney). A series of illustrated poems on the Trojan War. Contents : Village Elders Consult a Sea-chart; The Deepening Ocean; Tradesman; The Resignation of Seamen; Nght at Sea; Thirst; Rain; Fog; There Was a Ship; Visitant; The Helmsman's Dream of the Elements; Watchman: Night...
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Voyages. First Edition.

By: BROWN, George Mackay.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, London, 1983, ISBN:0701127368:

Seller ID: 114318

BROWN, George Mackay. Voyages. London : Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, (1983). First Printing. Pp. (8),9-48. 8vo, printed greyish-blue card covers with white and navy blue lettering to front cover, navy blue lettering to spine. George Mackay Brown (b. October 17, 1921, Stromness, Orkney – d. April 13, 1996, Stromness, Orkney). "This new collection by George Mackay Brown opens with a sequence of poems entitled 'Seal Island Anthology': its striking images and unforced simplicity evoke teh daily round of work and celebration, news and gossip, of the Orkney community as it used to be, ...
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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. cloth. signed

By: BROWN, George S.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888,:

Seller ID: 39690

BROWN, George S. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. Boston : Rand Avery Company, Printers, 1888. Pp (6),[5]-524,(2). 8vo, maroon pressed cloth. George Stayley Brown (b. November 20, 1827, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - d. September 12, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts). ship owner, historian and politician in Nova Scotia.. Morley p.94, Watters p.657, Vaison p.59, Rhodenizer p.567, NSIB 83. With appendices and an index. With much of nautical interest throughout, esp. Chapter XIV, the contents of which are as follows: "Maritime Interests of the County.- Early Settlers Skilled Naviga...
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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. First Edition.

By: BROWN, George S.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888,:

Seller ID: 36773

BROWN, George S. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. Boston : Rand Avery Company, Printers, 1888. First Edition. Pp (6),[5]-524,(2). 8vo, maroon pressed cloth. George Stayley Brown (b. November 20, 1827, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - d. September 12, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts). ship owner, historian and politician in Nova Scotia.. Morley p.94, Watters p.657, Vaison p.59, Rhodenizer p.567, NSIB 83. With appendices and an index. Chapter 14 (pp 198-230) deals with "the rise and progress (and temporary decline) of the maritime intersts of the county". With lists of shipowne...
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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. cloth.

By: BROWN, George S.

Price: $160.00

Publisher: Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888,:

Seller ID: 72969

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. cloth

By: BROWN, George S.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888,:

Seller ID: 3737

BROWN, George S. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : A Sequel to Campbell's History. Boston : Rand Avery Company, Printers, 1888. Pp (6),[5]-524,(2). 8vo, maroon pressed cloth. George Stayley Brown (b. November 20, 1827, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - d. September 12, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts). ship owner, historian and politician in Nova Scotia.. Morley p.94, Watters p.657, Vaison p.59, Rhodenizer p.567, NSIB 83. With appendices and an index. Chapter 14 (pp 198-230) deals with "the rise and progress (and temporary decline) of the maritime intersts of the county". With lists of shipowners, shipbuilder...
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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies, Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald. First Edition.

By: BROWN, George S.

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland , 1993, ISBN:9780806313726: 1993

Seller ID: 94929

ISBN: 0806313722

BROWN, George S. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Genealogies : Transcribed form the Yarmouth Herald. Prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy. Assisted by Dr. John McDonald Hilton, Genevieve Coleman, Diane Feindt, and Richard Souther. (Baltimore, MD) : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., (1993). First Edition. Pp (2),[i]-ix,(1),1-947,(1). Map. Index . Double column. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine.

George Stayley Brown (b. November 20, 1827, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - d. September 12, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts). ship owner, historian and politic...
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Canadian Democracy in Action.

By: BROWN, George W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited, Toronto / Vancouver, 1945,:

Seller ID: 91946

BROWN, George W. Canadian Democracy in Action. Toronto / Vancouver : J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited, (September 1945). Second Printing. Pp [i]-vi,1-122. Illustrated. Index. 8vo, light brown printed card covers, black clothtape spine. Contents : 1. Democracy and Freedom. 2. The Democratic Citizen and His Government. 3. Parliamentary Government and How It Works. 4. The P eople and Their Representatives. 5. Canada's Federal and Parliamentary System. 6. The Rule of Law. 7. Local Government. 8. Paying Our Way. 9. Canadians as British and World Citizens. Rubbed, some underlining in pen, else very...
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography. ltd (Laurentian) ed, vol.1.

By: BROWN, George W. et al TRUDEL, Marcel. VACHON, André.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Toronto, 1965,:

Seller ID: 37316

BROWN, George W. et al. Dictionary of Canadian Biography : Volume I 1000 to1700. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, (1965). Laurentian Edition. Pp 755. 8vo, leather spine with brown boards, gilt device to front, t.e.g. Number 306 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Vg in mylar wrapper. 150.00
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Canadian Historical Review. Volume 29, No. 1, March 1948

By: BROWN, George W., (ed.). CARELESS, J.M.S. CREIGHTON, D.G. STANLEY, George E.G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto , 1948,:

Seller ID: 100040

BROWN, George W., (ed.). The Canadian Historical Review: Volume XXIX (29), No. 1, March 1948. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1948. Pp i-ii,1-124,iii-iv. 8vo, brown card covers. Contents: Sir John Macdonald and Canadian Historians (by D. G. Creighton); The Toronto Globe and Agrarian Radicalism, 1850-67 (by J.M.S. Careless); Footnote to History: Was Louis Riel An American Citizen? (by George E. G. Stanley); Memorandum Regarding the Affairs of York Factory, Winter Season, 1839-40 (by Margaret Arnett MacLeod); An Early Letter from Victoria, V.I. (by George W. Spragge); Geography and Histor...
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Canadian Historical Review. Volume 51, No. 4, December 1970

By: BROWN, R. Craig (ed.). KERR, D.G.G. MORTON, Desmond CARTIER, George-Etienne

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto , 1970,: 1970

Seller ID: 88776

BROWN, R. Craig, (ed.). The Canadian Historical Review. Volume LI, No. 4, December 1970. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1970. Pp (2),[369]-492,[i]-x. 8vo (165 x 248 mm), white card covers, printed in red & black.

1. "The 1867 Elections in Ontario: The Rules of the Game" (by D. G. G. Kerr).

2. "The Defeat of George-Etienne Cartier in Montreal-East in 1872" (by Brian J. Young).

3. "Aid to the Civil Power: The Canadian Militia in Support of Social Order, 1867-1914" (by Desmond Morton).

4. "A Case Study of Anti-Americanism in English-Speaking Canada...
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Canadian Historical Review. Volume 52, No. 4, December 1971

By: BROWN, R. Craig (ed.). KUPP, Jan STAMP, Robert M. RAUDZENS, George K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto , 1971,:

Seller ID: 88772

BROWN, R. Craig (ed.). The Canadian Historical Review. Volume LII, No. 4, December 1971. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1971. Pp (2),[367]-490,[i]-x. 8vo, white card covers, printed in red and black. Contents : 1. "Could the Dutch Commercial Empire have Influenced the Canadian Economy duringthe First Half of the Eighteenth Century?” (by Jan Kupp). 2. “A Successful Military Settlement Earl Grey's Enrolled Pensioners of 1846 in Canada” (by George K. Raudzens). 3. “Technical Education, the National Policy, and Fed eral-Provincial Relations in Canadian Education, 1899-1919” (...
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Fisheries and Fishery Industries. III-IV

By: GOODE, George Brown COLLINS, Joseph W. RATHBURN, Richard

Price: $250.00

Publisher: GPO, 1887,:

Seller ID: 22992

GOODE, George Brown. The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. Section III : The Fishing Grounds of North America. With forty-nine charts. Edited by Richard Rathburn. [bound with] Section IV : The Fishermen of the United States. By George Brown Goode and Joseph W. Collins. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1887. Pp (5),ii-xviii,5-238,+ 17 charts, 4 plates, 32 ocean temperature charts;(2),3-178,+ 19 plates. 4to, black cloth. O'Dea 931. Contents of Section III : A. The Sea Fishing Grounds of the Eastern Coast of North America from Greenland to Mexico (by Joseph W. Collins...
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Captain of the Discovery : The Story of Captain George Vancouver. 2nd pr. in dj

By: HAIG-BROWN, Roderick Great Stories of Canada BANKS, Robert VANCOUVER, George)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Macmillan, Toronto, 1959,:

Seller ID: 42174

HAIG-BROWN, Roderick. Captain of the Discovery : The Story of Captain George Vancouver. Illustrated by Robert Banks. Toronto : Macmillan, 1959. SecondPrinting. Pp 181. 8vo, blue cloth. In the Great Stories of Canada series. Hale, Vancouver Centennial Bibliography 1326, Catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum, Vol 2. Biography 1393; Robert Bruce Cave, Roderick Haig-Brown: A Descriptive Bibliography, A143. Gift inscription, else very good in dustjacket. 25.00
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Notes on Nova Scotian Privateers.

By: NICHOLS, George E.E. N.S.H.S. Collections 13 STUBBING, Charles H. BROWN, W.M.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1908,:

Seller ID: 24693

NICHOLS, George E.E. "Notes on Nova Scotian Privateers". A paper in the Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol.13. Halifax : The Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1908. Pp 111-152, with lists. Printed by The McAlpine Publishing Company, Limited. 8vo, printed heavy card boards. Also of nautical interest: Charles H. Stubbing's "Dockyard Memoranda 1894" (pp.103-109); Rev. John Wiswall's account of two naval engagements with the French fleet: 6th July, 1779 and April 17, 1780 and other passages regarding his several years' service a Royal Navy chaplain. Also : E.M. Sa...
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Creek Indian History : A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians. First Edition in dustjacket

By: STIGGINS, George. WYMAN, William Stokes. BROWN, Virginia Pounds.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Birmingham Public Library Press, Birmingham, Alabama, 1990, ISBN:0942301153:

Seller ID: 114948

STIGGINS, George. Creek Indian History : A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians. By One of the Tribe, George Stiggins (1788-1845). Introduction and Notes by William Stokes Wyman (1830-1915). Edited by Virginia Pounds Brown. (Birmingham, Alabama) : Birmingham Public Library Press, (1990). First Printing. Pp (6),7-176. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, grey cloth spine, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Very good in unclipped dustjacket. 50.00 "George Stiggins, a Creek Indian half blood living in Alabama, wrote this ...
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Author:BROWN, George S