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Blues is a Feeling : Voices and Visions of African-American Blues Musicians. 1st US signed in dj.

By: FRAHER, James WIGGINS, William H., Jr.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Face to Face Books, Mount Horeb, WI, 1998, ISBN:1883953251:

Seller ID: 69701

FRAHER, James. The Blues is a Feeling : Voices and Visions of African-American Blues Musicians . Photographs and interviews by James Fraher, with an introduction by William H. Wiggins, Jr. Mount Horeb, WI: Face to Face Books,(1998). First Hardcover Printing. Pp. [1]-160. Illustrated. 4to, black clo th with metallic lettering to front and spine. A collection of exquisite black-and-white photographs of dozens of American blues musicians, supplemented by interview excerpts. Name to ffep, else vg in dj. Signed by Fraher on the title page. 40.00
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Bone Engineering. First Edition.

By: DAVIES, J.E., ed. VACANTI, J.P., foreword.

Price: $145.00

Publisher: EM Squared Incorporated, Toronto, 2000, ISBN:096869800x:

Seller ID: 107828

DAVIES, J.E., ed. Bone Engineering. Edited by J.E. Davies. [Foreword by J.P. Vacanti]. Toronto: EM Squared Incorporated, (2000). First Printing. Pp. (4),[v]-xiv,(2),[1]-656. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, illustrated black glossy paper covered boards, cream lettering to front board and spine. "Based on the proceedings of the Bone Engineering Workshop held in Toronto, Ontario, December 2-3, 1999", as per copyright page. Very good. Due to the weight of this book, extra shipping charges will be necessary to cover postageon international orders. 145.00 _ . _ ._ . _ Contents: Part I: Bone...
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Book of Black Man's Humour

By: ONYEAMA, Dillibe, comp

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dillibe Onyeama Publishing, 1975,:

Seller ID: 41826

ONYEAMA, Dillibe, comp. The Book of Black Man's Humour. L: Dillibe Onyeama Publishing, (1975). Pp 63. 8vo, card covers. Split to spine at centre of text block, rubbed, nick to tail of spine, else vg. 30.00
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Book of Negroes : Illustrated Edition. First edition in dustjacket, signed.

By: HILL, Lawrence

Price: $100.00

Publisher: HarperCollins, Toronto, 2009, ISBN:9781554686957:

Seller ID: 103513

HILL, Lawrence. The Book of Negroes : Illustrated Edition. (Toronto): HarperCollins, (2009). First Canadian Printing. Pp. (8),[ix]-xv,(3),[1]-[510]. Illustrated in colour. Illustrated map endpapers. Large square 8vo, decorated glossy paper covered tan boards with glossy red paper spine, tan lettering to spine. A vividly illustrated edition of the masterful Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning novel by the renowned Canadian author, documenting the life of Aminata Diallo, who was abducted by slave traders when she was 11, and sent to North America. "A sweeping story that transports the reader...
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Borrowed Beauty. Third Printing. Signed

By: TYNES, Maxine

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pottersfield Press: 1990

Seller ID: 9104

ISBN: 0919001386

TYNES, Maxine. Borrowed Beauty. Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. : Pottersfield Press, (1990). Third Printing. No printer given. Pp (6),7-71,(9). 8vo (153 x 227 mm), white photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with black lettering to covers & spine.

Cover photo by Albert Lee.

Maxine Tynes (b. 1949, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - d. September 12, 2011, Halifax) was living in Dartmouth at the time of publication.

"This is the first collection of poetry by Maritime poet, Maxine Tynes. Borrowed Beauty is a book that sings, and dances, and calls out, and ...
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Boyana Church.

By: STOIKOV, Georgi.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia , 1954,:

Seller ID: 79597

STOIKOV, Georgi. Boyana Church. Sofia : Bulgarian Academy of Science, 1954.Pp (4),5-87,(3). Illustrated with 20 black-and-white photographs, 22 colou r photographs, and 11 line drwaings. Folio, illustrated tan paper covered boards, rust coloured cloth spine. Studies in Bulgaria's Architectural Heritage, Volume IV. Contents : Preface. Photographs. Architectural Drawings. Mural Paintings. Penned, inscription, else very good. 28.00
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Boys of '62: transcending the racial divide. Vaughan Furriers: Maritime Junior Baseball Champions. Limited Second Edition, Signed.

By: MITCHELL, Francis G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New World Publishing, Halifax , 2009, ISBN:9781895814378:

Seller ID: 91170

MITCHELL, Francis G. The Boys of '62: transcending the racial divide. Vaughan Furriers: Maritime Junior Baseball Champions. Halifax : New World Publishing, (2009). Limited Second Edition. Pp 256. Illustrated. Index. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. "Remarkable story of dedication, perseverance and racial harmony at a time when racial intolerance and social upheaval dominated the North American landscape. Comprised of an equal number of black (African Canadian) and white players, they transcended racial barriers and dominated junior baseball in the summer of 1962, but more importantly de...
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Boys of '62: transcending the racial divide. Vaughan Furriers: Maritime Junior Baseball Champions. triple-signed.

By: MITCHELL, Francis G.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New World Publishing, Halifax , 2008, ISBN:9781895814200:

Seller ID: 90959

MITCHELL, Francis G. The Boys of '62: transcending the racial divide. Vaughan Furriers: Maritime Junior Baseball Champions. Halifax : New World Publishing, (2008). First Printing. Pp [i]-xv,16-200. Illustrated. Index. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. "Remarkable story of dedication, perseverance and racial harmony at a time when racial intolerance and social upheaval dominated the North American landscape. Comprised of an equal number of black(African Canadian) and white players, they transcended racial barriers and dominated junior baseball in the summer of 1962, but more importantly d...
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Breeding Biology of the Great Blue Heron on Tobacco Island, Nova Scotia. Anarticle in The Canadian Field Naturalist, Vol.87, No.2, April-June 1973

By: McALONEY, Keith Canadian Field-Naturalist 087:02 TUFTS, R.W.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: 1973,:

Seller ID: 20844

McALONEY, Keith. "The Breeding Biology of the Great Blue Heron on Tobacco Island, Nova Scotia". An article in The Canadian Field Naturalist, Vol.87, No.2, April-June 1973, pp.137-140. Double column. Pp (issue) (4),107-209,(1). Illustrated. Double Column. 8vo (190 x 254 mm), white cardcovers, with black lettering to spine, with a b&w photo of two sticklebacks on the front cover. taken by the late Mary Primrose of Halifax. Also, the note "Is the Grey Squirrel Invading Nova Scotia?" by R.W. Tufts (pp.175-176). Contents (articles) : Observations on the Ecology and Phenotypic Variat...
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British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2

By: MAILLET, Antonine) DINWOODIE, Catriona HEBERT, Anne

Price: $10.00

Publisher: British Association for Canadian Studies, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1988,:

Seller ID: 115766

(MAILLET, Antonine). British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2. (Edinburgh, Scotland : British Association for Canadian Studies, 1988). Pp (6),205-398,(12). 8vo, white card covers, lettered in black. This issue features an article on Acadian writer Antonine Maillet : "Tentative Orality: TheRole of Pointe-aux-Coques and On a Mangé La Dune in Antonine Maillet's Sea rch for a Narrative Strategy" (by Catriona Dinwoodie, pp 234-243). Other content : Cedric May (by Alan F Williams); Anglicisation as a Theme in Lower Canadian History 1807-1843 [and] Afterthoughts on Anglicisation (b...
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British Seas : An Introduction to the Oceanography and Resources of the North-west European Continental Shelf. First Edition in dustjacket

By: HARDISTY, J.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Routledge, London and New York, 1990, ISBN:0415035864:

Seller ID: 113151

HARDISTY, J. The British Seas : An Introduction to the Oceanography and Resources of the North-west European Continental Shelf. London and New York : Routledge, (1990). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xiv,(2),3-272,(2). Illustrated. Maps. Index. 8vo, black cloth, silver lettering to spine. "Designed primarily as a student text, "The British Seas" is an introduction to the oceanography and resources of the region. It provides a review of the resources of the north-west European continental shelf together with a comprehensive description of the environment. Introducing the shelf region as ...
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Brothers and Rivals: Patrilocality in Savage Cove. Second Printing.

By: FIRESTONE, Melvin M. Nfld Social and Economic Studies 05.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Institute of Social and Economic Research, St.John's, 1980, ISBN:0919666205:

Seller ID: 111718

FIRESTONE, Melvin M. Brothers and Rivals : Patrilocality in Savage Cove. (St.John's): Institute of Social and Economic Research, (1980). Second Printing. Pp (2),iii-ix,[1]-150,(1). Maps, charts, diagrams. 8vo, decorated whitecard covers, pale blue spine, black lettering to front and spine. O'Dea 40 90. Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Social and Economic Studies No.5. Chapters : 1. Geography, toponymy, and Community; 2. The Social Area and Its History; 3. The Patrilocal Extended Family; 4. The Diversity of Labor; 5. Interpersonal Relations. With n...
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Building the Educational State : Canada West, 1836-1871

By: CURTIS, Bruce Studies in Curriculum History Series CORRIGAN, Philip, preface]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Falmer Press, Althouse Press, London, ON, 1988, ISBN:1850002754:

Seller ID: 101535

CURTIS, Bruce. Building the Educational State : Canada West, 1836-1871. [Preface by Philip Corrigan]. London, ON: The Falmer Press, The Althouse Press, (1988). First Printing. Pp. (8),[9]-450,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A volume in the Studies in Curriculum History series. "This book traces political conflict over educational organization in Canada West from the turbulent decade of the 1830s to the educationalsettlement of 1850, under which most sections of the governing classes agr eed to the establishment of a centrally-controlled system for the instr...
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Bulletin of Canadian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, Appril 1981

By: WIGLEY, Philip (ed.) HANDCOCK, W. Gordon JONES, Frederick MARTIN, Ged

Price: $20.00

Publisher: British Association for Canadian Studies, Edinburgh, 1981,:

Seller ID: 110671

WIGLEY, Philip, (ed.). Bulletin of Canadian Studies, Volume V, Number 1, April 1981. (Edinburgh : British Association for Canadian Studies, 1981). Pp1-97,(3). Maps. 8vo, decorated white card covers, lettered in black.

Contents :
The West Country Migrations to Newfoundland (by W. Gordon Handcock, pp.5-24);
The Church in Nineteenth-Century Newfoundland (by Frederick Jones,pp.25-40, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, &c);
The British government and Maritime disunion, 1834-1836 (by Ged Martin, pp.41-52) +
a note on the death of W.L. Morton, and book reviews.
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C. Julii Caesaris, quae exstant, Interpretatione & Notis, illustratvit Joannes Godvinus Professor Regius, in usum Delphini. Juxta Editionem Parisiensem. Editio Quatra.

By: CAESAR, Julius). HIRTIUS, Aulus]. GODVINUS, Joannes)

Price: $600.00

Publisher: T. Wood, London, 1731,:

Seller ID: 102970

(CAESAR, Julius). [HIRTIUS, Aulus]. C. Julii Caesaris, quae exstant, Interpretatione & Notis, illustratvit Joannes Godvinus Professor Regius, in usum Delphini. Juxta Editionem Parisiensem. Londini: Typis, T. Wood; Impensis J.& J. Knapton, D. Midwinter & A. Ward, A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, G. Innys , J. Osborn & T. Longman, T. Woodward, J. Batley, S. Birt, & B. Motte. MDCCXXXI [1731]. Editio Quatra. Pp. (5),vi,1-490,(128) of index, + 4 folding maps and 1 folding plate. Illustrated. 8vo, full calf with gilt tooled borders, five raised bands and 24 gilt-tooled bands to spine, edges lightly red s...
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Callisto Myth from Ovid to Atwood : Initiation and Rape in Literature

By: WALL, Kathleen ATWOOD, Margaret)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal and Kingston, 1988, ISBN:0773506403:

Seller ID: 98565

WALL, Kathleen. The Callisto Myth from Ovid to Atwood : Initiation and Rapein Literature. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, (198 8). Pp. (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-227,(3). 8vo, white cloth with black lettering to spine. "Illustrating the power and transcendence of the patriarchy, the myth of Callisto demonstrates the vulnerability of women to that power. Beginning her analysis with classical versions of the myth, Kathleen Wall parallels Callisto's rape by Zeus with the rape of femininity by the patriarchy and its institutions. Older versions of the myth do not emphasize a...
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Camera Conversations. in dustjacket

By: JAY SANDWELL, B. K.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1936,:

Seller ID: 106158

JAY. Camera Conversations. With a Foreword by B.K. Sandwell. Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1936. Pp (8),vii-xvi,(2),3-298,(2). Illustrated. Large 8vo, black cloth, green lettering to front board and spine. "Here is a collection of the choicest of the many lovely photographs for which "Jay" has been responsible during the years of his connection with his paper, Saturday Night. A superb camera artist of international reputation, "Jay" provides in Camera Conversations a textual accompaniment to his photographs which is at once thoroughly satisfying from th...
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Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida : Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson.

By: ALLEN, Richard. TURVEY, Malcolm. MICHELSON, Annette). Film Culture in Transition.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2003, ISBN:9053564942:

Seller ID: 104531

(MICHELSON, Annette). ALLEN, Richard and Malcolm TURVEY, eds. Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida : Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson. Edited by Richard Allen and Malcolm Turvey. [Preface by Rosalind Krauss]. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, (2003). Pp. (4),5-294,(2). Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, illustrated grey card covers with orange, blue and green letteringto front cover, cream lettered brown title block to spine. A volume in the Film Culture in Transition series. "Annette Michelson's contribution to ar t and film criticism over the last three decades has been unparalleled....
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Canaan Odyssey : A poetic account of the Black experience in North America. 1st ed

By: BORDEN. George A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, 1988, ISBN:0921201060:

Seller ID: 48466

BORDEN. George A. Canaan Odyssey : A poetic account of the Black experiencein North America. Dartmouth: The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, (1 988). First Edition. Pp (4),i-viii,1-63,(1). 8vo, illustrated pale blue card covers. Very good. 15.00
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Canada and the American Civil War : Prelude to War. First Edition.

By: VINET, Mark

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Wadem Publishing, Vaudreull-Sur-Le-Lac, Quebec, 2001, ISBN:0968832008:

Seller ID: 98450

VINET, Mark. Canada and the American Civil War : Prelude to War. Vaudreull-Sur-Le-Lac, Quebec : Wadem Publishing, Canadian Civil War Association, North American Historical Institute, (2001). First Edition. Pp [1]-234,(2).. 8vo, green cardcovers. "In April 1861, troops of the new Confederate States of America opened fire on Union-occupied Fort Sumter and launched a bloody 4-year war that killed at least 620,000 men, including thousands of Canadians who fought in the War. In accordance with Britain’s foreign policy towards the War, Canada was officially neutral. This, however, did not prev...
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