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Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim: Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: APOSTLE, Richard. BARRETT, Gene. HOLM, Petter. JENTOFT, Svein.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto , 1998, ISBN:0802007457:

Seller ID: 41041

APOSTLE, Richard, Gene BARRETT, Petter HOLM, Svein JENTOFT, Leigh MAZANY, Bonnie McCAY, and Knut H. MIKALSEN. Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim : Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1998). First Printing. Pp (4),[v]-xv,(4),[3]-363,(5). 8vo, blue clot with gilt lettering to spine. No 4 in the Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy series. "This is a study of Northern Norway and Atlantic Canada, two regions experiencing a severe crisis due to overexploitation of fisheries resources. The work of a group of r...
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Pirate Gruff. signed 1st pr

By: BAAR, Anita BAAR, Anita

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1979,:

Seller ID: 45906

BAAR, Anita. Pirate Gruff. With illustrations by the author. (Montreal: the Author, August 1979). First Printing. Pp. 91. 8vo, ill. paper covered boards. Circular sticker mark to front board, lower front corner bumped, else vg. Author's signed gift inscription to half title. 20.00
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Archibald MacMechan : Canadian Man of Letters. First Edition, Paperback.

By: BAKER, Janet E. MacMECHAN, Archibald).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Roseway Publishing, Lockeport, NS, 2000, ISBN:1896496245:

Seller ID: 74504

BAKER, Janet E. Archibald MacMechan : Canadian Man of Letters. Lockeport, Nova Scotia : Roseway Publishing, (2000). First Edition. Pp. (5),6-240. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated grey card covers. A biography of essayist, novelist, critic, scholar, and eminent Nova Scotian Archibald MacMechan ArchibaldMcKellar MacMechan, FRSC (b. June 21, 1862, Kitchener, Ontario - d. August 7, 1933, Halifax). "Archibald MacMechan taught English at Dalhousie Univer sity in Halifax, Nova Scotia, between 1889 and 1931. His students included Ernest Buckler, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Helen Creighton, and his influ...
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Squatters' Island. in dj

By: BARCUS, W.D.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Oberon Press, 1986,:

Seller ID: 15709

BARCUS, W.D. Squatters' Island. [Ottawa] : (Oberon Press, 1986). Pp (5),6-207,(1). 8vo, grey cloth. Newfoundland section pp.59-99. "W.D. Barcus comes from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, where fish and pulpwood are plentiful and books hard to come by. In this novel, young Andrew grows up there and to him the sea and the land are the answers to all life's questions. Squatters' Island haunts him and preys on his imagination. But as he grows up he finds that he has a wife to look after and a shop to run. The island becomes a symbol of all we lose by growing up." - r.cover. Vg in dj. 75.0...
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Yesterday's Children. First Edition

By: BARKHOUSE, Joyce

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lancelot Press, 1992,: 1992

Seller ID: 20816

ISBN: 0889995222

BARKHOUSE, Joyce. Yesterday's Children. Hantsport, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (February 1994). Second Printing. Pp (3),4-92,(4). With illustrations in the text by Kevin Sollows and Cheri Killam. 8vo (140 x 204 mm), art-illustrated cardcovers, with black lettering to green spine, and a b&w photo of Barhouse on the rear.

Cover art by Kevin Sollows.

Joyce Carman Barkhouse, née Killam CM ONS (b. May 3, 1913, Woodville, Kings County, Nova Scotia – d. February 2, 2012, Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia) Canadian children's writer best known for writing ...
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Windward Mark. Signed

By: BELL, James

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Apollo, Halifax, N.S., 1965,:

Seller ID: 87967

BELL, James. Windward Mark. Halifax, N.S.: Apollo, 5 March, 1965. Pp (8). 8vo, white stapled card covers. “Edited by S.E. Sprott, Apollo is an independent literary unperiodical.” A poem by James Bell about a yacht race in theHalifax, Nova Scotia, area. Very good. Signed without inscription by the a uthor. 25.00
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Halifax : A Literary Portrait. First Edition.

By: BELL, John , (ed.). MacNEIL, Robert, foreword. MARRYAT, Frederick. SAUNDERS, Marshall.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pottersfield, Lawrencetown Beach, 1990, ISBN:0919001653:

Seller ID: 13363

BELL, John, (ed.). Halifax : A Literary Portrait. With a Foreword by RobertMacNeil. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia : Pottersfield Press, (1990). Fir st Edition. Pp (6),v-viii,1-228,(2). 8vo, black cardcovers with a colour reproduction of Elizabeth Nutt's painting, "Winter, George Street, Halifax, N.S." (1935) on the front cover. John Bell (b. May 4, 1952, Montreal). "Halifax: A Literary Portrait is a lively anthology of thirty-one selected writings about this colourful Nova Scotian port city dating from the early eighteenth century to the present. Included are works by such varied...
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Hurricane Treasure. 1st US in dj. signed

By: BICE, Clare Bice, Clare

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Viking Press, 1965,:

Seller ID: 21195

BICE, Clare. Hurricane Treasure. Written and illustrated by Clare Bice. N.Y.: Viking Press, (1965). Pp (6),7-190,(2). 8vo, blue cloth. Vg-fine in dj. Signed. 25.00
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So Much to Record. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BIRD, Will R

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1951,:

Seller ID: 38885

BIRD, Will R. So Much to Record. Toronto : The Ryerson Press, (September 1951). First Printing. Pp 317. 8vo, maroon cloth. Watters p.317, Laugher p.38, Rhodenizer p.767. A novel concerning the fortunes of a Nova Scotia shipbuilding family whose fortunes are displaced by the emergence of steam and steel technologies. Faint shelfwear, else very good in rubbed, nicked dustjacket. 25.00
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So Much to Record. First Edition, signed

By: BIRD, Will R

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ryerson, 1951,:

Seller ID: 67744

BIRD, Will R. So Much to Record. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (September 1951). First Printing. +Pp 317. 8vo, maroon cloth. Watters p.317, Laugher p.38, Rhodenizer p.767. A novel concerning the fortunes of a Nova Scotia shipbuilding family whose fortunes are displaced by the emergence of steam and steel technologies. Vg. Signed by the author. 30.00
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Angel Cove. First Edition In dustjacket

By: BIRD, Will R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Macmillan, Toronto, 1972,:

Seller ID: 1974

BIRD, Will R. Angel Cove. Toronto : Macmillan, (1972). First Edition. Pp (10),1-236,(10). 8vo, blue cloth. Laugher p.38, Bibliography of Macmillan of Canada Imprints 2140. A set of stories set in a Newfoundland fishing village in the 1920s. Very good in dustjacket. 20.00
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Angel Cove. First Edition In dustjacket, Signed

By: BIRD, Will R.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Macmillan, Toronto, 1972,:

Seller ID: 57908

Windward Island. pb.

By: BRADFORD, Karleen

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 1989,:

Seller ID: 38838

BRADFORD, Karleen. Windward Island. Toronto: Kids Can Press, (1989). Pp 145. 8vo, ill. card covers. A novel for younger readers concerning a pre-pubescent love triangle played out on an island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Rubbed, nick to tail of spine, inkstamp, else vg. 5.00
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Sway of the Grand Saloon. 1st pr, in dj

By: BRINNIN, John Malcolm

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Delacorte, 1971,:

Seller ID: 64755

BRINNIN, John Malcolm. The Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. N.Y. : Delacorte Press, (1971). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-xxii,(2),3-599,(3). 8vo, blue cloth spine, brown bds. Laugher p.58. NovaScotian references throughout. Of extra interest as Brinnin was born in Ha lifax. Bookplate, else vg in dj. 45.00
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Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. 1st pr, trimmed ht, in dj

By: BRINNIN, John Malcolm

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Delacorte, 1971,:

Seller ID: 78513

Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. 1st pr, in dj

By: BRINNIN, John Malcolm

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Delacorte, New York, 1971,:

Seller ID: 89631

BRINNIN, John Malcolm. The Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. New York : Delacorte Press, (1971). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-xxii,(2),3-599,(3). 8vo, blue cloth spine, brown bds. Laugher p.58. Nova Scotian references throughout. Of extra interest as Brinnin was born in Halifax. "Along with the stories of the development and construction of great ships -- the S.S. Great Eastern launched in 1860, where every cabin had a bath disguised as a sofa, the Ile de France, which shortened the delivery of transatlantic mail by catapulting planes from its deck, the Titan...
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Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. 1st UK in dj

By: BRINNIN, John Malcolm

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Macmillan, London, 1972,:

Seller ID: 91991

BRINNIN, John Malcolm. The Sway of the Grand Saloon : A Social History of the North Atlantic. (London): Macmillan, (1972). First UK Printing. Pp. (6),vii-xxii,(2),3-599,(3), + 48 p. of black and white plates. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge dyed blue. Laugher p.58. Nova Scotian references throughout. Of extra interest as Brinnin was born in Halifax. "Along with the stories of the development and construction of great ships -- the S.S. Great Eastern launched in 1860, where every cabin had a bath disguised as a sofa, the Ile de France, which shortened the deli...
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Personal Note. 1st printing

By: BRUCE, Charles.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto / Halifax , 1941,:

Seller ID: 86974

BRUCE, Charles. Personal Note. Toronto / Halifax : The Ryerson Press, (1941). First Edition. Pp (8),1-8. 8vo, tan stapled card covers, lettered in black. Watters, p.27, Wallace, The Ryerson Imprint, p.105. “The author's royalties from the sale of this book have been assigned to the Navy League of Canada to assist in the maintenance of hostels for merchant seamen. --- To Sam Robertson, Canadian Press War Correspondent, Lost at Sea through Enemy Action, 1941. --- Personal Note is just that. It was written to express the belief of one individual and is published with the idea that others may be...
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Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1st in dj. signed

By: BRUCE, Harry, BARRETT, Wayne, and McKAY, Anne

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1984,:

Seller ID: 36573

BRUCE, Harry, Wayne BARRETT, and Anne McKAY. The Gulf of St. Lawrence. Tor.: Oxford University Press, 1984. First Printing. Pp (12),1-96,(4). Map + colour photos. 4to, navy cloth. Vg-fine in dj. Signed. 25.00
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Last Stop before Paradise

By: BUCKLER, Ernest Maclean's 62:11 BODSWORTH, Fred YOUNG, Scott

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1949,:

Seller ID: 11868

BUCKLER, Ernest. "Last Stop Before Paradise." An article on Bridgetown, Nova Scotia in Maclean's, Vol.62, No.11, June 1, 1949. Pp 22-23, 49. The old large format. Orange, Ernest Buckler: An Annotated Bibliography B114. With 3photos by Bollonger. Also Fred Bodsworth's "Until You are Dead" (on hangin g); Scott Young's nautical short story "The Choice". Tears to covers, else very good. For the issue. 25.00
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Keyword:LITERATURE NOVA SCOTIA NAUTICAL