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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 View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Creative, 1994, ISBN:0920021964:
Seller ID: 71228
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. Gift inscription, else vg. 18.00 View more info
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... View more info
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... View more info
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... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Creative Publishers, St.John's, 1995, ISBN:1895387515:
Seller ID: 89451
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... View more info
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 ... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Flanker Press, St. John's , 2009, ISBN:9781897317457:
Seller ID: 84035
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 to fine. 12.00 View more info
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 ... View more info
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 View more info
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 View more info
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... View more info
