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100 Years of Scotsburn : A Century of Growth and Innovation. First Edition

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Scotsburn Co-operatve Services Limited,, Scotsburn , NS, 2000 : 2000

Seller ID: 77032

ISBN-13: 9780968695005

MacLENNAN, Jennifer. 100 Years of Scotsburn : A Century of Growth and Innovation . (Scotsburn, Nova Scotia : Scotsburn Co-operatve Services Limited, 2000). First Edition. Printed by Advocate Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Pictou, Nova Scotia. Pp. [i]-v,(1),1-130. With 146 monochrome photos as well as other illustrations in the text. 8vo (218 x 214 mm), photo-illustrated tan & white matte card covers, with light brown lettering to spine. Jennifer MacLennan grew up in Pictou County. There is a photo of her on page 129. A centennial history of the Pictou County agricultural / da...
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100 Years of the Municipality of Pictou County, N.S. 1879-1979

By: CAMERON, James M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1979,

Seller ID: 16308

CAMERON, James M. 100 Years of the Municipality of Pictou County, N.S. 1879-1979 : A synopsis of the History of the Municipal Council from it's beginning in 1879 until the present. This synopsis was commissioned by the Municipal Council and written by James M. Cameron in May 1979. (Pictou : Printed by the Advocate Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., 1979). First Edition. Pp 1-44. Illustrated. 4to, card covers. James Malcolm Cameron (b. 1913, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia - d. January 8, 1995, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia) newspaperman and historian. Very good. 20.00
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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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About New Glasgow. a bit musty

By: CAMERON, James M.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Hector Publishing Co., New Glasgow, 1962,

Seller ID: 47983

CAMERON, James M. About New Glasgow. (New Glasgow : Hector Publishing Co. Ltd., 1962). Pp (6),[1]-203,(1). 8vo, printed white and grey card covers. Vaison p.60. Contents: 1. The Beginning; 2. Municipal and Other Services; 3. Churches, Y.M.C.A., Hospital; 4. The Firemen; 5. Liquor; 6. Police, Traffic, Motor Vehicles; 7. Entertainment-Sport. With two appendices at rear. A bit musty, covers lightly rubbed, name, else very good. 24.00
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About New Glasgow. pbk.

By: CAMERON, James M.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hector, New Glasgow, 1962,

Seller ID: 2329

CAMERON, James M. About New Glasgow. (New Glasgow : Hector Publishing Co. Ltd., 1962). Pp (6),[1]-203,(1). 8vo, printed white and grey card covers. Vaison p.60. Contents: 1. The Beginning; 2. Municipal and Other Services; 3. Churches, Y.M.C.A., Hospital; 4. The Firemen; 5. Liquor; 6. Police, Traffic, Motor Vehicles; 7. Entertainment-Sport. With two appendices at rear. Lightly rubbed, else vg. 30.00
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About New Glasgow. signed

By: CAMERON, James M.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: 1962,

Seller ID: 21656

CAMERON, James M. About New Glasgow. (New Glasgow : Hector Publishing Co. Ltd., 1962). Pp (6),[1]-203,(1). 8vo,white and grey card covers with red andblack lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine. James Malcolm Ca meron (b. 1913, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia - d. January 8, 1995, New Glasgow,Nova Scotia) newspaperman and historian. Vaison p.60. Contents: 1. The Beg inning; 2. Municipal and Other Services; 3. Churches, Y.M.C.A., Hospital; 4. The Firemen; 5. Liquor; 6. Police, Traffic, Motor Vehicles; 7. Entertainment-Sport. With two appendices at rear. Covers lightly rubbed, top edge spo...
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Acadian Geology. First Edition

By: DAWSON, John William DAWSON, J. William

Price: $800.00

Publisher: Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1855, : 1855

Seller ID: 69156

DAWSON, John William. Acadian Geology. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd [and] London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. [and] J. Dawson and Son, Pictou, N. S., 1855. First Edition. Pp. [i]-xii, [1]- 388 with four wood-engraved plates, 35 illustrations and large hand-coloured, engraved folding map "Geological Map of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Part of New Brunswick". Small 8vo. Original brownish-violet cloth stamped in gilt and blind, and with gilt lettering to spine. TPL 5663. Chapters: 1. Introduction; 2. General Description of Nova Scotia; 3. Modern Alluvial Deposits; 4. The Drift, Diluvium o...
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Albion Mines Relief Society Ephemera. in green cloth binder.

By: Albion Mines Relief Society) Government of Nova Scotia)

Price: $180.00

Publisher: Albion Mines Relief Society, Stellarton, NS, 1920,

Seller ID: 60018

(Albion Mines Relief Society). Albion Mines Relief Society Ephemera . [Stellarton, NS: Albion Mines Relief Society, 1920s-1930s]. 60 pages of letters (17 of which are loose). 4to, green cloth binder. A collection of sixty pieces of ephemera relating to the Albion Mines Relief Society, based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, dating from the 1920s and 1930s. The letters deal with a variety of topics, including the sale of coal, pensions, inter-business dealings, health coverage, and bank transactions. Some of the letters are handwritten, while others are typed. The binder has "Letters from Governm...
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Album of Odd Fellows Homes. signed

By: WOLFE, Ida F. (ed.)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: 1927,

Seller ID: 27408

WOLFE, Ida F. (ed.). Album of Odd Fellows Homes. Twelfth Revised DeLuxe Edition. Minneapolis : Joseph M. Wolfe Company, 1927. Pp 128. Illustrated. 8vo, brown cloth. Includes the Odd Fellows Home of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, located at Pictou, Nova Scotia. Vg. Inscribed by the Editor. 45.00
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All the Fish of the Post : Property Resource Rights and Development in a Nineteenth-Century Inshore Fishery. An article in Acadiensis : Journal of theHistory of the Atlantic Region, Vol. 10, No.2. Spring / Printemps 1981

By: OMMER, Rosemary E. Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, Vol. 10, No.2. WYNN, Graeme McCANN, L.D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1981,

Seller ID: 89588

OMMER, Rosemary E. “All the Fish of the Post : Property Resource Rights andDevelopment in a Nineteenth-Century Inshore Fishery.” An article in Acadie nsis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region, Vol. X, No.2. Spring/Printemps 1981, pp 107-123. Also : Articles : "W.F. Ganong, A.H. Clark and the Historical Geography of Maritime Canada" by Graeme Wynn (pp 5 -28); "The Mercantile-Industrial Transition in The Metals Towns of Pictou County, 1857-1931" by L. D. McCann (pp 29-64); "Scottish Emigration to the Maritimes 1770-1815: A New Look at an Old Theme" by J. M. Bum...
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Allan J. MacEachen : At home with New Zealand's Bluenosers.

By: BRUCE, Harry. Axiom : Atlantic Canada's Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, Nov./Dec. 1976 ROSS, Veronica FORRESTALL, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Axiom, Halifax , 1976,

Seller ID: 81143

BRUCE, Harry. “Allan J. MacEachen : At home with New Zealand's “Bluenosers.”” An article in Axiom : Atlantic Canada's Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, Nov./Dec. 1976, pp. 10-13, 25 (7 photos). (Halifax : Axiom, 1976). Pp [1]-62,(2) including covers. Illustrated. 4to, illustrated stapled card covers. Cover photograph of Allan J. MacEachen, and cover title : Allan J. MacEachen and the Far East : In which an intrepid Cape Breton Scot finds long-lost countrymen deep in the South Pacific. They meet, speak the Ancient Tongue, shed a warm tear and, naturally, have themselves a Ceilidh. Other articles : Tom C...
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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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Archaia; or, Studies of the Cosmogony and Natural History of the Hebrew Scriptures. First Edition

By: DAWSON, J.W. DAWSON, J. William, Sir.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: B. Dawson & Son / Sampson Low, Son & Co., Montreal / London , 1860,

Seller ID: 97332

DAWSON, J.W. Archaia; or, Studies of the Cosmogony and Natural History of the Hebrew Scriptures. Montreal : B. Dawson & Son / London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1860. First Edition. Pp (14),[9]-400,(6,Index),(4). 8vo, purple pressed cloth, gilt lettering to spine. TPL 5856, Watters p.777. Contents : 1. Introductory. 2. Objects, Character and Authority of the Hebrew Cosmogony. 3. General Views of Nature contained in the Hebrew Scriptures. 4. The Beginning. 5. The Desolate Void. 6. Light. 7. Days of Creation. 8. The Atmosphere. 9. The Dry Land. 10. The First Vegetation. 11. Luminaries. 12. The Low...
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Belcher's Farmer's Almanack for the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, For the Year of our Lord 1873: Being the First after Bissextile or Leap Year, and the latter part of the Thirty-Sixth and the beginning of the Thirty-Seventh Year

By: Belcher's Almanack - Nova Scotia - Almanack / Almanac

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Published by the proprietors McAlpine & Barnes. Printed by Nova Scotia Printing Co, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1873,

Seller ID: 84349

(Belcher's Almanack). Belcher's Farmer's Almanack for the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, For the Year of our Lord 1873: Being the First after Bissextile or Leap Year, and the latter part of the Thirty-Sixth and the beginning of the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. [Established in 1824.] Halifax, Nova Scotia : Published by the proprietors McAlpine & Barnes, 1873. Printed by Nova Scotia Printing Co. Pp 3-242. Index. Small 8vo, stitched self-wraps. First published as "The Farmer's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1824", the title was changed ...
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Belcher's Farmer's Almanack for the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, For the Year of our Lord 1873: Being the First after Bissextile or Leap Year, and the latter part of the Thirty-Sixth and the beginning of the Thirty-Seventh Year

By: Belcher's Almanack - Nova Scotia - Almanack / Almanac

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Published by the proprietors McAlpine & Barnes. Printed by Nova Scotia Printing Co, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1873,

Seller ID: 84348

(Belcher's Almanack). Belcher's Farmer's Almanack for the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, For the Year of our Lord 1873: Being the First after Bissextile or Leap Year, and the latter part of the Thirty-Sixth and the beginning of the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. [Established in 1824.] Halifax, Nova Scotia : Published by the proprietors McAlpine & Barnes, 1873. Printed by Nova Scotia Printing Co. Pp [1]-96,145-244. Index. Small 8vo, stitched self-wraps. First published as "The Farmer's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1824", the title was...
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Black Community Profile : A Survey of the Black Population of New Glasgow

By: Black Studies) SKINNER, Bette CLARK, Vivian PARIS, Peggy

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Halifax , 1973,

Seller ID: 4742

(Black Studies). Black Community Profile : A Survey of the Black Populationof New Glasgow; Summer 1973. Halifax : Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission , 1973. Pp (4),[1]-50,(3),1-8,(3). Lg.8vo, green card covers, coil bdg. Vaison p.53. Research Conducted by Bette Skinner (co-ordinator), Vivian Clark,Janice Jewell, Marilyn Jordan, and Peggy Paris. Sections : History & Attit udes, Housing, Social & Legal Services, Recreation, Education, and Employment. Very good. 30.00
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Broken Crystals. in dj. signed

By: WILLIAMS, Mary Elizabeth

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 1961,

Seller ID: 14806

WILLIAMS, Mary Elizabeth. Broken Crystals : More Canadian Poems. Ilfracombe, Devon : Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd, n.d. [1960/61?]. Pp (6),7-80,frontis. Sm8vo, blue cloth. Laugher p.606. Not in Watters nor Rhodenizer. Born in 187 7 in Westville, N.S., taught at Merigomish and Sydney. Vg in faded dj. Signed. 30.00
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Caledonia Male Chorus. 11th season

By: New Glasgow)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1921,

Seller ID: 19787

(New Glasgow). Caledonia Male Chorus, Eleventh Season, Academy of Music, Friday Evening, February 18th, 1921. Mason B. McKay, Director. N.pl.: n.pub., (1921). Pp (16). Tall 8vo, card covers.
Programme and words to selected songs. Many local advertisements.
Fine. 25.00
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Caledonia Male Chorus. 14th season

By: New Glasgow)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1923,

Seller ID: 19788

(New Glasgow). Caledonia Male Chorus, Fourteenth Season, Academy of Music, New Glasgow, N.S., Friday Evening, February, 23rd., 1923. Director: Mason B. McKay. N.pl.: n.p., (1921). Pp 1-16. Tall 8vo, card covers.
Programme and words to selected songs. Many local advertisements.
Vg. 25.00
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