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1927 Annual Seed . Stewart Seed Company

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stewart Seed Company, Halifax , 1927,

Seller ID: 84426

(Stewart Seed Company). 1927 Annual Seed Annual. Halifax : Stewart Seed Co., Ltd., 1927. Pp [1]-40. Illustrated. Double Column. 8vo, green stapled card covers. The 1927 annual seed catalogue from this supplier in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Very good. 25.00
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1929 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. SecondYear. Volume Two

By: SPRY, D.W.D., Lieut. Colonel (ed.). HOUGHTON, L.F.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1929,

Seller ID: 86211

SPRY, D.W.D., Lieut. Colonel (ed.). 1929 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Second Year. Volume Two. Halifax, N.S.: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, 1929. Pp 1-166. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, red printed card covers. Articles of nautical interest : “Canada's Duty Towards National Defence” by Lt. Cmdr. L.F. Houghton, RNC (pp 26-33) and “The History and Modern Developments of Wireless Telegraphy” by Lt. Cmdr. L.F.Houghton, RCN (pp 34-53). Other articles : “The Race to the Sea” by Lt. Co l. JH.L. Sparling (pp 54-76); “The National Importance of the Truth” by Lt....
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4th Estate. Vol. 9, No. 3, April 28, 1977. Final Issue

By: 4th Estate - Newapaper CURRIE, Brian

Price: $20.00

Publisher: N.I.F. Publishing Co, Halifax, N.S, 1977,

Seller ID: 86537

(4th Estate). The 4th Estate. Vol. 9, No. 3, April 28, 1977. (Halifax, N.S.: N.I.F. Publishing Co. Ltd., 1977). Pp [1]-16, including covers. Illustrated. Quadruple Column. Folio, unbound newsprint. The final issue of this Halifax, Nova Scotia, weekly newspaper. Headlines : Gays barred – Trial by Jury Room [article title : Jury Room expels gays – protests planned, by Amy Zierler, p. 5]; What's Obscene? The trials and tribulations of Charlie Marshall [article title : Obscenity : Charlie Marshall isn't a censor, or a dirtybook salesman, by Brian Currie, pp. 10-11]. Also, laid in is City Life : T ...
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6th Annual Competitive Music Festival, Sponsored by Halifax Conservatory ofMusic, Dalhousie Gymnasium, May 20 - 21- 22 -23 Daylight Time. Official P rogramme

By: Halifax Conservatory of Music

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Conservatory of Music, Halifax , 1940,

Seller ID: 79853

(Halifax Conservatory of Music). 6th Annual Competitive Music Festival, Sponsored by Halifax Conservatory of Music, Dalhousie Gymnasium, May 20 – 21- 22 – 23 Daylight Time. Official Programme. (Halifax : Halifax Conservatory of Music, 1940). Pp (16) unpaginated. 8vo, tan stapled wrappers. Rubbed, pencilled notes throughout, else good. Ex-libris Phyllis Blakeley (Nova Scotia Provincial Archivist). 25.00Keywords :
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75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. in dj. signed

By: CRANSTON, Bobby

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 75th Anniversary Publishing Co, Halifax, 1985,

Seller ID: 46635

CRANSTON, Bobby. 75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. (Halifax : The 75th Anniversary Publishing Co., 1985). Pp 152. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, blue cloth. Vg in worn and torn dj. Inscribed by the author. 35.00
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75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. lesser copy in dj

By: CRANSTON, Bobby

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 75th Anniversary Publishing Co, Halifax , 1985,

Seller ID: 87640

CRANSTON, Bobby. 75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. (Halifax : The 75th Anniversary Publishing Co., 1985). Pp 152. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, blue cloth. Very good in edgeworn dustjacket. 20.00
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75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. First Edition in dust jacket

By: CRANSTON, Bobby

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 75th Anniversary Publishing Co, Halifax , 1985, : 1985

Seller ID: 18837

CRANSTON, Bobby. 75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. (Halifax, Nova Scotia : The 75th Anniversary Publishing Co., 1985). First Edition. "Printed in Canada - Printed by Wm. MacNab & Son Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia". Unpaginated. [Pp 154]. Illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo (260 x 215 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering and a gilt ship illustration to the front board, with no lettering to spine. Robert 'Bobby' D. Cranston (b. 1941). Foreword by Cranston. The Admirals : Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill. Admiral Walter Hose. Admiral Percy Walker Nelles...
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Image for A Canadian Manual on the Procedure At Meetings of Municipal Councils, Shareholders and Directors of Companies, Synods, Conventions, Societies and Public Bodies Generally with an Introductory Review of the Rules and Usages of Parliament that Govern Public Assemblies in Canada

A Canadian Manual on the Procedure At Meetings of Municipal Councils, Shareholders and Directors of Companies, Synods, Conventions, Societies and Public Bodies Generally with an Introductory Review of the Rules and Usages of Parliament that Govern Public Assemblies in Canada

By: BOURINOT, J.G

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Carswell, 1894, : 1894

Seller ID: 36614

BOURINOT, J.G. A Canadian Manual on the Procedure At Meetings of Municipal Councils, Shareholders and Directors of Companies, Synods, Conventions, Societies and Public Bodies Generally with an Introductory Review of the Rules and Usages of Parliament that Govern Public Assemblies in Canada. Toronto : The Carswell Co. (Ltd.), Law Publishers, 1894. First Edition. Pp (6),[v]-viii,(2),[3]-444,(2). 8vo, pebbled blue cloth, gilt to front and spine. Sir John George Bourinot, KCMG, FRSC (b. October 24, 1836, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia – d. October 13, 1902, Ottawa). Spine title is Procedure o...
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A Comedy of Terrors. First Edition

By: De MILLE, James

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Osgood, 1872, : 1872

Seller ID: 31409

De MILLE, James. A Comedy of Terrors. Boston : James R. Osgood, 1872. First Edition. "Electrotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co." Pp (4),[1]-152. Double column. 8vo (155 x 236 mm), pebbled green cloth, with gilt lettering to front and spine.

Watters p.273, Rhodenizer p.415. .

James De Mille (b. August 23, 1833, Saint John, New Brunswick – d. January 28, 1880, Halifax, Nova Scotia).

Arranged in 32 chapters.

Worn, hinges shaky, lacking leaf before the title-page, else good only. A reading copy. 30.00

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A Good Day's Work : In Pursuit of a Disappearing Canada. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: DEMONT, John.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 2013, ISBN:9780385665063 : 2013

Seller ID: 104432

ISBN-13: 9780385665063

DEMONT, John. A Good Day's Work : In Pursuit of a Disappearing Canada. (Toronto) : Doubleday Canada, (2013). First Printing. Pp. (8),1-284,(12). 8vo (150 x 205 mm), brown cloth spine with off-white paper-covered boards, copper lettering to spine. John DeMont (b. Spring 1956, Halifax). "'A Good Day's Work' is a lyrical journey through the Canada of our imagination. The Canada of the day before yesterday. The Canada, perhaps, of 1967 - the country's 'last good year', in the words of Pierre Berton. This is a panoramic view of that far-off land, captured by way of encounters with a blacksmi...
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A Handbook of Northern Mussel Culture. First Edition, Signed

By: SCARRATT. David

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Island Press Ltd. : 1993

Seller ID: 38713

ISBN-13: 9780969761006

SCARRATT. David. A Handbook of Northern Mussel Culture. Montague, P.E.I. : Island Press Ltd., (1993). First Edition. "Printed in Canada by Advocate Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Pictou, N.S.| Pp (2),iii-xv,(1),1-167,(1). With 137 b&w photos as well as many other illustrations in the text. . Small 8vo (126 x 203 mm), photo-illustrated glossy card covers, with blue lettering to front cover & spine, with black lettering to rear cover. David 'Dave' Johnson Scarratt (b. 1935) was living in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the time of publication. There is a small b&w photo of him on the rear cov...
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A Tale of Two Dykes : The Story of Cole Harbour. First Edition

By: CAMPBELL, Margaret Kuhn

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society, Cole Harbour , 1979, : 1979

Seller ID: 12140

ISBN-13: 9780889991071

CAMPBELL, Margaret Kuhn. A Tale of Two Dykes : The Story of Cole Harbour. Written for the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society. [Cole Harbour : Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society], (1979). First Printing. "Printed by Lancelot Press, Hantsport, Nova Scotia". Pp (3),4-67,(1). Illustrated with drawings and 2 maps in the text. 8vo (139 x 208 mm), art-illustrated matte cream card covers, with red lettering to front, with black lettering to spine. Margaret Isabel Campbell, née Kuhn (b. 1898, Cole Harbour Dyke - d. 1995) teacher & historian was living in Halifax at the time of publication. The...
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A Word to Say : The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union. First Edition

By: CALHOUN, Sue LeBLANC, Romeo

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nimbus, Halifax, 1991 : 1991

Seller ID: 15363

ISBN: :0921054645

CALHOUN, Sue. A Word to Say : The Story of the Maritime Fishermen's Union. Foreword by Roméo LeBlanc. (Halifax, Nova Scotia) : Nimbus Publishing Ltd, (1991). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (14),[1]-274. WIth 61 b&w photos and a map in the text. 8vo (151 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated blue glossy card covers, with white lettering to covers & spine. Sue Calhoun, née Calhoun (b. circa 1949, Southern Ontario - d. September 7, 2021, Moncton, New Brunswick). There is a b&w photo of her on the rear cover. Foreword by Roméo LeBlanc. 1. A Union of Fishermen. 2. The Acadian...
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Academic Arithmetic

By: KENNEDY, W.T O'HEARN, Peter.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: T.C. Allen, 1898,

Seller ID: 37508

KENNEDY, W.T. and Peter O'HEARN. Academic Arithmetic, Being Part Four of the Progressive School Series of Arithmetics. Halifax: T.C. Allen, (1898). Pp143. Small 8vo, maroon cloth. Progressive School Series. Hinges tender, co vers rubbed, some pencilling, else good. 15.00
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Acadie : Reconstitution d'un Chapitre Perdu de l'Histoire d'Amerique. Tomes I & II (of 3) ex-lib

By: RICHARD, Edouard D'ARLES, Henri (intro et appends)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Typ. J.-A. K.-LaFlamme / Marlier Publishing Co., 1916, : 1916

Seller ID: 46011

RICHARD, Edouard. Acadie : Reconstitution d'un Chapitre Perdu de l'Histoired'Amerique. Ouvrage publié d'après le MS. original, entièrement refondu, c orrigé, annoté, mis au point des recherches les plus récentes, avec une Introduction et des Appendices par Henri d'Arles. Tomes I & II seulement. TomeI: Depuis les Origines jusqu'à la Paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle; Tome II: Depuis la Paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle jusqu'à la Déportation. Québec : Typ. J.-A. K.-LaFlamme / Boston : The Marlier Publishing Co., 1916. Pp. 418; 504. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Text in French. 4to, rebound in half brown calf, brow...
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Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. 35, No. 1,Autumn 2005.

By: PARENTEAU, Bill (ed.). FINGARD, Judith WEBB, Jeff A. LEWIS, Timothy D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 2005,

Seller ID: 116051

PARENTEAU, Bill (ed.). Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. XXXV, No. 1, Autumn 2005. Fredericton, N.B.: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, 2005. Pp [1]-196. Illustrated. Maps.. 8vo, blue and white card covers. Articles : Pérégrinations et conquête du sol(1755-1836) : l’implantation acadienne sur la rive nord de la Baie-des-Cha leurs (par Christian Blais); The Politics of Mental Health Care in Nova Scotia: The Case of the Halifax County Hospital, 1940-1976 (by Judith Fingard and John Rutherford); Defeating the Farmers’ Efforts to Help Themselves: Th...
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Account of the Cruise of the St George on the North American and West Indian Station During the Years 1861-1862

By: DENNYS, N.B. Alfred, Prince

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Saunders, Otley, and Co., London, 1862,

Seller ID: 43577

DENNYS, N.B. An Account of the Cruise of the St George on the North American and West Indian Station During the Years 1861-1862. London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1862. First Edition. Pp xi, 267, folding map frontispiece., one plate leaf (opposite p.95). 8vo, orig. half calf with raised bands and marbled boards. Sabin 19602, Hallett, Bermuda in Print (2nd. ed) p.69. Not inTPL or Lande. The author describes his impressions of the voyage on which H.R.H. Prince Alfred was a midshipman, visiting most of the West India islands with good cameo descriptions. The heart of the book consists of the auth...
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Acting Up : Lessons from the Theatre of Life. First Edition, Paperback.

By: CARR, Bill.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, NS, 2015, ISBN:9781897426722

Seller ID: 111908

CARR, Bill. Acting Up : Lessons from the Theatre of Life. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada: Pottersfield Press, (2015). First Printing. Pp. (6),7-239,(1). 8vo, illustrated card covers with blue spine, red and white lettering to front cover, white and yellow lettering to spine. Life lessons and musings about acting by the Halifax-based artist, actor, and humorist. "This is a book about life and this is a book about acting. Exploring Shakespeare's dictum 'All the world's a stage and all the men and women are merelyplayers,' Bill Carr proves it isn't just dramatic hyperbole but true. D...
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Addresses delivered at the Unveiling of the Memorial Tablet to Commemorate the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Convening of the First General Assembly in Nova Scotia

By: Nova Scotia - General Assembly - Memorial WEIR, W.A. HAZEN, J.B. MURRAY, G.H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, King's Printer, Halifax, N.S., 1912,

Seller ID: 91321

(Nova Scotia – General Assembly - Memorial). Addresses delivered at the Unveiling of the Memorial Tablet to Commemorate the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Convening of the First General Assembly in Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: The Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, King's Printer, 1912. Pp [1]-56. 8vo, decorated white card covers. Cover title : Province ofNova Scotia 1758-1908. Contents : Prefatory Note; The Unveiling and Openin g Address of Mr. Justice Drysdale; Address of Chief Justice Townshend; Address of Lieutenant-Governor Fraser; Address of J.N. Armstrong; Address of Li...
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Provo W. P. Wallis ; A Memoir. First Edition.

By: BRIGHTON, J.G.

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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