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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Provo W. P. Wallis ; A Memoir. First Edition.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co,, London, 1892,

Seller ID: 110936

BRIGHTON, J.G., m.d. Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Provo W. P. Wallis ; A Memoir. With Numerous Illustrations, Charts, &c. London : Hutchinson & Co., 1892. First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xiv,(2),[3]-299,(3) + portrait frontispiece. The 13 plates (two of which are charts) are included in the pagination. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt device to front board, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g. Catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum, Vol 2. Biography 1412; Perrin, Admiralty Library : Subject Catalogue of Printed Books : Part I : Historical Section, p.57; Myron Smith, The American Navy, 1789-1860 : A...
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Amherst : Development Plan. ex-lib.

By: Nova Scotia - Department of Municipal Affairs) Community Planning Division.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Department of Municipal Affairs, Community Planning Division, 1969,

Seller ID: 36670

(Nova Scotia - Department of Municipal Affairs). Amherst : Development Plan. No.pl..: Department of Municipal Affairs, Community Planning Division, [1969]. Pp (10),11- 85,(1). Illustrated. Maps. Oblong large 8vo, comb-bound card covers. Contents : Introduction; Economic and Population Analysis/Forecast; Planning Proposals : Development Pattern, Housing, Commercial and Industrial Development, Central Business District, Transportation, Education, Water and Sewer Services, Day Nurseries, Parks and Recreation; Development Plan; Implementation; Bibliography. Maps: 1. Trade Cen...
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Amherst Industrial History : The Iron Foundry.

By: McKAY, John G.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 2002,

Seller ID: 82306

McKAY, John G. Amherst Industrial History : The Iron Foundry. N.pl.: n.pub., (2002). Pp [1]-28. 8vo, white stapled card covers. Contents : 1. Some History. T2. he Mudder. 3. The Moulding Process. 4. The Amherst Bathtub. 5. The Core Beach. 6. The Cupola-Furnace. A fine, new copy. Signed by the author. 5.00
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And We Go On. First Edition

By: BIRD, Will R.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Hunter-Rose, Toronto, 1930, : 1930

Seller ID: 58617

BIRD, Will R. And We Go On. Toronto : The Hunter-Rose Co., Limited, 1930. First Edition. Pp (2),3-343,(1). 8vo (132 x 192 mm), red cloth, black lettering to front & spine. Tennyson, The Canadian Experience of the Great War : A Guide to Memoirs 258, Rhodenizer p.766, Watters p. 466, Laugher p.37. William Richard Bird (b. May 11, 1891, East Mapleton, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia - d.January 28, 1984, Sackville, New Brunswick). The dust-jacket [not present with this copy] adds : "A story of the War by a Private in the Canadian Black Watch; a Story Without Filth or Favor." "This sto...
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Anthology of Maritime Poetry

By: COFFEY, Mace, (ed.) GODDARD, Hazel Firth WALSH, Lillian Crewe PARKER, S.M.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Mace Coffey / L'imprimerie Acadienne Ltée, Moncton, 1945,

Seller ID: 3343

COFFEY, Mace, (compiler and publisher). An Anthology of Maritime Poetry. Moncton : L'imprimerie Acadienne Ltée., n.d. First Edition. Pp (5),6-50,(2). 8vo, stapled brown card covers. Not in Watters, Laugher or Rhodenizer. The work of over 50 poets including : Kathleen S. Banks (born in Nictaux Falls, N. S. and resides at Kingston, N. S.); T. L. Banks (a resident of East Saint John, living at 85 Courtnay Ave.); Jean F. Barrettt, (a Haligonia, was born in Beaver Bank, N. S.); C. C. Belding (born in Norton, N. B., he now resides in Chatham, N. B. and is a commercial traveller); Charles P. Biddisco...
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Bicentenary Sketches and Early Days of the Church in Nova Scotia

By: VERNON, C.W. VROOM, F.W.

Price: $140.00

Publisher: Chronicle Printing Co. Ltd., 1910,

Seller ID: 69468

VERNON, C.W. Bicentenary Sketches and Early Days of the Church in Nova Scotia. With an Introduction by the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia and a Chapter onKing's College by Rev. Canon Vroom, D.D. Halifax : Chronicle Printing Co. Ltd., 1910. Pp (10),[1]-255,[1]-4,(1), port. frontis. + 34 leaves of plates. 8vo, full brown leather, gilt titles to spine. Contents: I) The Bicentenary of the Chruch of England in Canada ; II) A Brief History of the Diocese of Nova Scotia ; III) A Brief History of King's College, by Rev. Canon Vroom, D.D. ; IV) The first Anglican Service and the early days at Annapolis Roy...
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Blood on the Coal: The Story of the Springhill Mining Disasters. 1st pr

By: BROWN, Roger David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lancelot, Windsor, 1976, ISBN:0889990484

Seller ID: 1947

BROWN, Roger David. Blood on the Coal: The Story of the Springhill Mining Disasters. Windsor: Lancelot Press, 1976. Pp (3),4-68. Illustrated. 8vo, printed grey trade paperback. Contents: The Explosion of 1956 and Springhill Events until 1956; The Explosion of 1956; The fire of 1957; The Bump in Mine No. 2 in 1958; Interlude. With an appendix of the list of those killed in the mines from 1881 until 1969. Name, else vg. 15.00
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Blood on the Coal: The Story of the Springhill Mining Disasters. rev.ed.

By: BROWN, Roger David

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Lancelot, Hantsport, 1990, ISBN:0889994315

Seller ID: 15266

BROWN, Roger David. Blood on the Coal: The Story of the Springhill Mining Disasters. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, (1990). Revised Edition. Pp. (3),4-91,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, black trade paperback. "In Springhill, a town that has refused to die, over 400 people have perished mining for coal. This is the stirring account of the two explosions, a 'bump' and two major fires. Pieced together from interviews with survivors, diaries and newspaper files,we learn of the deaths of children, men and horses in firewswept tunnels c hoked with poisonous gas and of coal cars falling out of control half a...
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Builders of the Dominion : Men of the East

By: WEAVER, Emily P. CABOT, John and Sebastian) GILBERT, Humphrey) CUNARD, Samuel)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Copp, Clark Company Limited, Toronto, 1904,

Seller ID: 68958

WEAVER, Emily P. Builders of the Dominion : Men of the East . Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, 1904. Pp. [i]-x,1-116. 8vo, green cloth with black lettering to front and spine. A text-book on the early history of theMaritime Provinces. Contents: 1. The Cabots and their Voyages, 2. Sir Hump hrey Gilbert and The Squirrel, 3. Poutrincourt and Port Royal, 4. Charles de la Tour, Governor and Fur-Trader, 5. Paul Mascarene and Annapolis, 6. William Pepperell and the First Capture of Louisbourg, 7. Cornwallis and the Settlement of Halifax, 8. Lawrence and the Acadians, 9. Wolfe, the Hero of L...
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Calvary United Church, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia.

By: TIZZARD, Aubrey M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1969,

Seller ID: 6478

(TIZZARD, Aubrey M.). Calvary United Church, Mount Pleasant, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. N.pl.: n.pub., n.d. [1969]. Pp (1),[1]-19,(1) leaves, printed one side only. Large 8vo, illustrated orange stapled cardcovers. A brief history of Calvary United Church.. Vaison p.74. A short work by this nativeof Salt Pans (now Hillgrade), Twillingate District (1919-1984). See his On Sloping Ground : Reminiscences of Outport Life in Notre Dame Bay, Newfound land. Penned name, else very good. Signed, without inscription, by the author. 25.00
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Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 09, No. 02, December, 1956

By: Crowsnest

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier, Ottawa , 1956,

Seller ID: 92116

(Crowsnest). The Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 9, No. 2, December, 1956. (Ottawa : Edmond Cloutier, 1956). Pp 1-28. Illustrated. Triple Column. 4to, illustrated white stapled wrappers. Contents : RCN News Review; A Helping Hand in the Springhill Disaster (p. 3); Christmas 60 Years Ago; Officers and Men; Weddings and Births; Cedarwood Retires; A Christmas Album; The Road to Murmansk; Afloat and Ashore; Gentleman of Old Spain; Scholars Afloat; The Navy Plays; Books for the Sailor; Lower Deck Promotions; Naval Lore Corner No. 42. Cover sketch of a Yuletide dinner. Rubbed, i...
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Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 09, No. 02, December, 1956

By: Crowsnest

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier, Ottawa , 1956,

Seller ID: 92117

(Crowsnest). The Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 9, No. 2, December, 1956. (Ottawa : Edmond Cloutier, 1956). Pp 1-28. Illustrated. Triple Column. 4to, illustrated white stapled wrappers. Contents : RCN News Review; A Helping Hand in the Springhill Disaster (p. 3); Christmas 60 Years Ago; Officers and Men; Weddings and Births; Cedarwood Retires; A Christmas Album; The Road to Murmansk; Afloat and Ashore; Gentleman of Old Spain; Scholars Afloat; The Navy Plays; Books for the Sailor; Lower Deck Promotions; Naval Lore Corner No. 42. Cover sketch of a Yuletide dinner. Rubbed, c...
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Cumberland. signed pbk.

By: SMITH, Michael V.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cormorant, Toronto, 2002, ISBN:1896951368

Seller ID: 74329

SMITH, Michael V. Cumberland . (Toronto): Cormorant, (2002). Pp. (6),1-296,(2). 8vo, illustrated black card covers with French flaps. Faint staining to fore-edge, else vg. Signed with lengthy inscription by Smith on the titlepage. 15.00
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Discovering the C&O Canal and adjacent Potomac River. in dustjacket.

By: SABATKE, Mark D.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Schreiber Publishing Inc., Rockville, MD, 2003, ISBN:1887563679

Seller ID: 100530

SABATKE, Mark D. Discovering the C&O Canal and adjacent Potomac River. (Rockville, MD: Schreiber Publishing Co., 2003). Pp. (8),9-[176]. Illustrated in colour. Map endpapers. 4to, green cloth spine with green paper covered boards, black titles to front and spine. "A beautiful photographic tour of the C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) Canal, with mile-by-mile descriptions of the features, activities, landmarks for each section, and boat ramps for river access; Detailed information for hikers and bikers from Georgetown in DC to Cumberland in northwestern Maryland; Full coverage of all campsites along ...
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Documents Relating to the North West Company

By: WALLACE, W. Stewart, (ed.) Champlain Society 22

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Champlain Society : 1934

Seller ID: 9203

WALLACE, W. Stewart, (ed.). Documents Relating to the North West Company. Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by W. Stewart Wallace, M.A. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1934. Pp (6),viii-xv,(1),1-526,(1),i-xii,(4) + frontispiece + 4 plates. Large 8vo (168 x 245 mm), red cloth, with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. With untrimmed fore-edge & bottom edge. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXII. William Stewart Wallace, F.R.S.C. (b. June 23, 1884, Georgetown, Halton Hills, Ontario - d. March 11, 1970, Toronto). Preface. Historical Introduction. Document...
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Faribault -- Fletcher Geological Maps of Nova Scotia

By: Geological Survey of Canada FARIBAULT, E.R. FLETCHER, Hugh

Price: $3,500.00

Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 1884,

Seller ID: 69438

(Geological Survey of Canada). 1884 - 1931. The Faribault -- Fletcher Geological Maps of Nova Scotia. Being the nearly complete Nova Scotia series of coloured lithographic geological maps surveyed, compiled and drawn by Hugh Fletcher, or by E. R. Faribault, or by both Fletcher and Faribault, or (forlater maps) by their successors. The maps comprising a complete sequence o f seventy-one colour-printed and consecutively numbered Nova Scotia geological maps produced between 1884 and 1909 by the Geological Survey of Canada TOGETHER WITH: a further fourteen maps of irregular numbering (and of a tot...
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Fenwick 1778-1978. card covers.

By: CHAPPELL, Myrtle

Price: $70.00

Publisher: 1978,

Seller ID: 27784

CHAPPELL, Myrtle. Fenwick 1778-1978. N.pl. : n.pub., [n.d., 1978]. Pp. (6),7-231,(1). Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, illustrated white card covers with blue lettering to front and spine. Contents: Fenwick; The Early, aswell as the Present Settlers; The Part of Fenwick that's Upper Nappan; The Church; The Sunday School; The School; Organizations; The Lodge; The Cemet ery; Industries; The Good Old Days; The Blight, or Fenwick Mines; George Russell Briggs; The Ripleys and Others [the "others" being the Lowthers, the Shipleys, the Smiths, the Coates, and the Porters]; The Honor Roll;...
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Gems of Amherst History. Volume One

By: McKAY, John G.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 2003,

Seller ID: 81258

McKAY, John G. Gems of Amherst History. Volume One. N.pl.: n.pub., n.d. (ca. 2003). Pp [1]-36. 8vo, blue stapled card covers. Contents : Events and Circumstances Leading to the Incorporation of the Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, 17 December 1889. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper's Speech on the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway, Ottawa, 11 May 1882 (pp. 15-27). The Progressive Reclamation of the Amherst Marsh. A fine, new copy. Signed by the author. 5.00
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Gems of Amherst History. Volume Two.

By: McKAY, John G.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: 2003,

Seller ID: 81260

McKAY, John G. Gems of Amherst History. Volume Two. N.pl.: n.pub., n.d. (ca. 2003). Pp [1]-40. 8vo, blue stapled card covers. Contents : Gleanings from the Chignecto Post and Amherst Daily News (1881-1889). A fine, new copy. Signed by the author. 5.00
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General Strike in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 1919

By: REILLY, Nolan Acadiensis 09:2 UPTON, L.S.F. CONRAD, Margaret

Price: $7.50

Publisher: 1980,

Seller ID: 13739

REILLY, Nolan. "The General Strike in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 1919". Article in Acadiensis, Vol.IX, No.2, Spring 1980, pp. 56-77. 8vo, card covers. Also, "Contact and Conflict on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Canada" by L.F.S. Upton; "Apple Blossom Time in the Annapolis Valley 1880-1957" by Margaret Conrad; "Rameau de Saint Père et l'histoire de la colonisation française en Amérique" par Pierre et Lise Trepanier; Documents: Fatherly Advice in Post-Loyalist Nova Scotia: Richard John Uniacke to his son Norman (with an introduction by B.C. Cuthbertson). Vg. For ...
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