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Survive the Savage Sea : Tales from Our Ocean Heritage First Edition, Signed

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, 1998,:

Seller ID: 65106

PARSONS, Robert. Survive the Savage Sea : Tales from Our Ocean Heritage. St. John's, Newfoundland : Creative Publishers, 1998. Pp 334, including numerous photos and drawings to text. 8vo, illustrated card covers. This is a collection of 63 of Parson's Newfoundland shipwreck stories. Vg-fine. Signed by the author. 20.00
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Survive the Savage Sea : Tales from Our Ocean Heritage First Edition

By: PARSONS, Robert

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, 1998, ISBN:1895387965:

Seller ID: 52865

PARSONS, Robert. Survive the Savage Sea : Tales from Our Ocean Heritage. St. John's, Newfoundland : Creative Publishers, 1998. First Printing. Pp 334,including numerous photos and drawings to text. 8vo, art-illustrated card covers. This is a collection of 63 of Parson's Newfoundland shipwreck stories. Rubbed, ow vg. 14.00
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Committed to the Deep : Stories and Memoirs. First Edition

By: PARSONS, Robert

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Creative Book Publishers, St. John's, NL, 1999, ISBN:1894294092:

Seller ID: 106758

PARSONS, Robert. Committed to the Deep : Stories and Memoirs . St. John's, Newfoundland : Creative Book Publishers, 1999. First Edition. Pp. (6),vii-xii,(2),1-270,(4). With over 50 b/w photos in the text, as well as other illustrations. 8vo, art-illustrated cardcovers with white spine. "Read, as they tell it, yarns and anecdotes about: collision at sea, disappearances, house wrecked by a boat, fire and explosion, driven across the ocean and into Scotland, lighthouses, St. Pierre, rescue in mid-ocean, a kedgie's work, a woman's heroics, the Greenland armed escort and much more." - from ...
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Lost at Sea : Volume One. 3rd pr.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Creative, 1994, ISBN:0920021964:

Seller ID: 70743

PARSONS, Robert C. Lost at Sea : Volume One. St.John's : Creative Publishers, (June 1994). Third Printing. Pp (3),iv-xiv,[1]-120,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, card covers. Parsons b. 1944 in Grand Bank. Chapters : Early Wrecks (1868-1890); Disappearances in the August Gales (1890-1899); "A Mystery It Must Surely Remain" (1900-1909); "Years of Very Great Sorrow" (1910-1914); Between Bombs and Storms - A Deadly Gamut (1915-1919); Derelicts and Death on the Ocean (1920-1925). With bibliography. Vg. 20.00
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Lost at Sea : Volume One. 3rd pr.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Creative, 1994, ISBN:0920021964:

Seller ID: 71228

Toll of the Sea : Stories from the Forgotten Coast. 1st pr

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: St.John's : Creative Publishers, St.John's : Creative Publishers, 1995,:

Seller ID: 17589

PARSONS, Robert C. Toll of the Sea : Stories from the Forgotten Coast. St.John's : Creative Publishers, [June]1995. First Printing. Pp [i]-xii,1-249,(3). Illustrated. Map. 8vo, card covers. Parsons b. 1944 in Grand Bank. Chapters : 1. South Coast Heritage; 2. Bay L'Argent Seaman: Smoking the Enemies' Cigarettes; 3.Belleoram: Home to a Fine Fleet; 4. Boat Harbour Boatbuilders; 5. Burgeo: Wreck of Three Vessels; 6. Burin: Born of the Sea; 7. English Harbour East Connections; 8. English Harbour West: A Dependence on the Sea; 9. Mose Ambrose Skipper: Wrecked at the Farmyards; 10. Flat Island: That...
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Toll of the Sea: Stories from the Forgotten Coast. Second Printing.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Creative Publishers, St. John's, 1996, ISBN:1895387515:

Seller ID: 42544

PARSONS, Robert C. Toll of the Sea : Stories from the Forgotten Coast. St. John's : Creative Publishers, (May 1996). Second Printing. Pp [i]-xii,1-249,(3). Illustrated. Map. 8vo, blue card covers with white spine. Parsons b. 1944 in Grand Bank. Chapters : 1. South Coast Heritage; 2. Bay L'Argent Seaman: Smoking the Enemies' Cigarettes; 3.Belleoram: Home to a Fine Fleet; 4.Boat Harbour Boatbuilders; 5. Burgeo: Wreck of Three Vessels; 6. Burin: Bo rn of the Sea; 7. English Harbour East Connections; 8. English Harbour West: A Dependence on the Sea; 9. Mose Ambrose Skipper: Wrecked at the Farmyard...
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Toll of the Sea: Stories from the Forgotten Coast. 1st pr, inscribed

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, St.John's, 1995, ISBN:1895387515:

Seller ID: 89451

Vignettes of a Small Town. signed.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, St. John's, 1997, ISBN:1895387825:

Seller ID: 98196

PARSONS, Robert C. Vignettes of a Small Town. [Foreword by The Honourable T. Alex Hickman]. St. John's: Creative Publishers, 1997. First Printing. Pp.(1),ii-xiii,(1),1-304,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated card covers with white spine. A Year of the Arts 1997 Project Sponsored By: Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Tel. "Before and during the publication of four books chronicling South Coast sea stories and tragedies, Robert C. Parsons wrote several articles and stories on his home town Grand Bank. Several of these are present in 'Vignettes of a ...
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Edge of Yesterday : Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia. First Edition

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, 2003, ISBN:1895900573:

Seller ID: 56095

PARSONS, Robert C. The Edge of Yesterday : Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia. Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press, (2003). Pp. (4),5-223,(1). Illustrated with numerous photos and facsimile to text. 8vo, illustrated grey card covers. "Explore with Robert Parsons in The Edge of Yesterday the many mysteries and heart-breaking marine disasters that have fascinated people foryears. Stories in this collection go beyond the ships to feature the towns , the people and the lives touched by hardship and heroism." - from the cover. Some of the ships mentioned: the Montclair; Whiteway; Karen Bol...
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Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster : North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strangeand Curious. Paperback.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, NS, 2005, ISBN:1895900743:

Seller ID: 74347

PARSONS, Robert C. Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster : North Atlantic Shipwrecks of the Strange and Curious. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia : Pottersfield Press, (2005). Pp. [1]-255,(1). Illustrated. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated blue cardcovers. Contents: 1. Wrecks: Legacy of the Atlantic; 2. Fire on the Amazon; 3. William and Mary: A captain's cover-up?; 4. The curious case of Humboldt's wreck; 5. Wreck of the Arctic; 6. Bad luck and tragedy stalks the New Era; 7. The eerie encounter of Ellen's captain; 8. Death of a pioneer sub; 9. When the Evening Star went down; 10. One survivor from the ...
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Lost at Sea : Volume Two. pbk.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Creative, St. John's, 1992, ISBN:1895387094:

Seller ID: 95098

PARSONS, Robert C. Lost at Sea : Volume Two. St.John's : Creative Publishers, 1992. Pp (3),iv-ix,(1),[1]-181,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated card covers with white spine. Parsons b. 1944 in Grand Bank. Chapters : The "Generals" Go Down (1925-1929); Rumrunners in Trouble (1930-1934); Mysterious Disappearances (1935-1939); An Old Enemy Resurfaces (1940-1943); Fire Takes Three (1943-1949); The End of an Era (19501974). With bibliography. Very good. 10.00
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Courting Disaster : True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea. First Edition, Signed.

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Flanker Press, St. John's , 2009, ISBN:9781897317457:

Seller ID: 115261

PARSONS, Robert C. Courting Disaster : True Crime and Mischief on Land and Sea. St. John's : Flanker Press Ltd, 2009. First Printing. Pp [i]-xii,1-317,(7). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, brown illustrated card covers. "This is a collection of true Newfoundland and Labrador stories about crime and punishment on land and sea. Included here are tales of murder, mutiny, and smuggling on the high seas, as well as riots, assaults, and frauds perpetrated in some of the strangest criminal cases this province has ever seen." - from the back cover. Very good. Signed by Parsons. 14.00
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Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe : From the Shipping Files of Robert C. Parsons. First Edition

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Books of the Sea, Grand Bank, NL, 2010, ISBN:1895387965:

Seller ID: 109952

PARSONS, Robert C. Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe : From the Shipping Filesof Robert C. Parsons. Grand Bank, NL : Books of the Sea, 2010. First Print ing. Pp. (4),[v]-x,1-286. With more than 100 black and white photos and reproductions. 8vo, art-illustrated black card covers with red and yellow lettering to front cover and spine. "Again, Robert atkes us around Newfoundlandand Labrador's coast with a series of stories that are not well known, yet are strange and true. Arragned chronologically, these tales of adventure a nd misadventure range from 1812 to 1978. Plus this volume is amply illu...
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The Newfoundland Dog : True Stories of Courage, Loyalty, and Friendship. First Edition

By: PARSONS, Robert C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Flanker Press: 2012

Seller ID: 105018

ISBN: 1926881656

PARSONS, Robert C. The Newfoundland Dog : True Stories of Courage, Loyalty, and Friendship. Illustrated by Mel D'Souza. St. John's : Flanker Press Limited, (2012). First Printing. "Printed in Canada". Pp. (8),ix-xx,(2),1-205,(13). Illustrated. 8vo (152 x 227 mm), photo-illustrated white cardcovers, with black lettering to front cover & spine.

Robert Charles Parsons (b. 1944).

"Robert C. Parsons, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known authors, will delight readers with this brand new collection of more than 50 true stories involving one of nature's treasur...
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Atlantic Album : Photographs of the Atlantic Provinces, before 1920. double-signed

By: ROBSON, Scott and Shelagh MACKENZIE MACKENZIE, Shelagh HOLLOWAY, Robert PARSONS, S.H.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 1985,:

Seller ID: 83496

ROBSON, Scott and Shelagh MACKENZIE. An Atlantic Album : Photographs of theAtlantic Provinces, before 1920. (Halifax) : Nimbus Publishing Limited, (1 985). Pp (2), (3), 4-168, (2). Oblong 8vo, beige card covers. With 13 Newfoundland photos: 1. Burin Harbour (Holloway); 4. St. John's and the Harbour (unknown); 5. After the fire, St. John's (S.H. Parsons); 19. Eskimo Boys, Labrador (Thomas B. Hayward); 23. Sealers preparing to go to the ice, St. John's (James Vey); 34. Elizabeth Donovan in the kitchen, Donovan's (unknown); 51. Nurses at the Jensen Camp, St.John's (unknown); 54. Boys in the woods...
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Atlantic Album : Photographs of the Atlantic Provinces, before 1920

By: ROBSON, Scott and Shelagh MACKENZIE MACKENZIE, Shelagh HOLLOWAY, Robert PARSONS, S.H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 1985, ISBN:0920852408:

Seller ID: 12328

ROBSON, Scott and Shelagh MACKENZIE. An Atlantic Album : Photographs of theAtlantic Provinces, before 1920. (Halifax) : Nimbus Publishing Limited, (1 985). Pp (2), (3), 4-168, (2). Oblong 8vo, cream card covers. With 13 Newfoundland photos: 1. Burin Harbour (Holloway); 4. St. John's and the Harbour (unknown); 5. After the fire, St. John's (S.H. Parsons); 19. Eskimo Boys, Labrador (Thomas B. Hayward); 23. Sealers preparing to go to the ice, St. John's (James Vey); 34. Elizabeth Donovan in the kitchen, Donovan's (unknown); 51. Nurses at the Jensen Camp, St.John's (unknown); 54. Boys in the woods...
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Author:PARSONS, Robert C