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101st Concert to be held at the Liverpool Institute, Mount Street, on Thursday Evening, Mar. 15, 1894, Commencing at a Quarter to Eight o'clock

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Handlewy Brothers, Printers, Liverpool, 1894,:

Seller ID: 96651

(Societa Armonica). 101st Concert to be held at the Liverpool Institute, Mount Street, on Thursday Evening, Mar. 15, 1894, Commencing at a Quarter to Eight o'clock. Liverpool [UK} : Handlewy Brothers, Printers, (1894). Pp [1]-6,(2). 8vo, grey stapled wrappers, lettered in red. The programme for the event. Tears to spine ends, staples rusted, unevenly browned, else good. 25.00
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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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A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged in dustjacket

By: WELLESZ, Egon

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press: 1961

Seller ID: 50504

WELLESZ, Egon. A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1961. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Pp (6),[v]-xiii,(1),[1]-461,(3) + frontispiece plus seven plates at the rear. 8vo (170 x 241 mm), dark pink cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.

Egon Joseph Wellesz (b. October 21, 1885, Vienna – d. November 9, 1974, Oxford).

A definitive record in the field of Byzantine musicology, useful not only to those interested in Byzantine studies, but also to students of Eastern Liturgy.

Introduction : A Survey of Studies in...
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A History of the Scotch Colony, Victoria County, New Brunswick 1873-1969. First Edition

By: Andover-Kincardine Pastoral Charge Historical Committee)

Price: $70.00

Publisher: 1969,: 1969

Seller ID: 100177

(Andover - Kincardine Pastoral Charge Historical Committee). A History of the Scotch Colony, Victoria County, New Brunswick 1873-1969. N.pl.: n.pub., (1969). First Edition. Pp (8),9-135,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated orange card covers,blank spine.

Contents :
Preface.
1. The Land of Promise : The Plan of Immigration - The Mustering - The Voyage - The Landing.

2. History of Churches and Schools : Men of Good Character and Fitness - Nurturing the Infant Church, 1873-75 - Building a Strong Organization, 1873-78 - Continued Growth, 1878-96 - The Unique Ministry ...
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A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. First Edition

By: HARRIS, Carol E. MURRAY, Elizabeth

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, Halifax, 1998, : 1998

Seller ID: 31459

ISBN: 1895686997

HARRIS, Carol E. A Sense of Themselves : Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community. Halifax : Fernwood Publishing, (1998). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by: Hignell Printing Limited". Pp [1]-192. With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated semi-glossy card covers, with white lettering to spine.

Elizabeth 'Betty' Kathleen Murray (b. January 2, 1917, Tatamagouche - d. June 15, 1996, Halifax).

Carol Elizabeth Harris (b. 1940) was teaching ath the University of Victoria at the time of publication.

"This ...
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A Sentinel on the Street : St. Matthew's United Church Halifax 1749-1999 First Edition

By: TOWNSEND, Elizabeth MORGAN, Laura B. FINGARD, Judith. MORGAN, Graham.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Nimbus, Halifax, 1999, ISBN:1551092883: 1999

Seller ID: 40208

ISBN: 1551092883

TOWNSEND, Elizabeth, Laura B. MORGAN, Judith FINGARD and Graham MORGAN. With Margaret C. FAY and Shelley Davis FINSON. A Sentinel on the Street : St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, 1749-1999. (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing Ltd., (1999). First Printing. Pp. (7),viii-xii,1-193,(3). With 43 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. 8vo (163 x 238 mm), semi-glossy purple art- and photo-illustrated cardcovers, with white lettering to spine, yellow lettering to covers.

The history of the downtown Halifax mainstay.

"For over 140 years, St. Matthew's...
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A Venture in Faith : Bayers Road United Baptist Church. First Edition, Signed

By: Bayers Road United Baptist Church). McGRAY, George McGRAY, George S., Rev.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 1988, ISBN:088999398x: 1988

Seller ID: 57047

ISBN: 088999398X

(Bayers Road United Baptist Church). McGRAY, George S., Rev. A Venture in Faith : Bayers Road United Baptist Church. N.pl. [Halifax] : n.pub. [Bayers Road United Baptist Church], (1988). First Edition. "Printed 1988 by Lancelot Press, Hantsport, N.S.". Pp (3),4-239,(1). With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (139 x 203 mm), photo-illustrated white cardcovers, with black lettering to spine.

Rev. Dr. George Stanley McGray (b. November 2, 1914, Arcadia,Yarmouth County - d. April 27, 2004, Halifax) was Pastor Emeritus at the time of publication.

Preface.
Church...
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A-24. First Edition

By: ZUKOFSKY, Louis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Grossman Publishers, New York , 1972,:

Seller ID: 92610

ZUKOFSKY, Louis. “A”-24. New York : Grossman Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Pp (10),[1]-242,(4). 8vo, metallic green panel and white lettering to spine, top edge dyed maroon. “A-24 concludes Louis Zukofsky's long poem “A”, reaffirming Hayden Carruth's belief that Zukofsky “is a distinctly modern poet, vigorously contemporary, but vigorously traditional as well.” For “A”-24 is a masque, “Celia's L.Z. Masque,” and if the formal masque, combining words and music, is an old, even archaic, literary form, Zulofsky's is startlingly modern. It is scored for five voices: music (...
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Acadia University Songs

By: Acadia University)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Athenaeum Society of Acadia University, Wolfville, 1910,:

Seller ID: 35882

(Acadia University). Acadia University Songs. (Wolfville) : Published for Athenaeum Society of Acadia University, n.d. [1910?]. Pp (8),1-80. 4to, illustrated maroon cloth. Covers faded and stained, else very good. 35.00
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Acadians of the Maritimes : Thematic Studies. First Edition, paperback.

By: DAIGLE, Jean. THERIAULT, Leon. ARSENAULT, Samuel. BASTARACHE, Michel.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, Moncton, 1982, ISBN:091691021: 1982

Seller ID: 29666

ISBN: 091691021

DAIGLE, Jean. The Acadians of the Maritimes : Thematic Studies. Edited by Jean Daigle. Moncton, N.B. : Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1982. First Edition. Pp (9),[9]-637,(3). With some illustrations and maps in the text. 8vo, illustrated card covers with whtie spine.

Maillet, Bibliographie des publications de l'Acadie des provinces maritimes: livres et brochures, 1609-1995 41.

Contents :
Acadia, 1604-1763, An Historical Synthesis (by Jean Daigle);
Acadia, 1763-1978. An Historical Synthesis (by Léon Thêriault);
Geography and the Acadians (by Samue...
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Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. reprint

By: DAVY, John GOONERATNE, Yasmine Ceylon Historical Journal, Vol. 16

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, Dehiwala, Ceylon, 1969,:

Seller ID: 112121

DAVY, John. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. Complete and unabridged from the original editionof 1821. With an introduction by Yasmine Gooneratne. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Dehiwala, Ceylon : Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, (March 1969). Facsimile Reprint. 8vo, white card covers, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in black and illustrated in red, in a matching dustjacket. Contents : Part I. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and o f its Inhabitants: 1. Name. Geographical outlines. Rocks. Minerals. Soils. ...
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Adelina Patti : Queen of Hearts

By: CONE, John Frederick PATTI, Adelina) KAUFMAN, Thomas G. MORAN, William R.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Scolar Press, Aldershot, Hants., 1993, ISBN:1859280048:

Seller ID: 100653

(PATTI, Adelina). CONE, John Frederick. Adelina Patti : Queen of Hearts. Chronology by Thomas G. Kaufman. Discography by William R. Moran. [Foreword by the Earl of Harewood. Introduction by Robert Tuggle]. (Aldershot, Hants.): Scolar Press, (1993). First Printing. Pp. (4),v-xxi,(3),1-400, including frontispiece, + 97 p. of plates, 7 of which are in colour. Illustrated. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt signature to front board, gilt titles to spine. "She was a favourite among royalty and composers alike, especially Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Verdi, who declared her 'an artist by natu...
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Adolf Busch : The Life of an Honest Musician. Volume One: 1891-1939. VolumeTwo: 1939-52. First Edition in dustjackets

By: POTTER, Tully

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Toccata Press, London, 2010, ISBN:9780907689508: 2010

Seller ID: 115995

ISBN: 0907689507

POTTER, Tully. Adolf Busch : The Life of an Honest Musician. Volume One: 1891-1939. Volume Two: 1939-52. (London) : Toccata Press, (2010). First Edition. Pp (13),14-702,(2); (8),705-1423,(7). Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spines.

Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (b August 8, 1891, Siegen, Westphalia – d. June 9, 1952, Guilford, Vermont).

Tully Potter (b. 1942, Edinburgh).

"Adolf Busch (1891-1952) was not only an all-round musician; he was also a moral beacon in troubled times. Now remembered as the first violin of the Busch String Quartet...
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Adonis and the Alphabet and Other Essays. First Edition in dustjacket

By: HUXLEY, Aldous

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1956,: 1956

Seller ID: 772

HUXLEY, Aldous. Adonis and the Alphabet And Other Essays. London : Chatto & Windus, 1956. First Edition. Pp. (8),[9]-285,(3). 8vo [132 x 202 mm], lime green cloth, spine lettered in blue.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (b. July 26, 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England – d. November 22, 1963, Los Angeles County, California) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family.

"This new book of essays demonstrates afresh the unorthodox, wide-ranging quality of Huxley's mind. He is concerned, throughout, with modern man, in his relation t...
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Adventures of Olar, the Lucky Polar Bear

By: FISHER, Stan FISHER, Stephen

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Broken Finger Press, Boston, 2007, ISBN:9780978300708:

Seller ID: 113016

FISHER, Stan. The Adventures of Olar, the "Lucky" Polar Bear. Concept/Story: Stan Fisher. Illustrations: Stephen Fisher. [Boston? .: (Broken Finger Press, 2007). Printed by Gaspereau Press. Pp (3),4-38,(2). Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, illustrated white stapled card covers, lettered in black. An illustrated children's story based on an actual event. "On Oct 16th 1998 provincial wildlife authorities kept watch overnight, on a nnlar bear trapped on a ledge overlooking Quidi Vidi Gut. The animal had swum into the harbour around 5:00 pm. Police had to put traffic control intco place becaus...
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Adventures of the Irene B. Mellon

By: WITHERS, Jack CAHILL, Tom

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Harry Cuff, St. John's, 1995, ISBN:1896338046: 1995

Seller ID: 52449

ISBN: 1896338046

WITHERS, Jack. The Adventures of the Irene B. Mellon. From the radio scripts of Jack Withers; Adapted by Tom Cahill. St. John's : Harry Cuff Publications Limited, 1995. First Edition. Pp. (2),iii-xvii,(3),21-253,(3). 8vo, illustrated blue card covers.

"The Irene B. Mellon, was a serial that ran on Newfoundland radio between 1934 and 1941, longer than any similar series on Newfoundland radio or television.

The Mellon was a musical programme, serving up home-grown musical talent, while relating the continuing story of a fictional three-masted schooner cr...
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Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

By: FLOISTAD, Guttorm, ed. Contemporary Philosophy, volume 9

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Springer, Berlin, 2007, ISBN:9781402050688:

Seller ID: 75352

FLØISTAD, Guttorm, ed. Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art . Edited by GuttormFløistad. (Berlin): Springer, (2007). Pp. [i]-viii,1-413,(3). 8vo, printed red card covered boards. Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey, volume 9. Contents: 1. Masahiro Hamashita's "Extended meanings of aesthetics and the ethical moment"; 2. D.P. Chattopadhyaya's "Ancient and medieval concepts and theories of art in India"; 3. Anand Amaladass's "Aesthetics and religion from the Indian perspective"; 4. Jean-Godefroy Bidima's "L'esthétique des arts négro-africains: pluralité et historici...
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Against the Odds. in dj. signed

By: KEDDY, David J.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Carlton Press, 1987,:

Seller ID: 14676

KEDDY, David J. Against the Odds. N.Y.: Carlton Press Inc., (1987). Pp (12),13-63,(1). 8vo, grey cloth. A Hearthstone book. The personal philosophy of this Haligonian music teacher, praised on the dj as "one of the most original thinkers of our time". Vg in nicked dj. Signed. 18.00
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Aide-Memoire du Carabinier Volontaire, comprenant une compilation des termes de commandement usités dans l'armée anglaise, avec quelques notes explicatives

By: SUZOR, L.T.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Stewart Derbishire et George Desbarats, Quebec, 1862,:

Seller ID: 38446

SUZOR, L.T. Aide-Mémoire du Carabinier Volontaire, comprenant une compilation des termes de commandement usités dans l'armée anglaise, avec quelques notes explicatives. Aussi : Le Manuel du Sergent et la manière de se perfectioner dans l'art du tir, précédés d'un Historique des Armes. Quebec : Imprimé par Stewart Derbishire et George Desbarats, 1862. Pp [1]-52. 8vo, brown wrappers. Includes two pages of music [Sonneries]. Bottom corner chipped and insect damage to last 10 pages at corner, spine ends chipped, covers darkened at edges and with overall smudging, foxing/spotting to some le...
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Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles : Communicated in an Original, Pleasing, and Familiar Style; as Inspected, Approved, and Recommended by the Highland Society of Scotland

By: FRASER, Simon, Captain, ed.

Price: $1,600.00

Publisher: Mr John Gow... Doig and Stirling, Booksellers, Mr James Smith, &c., Edinburgh, 1816,: 1816

Seller ID: 81496

FRASER, Simon, Captain, (ed.). The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles : Communicated in an Original, Pleasing, and Familiar Style; as Inspected, Approved, and Recommended by the Highland Society of Scotland; having the Lively Airs Introduced as Medleys, to form a Sequence to Each Slower Movement : with an Admired Plain Harmony, for the Piano-Forte, Harp, Organ, or Violoncello, intended rather to Preserve Simplicity than Load with Embellishment. Edited by Captain Simon Fraser. The Melodies, being chiefly acquired during the Interesting Period from 1715,...
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