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On the Structure of Didactic Tales. First Edition

By: BARTON, Anthony MILTON, Alan, preface

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ginn Press, 1993, ISBN:0536584524: 1993

Seller ID: 15233

ISBN: 0536584524

BARTON, Anthony. On the Structure of Didactic Tales. Preface by Alan Milton. (Needham Heights, MA) : Ginn Press, (1993). First Printing. Pp (14),1-170. 8vo (151 x 227 mm), art-illustrated black & white card covers, with red lettering to white spine.

Anthony Barton taught in the School of Education of Dalhousie University at Halifax.
Earth's Children.
The Garden of Eden.
The Mabinogion.
The Gita.
The Jatakamala.
The Lord of the Rings.
The Pilgrim's Progress.
Tales of the Dervishes.
Mount Analogue
The Big Bang.
The Song o...
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Folklore of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. First Edition

By: CREIGHTON, Helen Bulletin No.117

Price: $45.00

Publisher: 1950,: 1950

Seller ID: 67502

CREIGHTON, Helen. Folklore of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Ottawa : National Museum of Canada, 1950. King's Printer. Pp (10),[1]-163,(7). 8vo (164 x 246 mm), printed brown card covers, with black lettering to front & spine.

Watters p.915, Vaison p.47, Rhodenizer pp.117 & 1035, Georges & Stern, American and Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore : An Annotated Bibliography GE123.

Museum Bulletin No.117, Anthropological Series No.29.

Mary Helen Creighton, CM (b. September 5, 1899, Dartmouth - d. December 12, 1989, Dartmouth).

Preface by A....
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Witchcraft : Tales, Beliefs, and Superstitions from the Maritimes. pbk.

By: CROFT, Clary

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Nimbus, Halifax, 2010, ISBN:9781551097862:

Seller ID: 89397

CROFT, Clary. Witchcraft : Tales, Beliefs, and Superstitions from the Maritimes. (Halifax): Nimbus, (2010). Pp. (6),1-169,(1). 8vo, illustrated red card covers. "In 'Witchcraft', folklorist Clary Croft explores the many examples of witchcraft identified in the Maritiems and explains their cultural origins -- Scottis, Mi'kmaq, Acadian, German, among others. He finds examples of spells, charms, and superstitions involving everything from animal horns and blood to salt and mmilk. Croft also traces witchcraft's more official history from the Maritimes' first witch trial in 1684 -- the trial of...
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Children of the Sheiling. First Edition

By: DIMOCK, Celia C.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Lynk Printing, Sydney, N.S, 1948,: 1948

Seller ID: 1873

DIMOCK, Celia C. Children of the Sheiling. Sydney, N.S. : Lynk Printing Service, 427 Charlotte St., [n.d. - late 1940s?]. First Edition. Pp (4),98,(2) + 9 leaves of b&w photos. 8vo, side-stapled blue wraps with tartan paper panel to front.

Tennyson 12, Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 5038, Watters p.671. Not in Rhodenizer.

Dimock (- d. 1959).

Cape Breton History with an emphasis on things Scottish.

Chapters and sections :
1. Cape Breton -
A Miniature Scotland -
The Gaelic Mod;

2. Scottish Clansmen;

3. Mythology of...
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Children of the Sheiling. First Edition, Signed.

By: DIMOCK, Celia C.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Lynk Printing, Sydney, N.S, 1948,: 1948

Seller ID: 100449

DIMOCK, Celia C. Children of the Sheiling. Sydney, N.S. : Lynk Printing Service, 427 Charlotte St., [n.d. - late 1940s?]. First Edition. Pp (4),98,(2) + 9 leaves of b&w photos. 8vo, blue wraps with tartan paper panel to front.

Tennyson 12, Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 5038, Watters p.671. Not in Rhodenizer.

Dimock (- d. 1959).

Cape Breton History with an emphasis on things Scottish.

Chapters and sections :
1. Cape Breton -
A Miniature Scotland -
The Gaelic Mod;

2. Scottish Clansmen;

3. Mythology of the Scottish Celts ...
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Folklore of Nova Scotia. First Edition

By: FRASER, Mary L.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: 1932,:

Seller ID: 28237

FRASER, Mary L. Folklore of Nova Scotia. (n.p): (n.pub), (n.d.). ca 1932. Pp. 115 + 7 p. of plates, frontispiece. 8vo, brown card covers. Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 5140. Dagg, The Feminine Gaze : A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. p.107. Not in Watters, Rhodenizer, Laugher. A selection of folklore from throughout Nova Scotia. Chapters : 1. The Land and its People; 2. Indian Myth and Legend; 3. Popular Superstitions; 4. The Second Sight; 5. Forerunners; 6. Apparitions due to Strong Wishing; 7. The Return of the Dead; 8. Witches and Witchcraft; 9. Fair...
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Folklore of Nova Scotia. Third? Formac Printing.

By: FRASER, Mary L. JOHNS, Linda

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Formac, Antigonish, 1980, ISBN:0887800041: 1980

Seller ID: 93315

ISBN: 0887800041

FRASER, Mary L. Folklore of Nova Scotia. Antigonish, N.S. : Formac Limited, [n.d.]. ca 1980. Third? Formac Printing. "Published and Distributed by Formac Limited, Box 1111, Antigonish, N.S." Pp. (6),vii-xiii,(1),1-115,(1) + 7 p. of plates. 8vo, off-white cardcovers with black Linda Johns illustration and yellow lettering to front, blank spine.

Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 5140.

A selection of folklore from throughout Nova Scotia.

Chapters :
1. The Land and its People;
2. Indian Myth and Legend;
3. Popular Superstitions;
4. The Second ...
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Red Sky at Night : Superstitions and Wives' Tales Compiled by Atlantic Canada's Most Eclectic Collector. First Edition, Signed.

By: OICKLE, Vernon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Macintyre Purcell Publishing Inc., Lunenburg, 2011, ISBN:9781926916101:

Seller ID: 114020

OICKLE, Vernon. Red Sky at Night : Superstitions and Wives' Tales Compiled by Atlantic Canada's Most Eclectic Collector. (Lunenburg : Macintyre Purcell Publishing Inc., 2011). First Edition. Pp. (12),13-176. 8vo, illustrated dark card covers with white lettering to front & spine. Vernon L. Oickle, (b. 1961, Liverpool Nova Scotia). "'Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night, sailor's delight'. Atlantic Canadian tradition holdsthat such warnings be takne seriously. And with good reason; lives often h ang in the balance. Sailors aren't alone in seeing in the world a conne...
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South Shore Facts and Folklore. First Edition.

By: OICKLE, Vernon.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, NS, 2012, ISBN:9781551098982:

Seller ID: 114469

OICKLE, Vernon. South Shore Facts and Folklore. [Front cover adds: "Buried Treasures, Historic Loyalist Settlements, Famous Ships"]. (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (2012). First Printing. Pp. (4),v-viii,(2),1-211,(3). Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, photo-illustrated green card covers with white lettering to front cover & spine. Vernon L. Oickle, (b. 1961, Liverpool Nova Scotia). "In 1772 Paul Revere was admitted to teh Freemasons here; in 1914 Hank Snow was born here; in 1998 Swissair Flight 111 crashed here. With a history that dates back centuries, Nova Scotia's South S...
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Sinclair Expedition to Nova Scotia in 1398 : A Precolumbian Crossing of theAtlantic Definitely Dated as to Year, Month, and Day of Landing.

By: POHL, Frederick J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pictou Advocate Press, 1950,:

Seller ID: 88165

POHL, Frederick J. The Sinclair Expedition to Nova Scotia in 1398: A Precolumbian Crossing of the Atlantic Definitely Dated as to Year, Month, and Day of Landing. Pictou, N.S.: Pictou Advocate Press, 1950. Pp [1]-[46],(2). 8v o, grey case-bound card covers with blank spine. Bookplate inside front cover, spine browned, else very good. 35.00
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Island of Ghosts: Folklore & Strange Tales of the Supernatural from Cape Breton. First Edition

By: SAMSON, David Lloyd WOOBY, Reed GORDON, Warren

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lancelot, Hantsport, 1992: 1992

Seller ID: 114019

ISBN: 088999479X

SAMSON, David Lloyd. Island of Ghosts : Folklore & Strange Tales of the Supernatural from Cape Breton. Text by David Lloyd Samson with Reed Wooby. Photographs by Warren Gordon. Hantsport, Nova Scotia : Lancelot Press, (1992). First Edition. Pp (3),4-66,(2). Double column. Illustrated with 37 b&w photos. Oblong 8vo (203 x 159 mm), photo-illustrated glossy dark card covers, with black lettering to white spine.

David Lloyd Samson (b. March 25, 1951, Louisdale, Richmond County, Cape Breton - d. July 24, 2016, Antigonish) was living in Cheticamp at the time of publication. View More...

Wicked Woods : Ghost Stories from Old New Brunswick. First Edition, Signed

By: VERNON, Steve

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 2008, ISBN:9781551096667: 2008

Seller ID: 78424

ISBN: 1551096668

VERNON, Steve. Wicked Woods : Ghost Stories from Old New Brunswick. (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (2008). First Printing. Pp. (6),1-146. With map and a few b&w illustrations in the text. 8vo (139 x 209 mm), photo-art-illustrated cardcovers, white and green lettering to front cover and spine. With a small colour photo of Vernon on the rear cover.

Steve Vernon (b. August 21, 1958 Capreol, Ontario).

"From the shadows of New Brunswick's dark woods emerge spine-tingling tales of the strange and supernatural: The ghost of a murdered man guards long-buried treasure at ...
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Six Micmac Stories. Retold by Ruth Holmes Whitehead. 3rd printing

By: WHITEHEAD, Ruth Holmes Nova Scotia Museum McGEE, Harold, illus. Peeper Series

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing and The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, 1994,: 1994

Seller ID: 64095

ISBN: 0919680356

WHITEHEAD, Ruth Holmes. Six Micmac Stories. Retold by Ruth Holmes. Whitehead. Illustrated by Harold McGee. Halifax, Nova Scotia : "Nimbus Publishing and The Nova Scotia Museum", (1994). Third Printing. "Printing and Binding McCurdy Printing and Typesetting Limited". Pp (5),5-51,(1). 8vo (151 x 217 mm), stapled art-illustrated glossy yellow card covers.

In the Peeper series.

Ruth Holmes Whitehead (b. October 10, 1947, Charleston, South Carolina), historian and ethnologist.

"These Six Micmac Stories are great tales, brilliantly retold by Ruth W...
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Keyword:NOVA SCOTIA CANADA CANADIAN MYTHOLOGY FOLKLORE