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1-800-Moncton. An article on call centres in Canadian Geographic, Vol.115, No.4, July/August 1995

By: CORMIER, Michael. Canadian Geographic, Vol. 115, No. 4 BUTALA, Sharon GILLMORE, Don

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Canadian Geographic, Vanier, Ontario, 1995,

Seller ID: 83342

CORMIER, Michael. "1-800-Moncton." An article on call centres in Canadian Geographic, Vol.115, No.4, July/August 1995, pp 24-34, with photos by André Gallant. Vanier, Ontario : Canadian Geographic, 1995. Pp [1]-82. Illustrated. Double column. Large 8vo, illustrated wrappers. Also, Sharon Butala's "Saskatchewan's Treasured Baadlands" (pp 36-44); Don Gillmore's "Promised Land" [Underground Railway] (pp 46-55); David F. Pelly's "Treasures of an Arctic Artist" [sketchbooks of explorer George Black] (pp 56-62). Very good to fine. For the issue 5.00
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150 Years of Canadian Railroads. First Canadian Edition in dustjacket

By: FITZSIMONS, Bernard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Royce Publications, Toronto, 1984, ISBN:0774035366

Seller ID: 98690

FITZSIMONS, Bernard. 150 Years of Canadian Railroads. (Toronto): Royce Publications, (1984). First Canadian Edition. Pp (6),[7]-155,(5). Large 8vo [240 x 310 mm], maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Behind the modern railways map of Canada, with its great transcontinental routes, its network of grain lines in the Prairies, its northern extensions tapping the mineral riches of Labrador and the Northwest Territories, lie 150 years of colourful and exciting history. The first short lines, built to bypass obstacles in the waterways that formed the natural routes of settlement, were followe...
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6024 King Edward I : a monarch restored.

By: BROWN, C.G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ian Allan, Shepperton, Surrey, 1991, ISBN:0711020167

Seller ID: 95979

BROWN, C.G. 6024 King Edward I : a monarch restored. (Shepperton, Surrey) :Ian Allan, (1991). First Edition. Pp [1]-47,(1) including covers. Illustra ted. Triple Column. 4to, illustrated stapled card covers. The story of the passenger locomotive King Edward I. Contents : 1. Introduction. 2. Competition and improvement. 3. The development and building of the "Kings.” 4. Thebuilding of 6024 and its prewar work. 5. Postwar developments. 6. The end of steam and start of preservation. 7. At Barry scrapyard. 8. Restoration. 9. "King Edward I" restored. Very good. 15.00
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80 Years of Transportation Progress : A History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway

By: ANDERSON, Jacob E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cotton Belt News, Tyler, TX, 1957,

Seller ID: 76323

(ANDERSON, Jacob E.). 80 Years of Transportation Progress : A History of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway . (Tyler, TX: Cotton Belt News, 1957). Pp.[1]-100, including covers. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated stapled blue and black card covers. "This booklet is published in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the date when the first section of the St. Louis Southwestern(Cotton Belt) Railway began operations. Issued in lieu of the October 1957 edition of Cotton Belt News (Volume 13, Number 8), it presents, in concise form, the history and progressive development of the Cotton Belt." ...
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A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River. . First Edition

By: CUMBERLAND, Barlow

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Musson Book Company Limited, Toronto, 1913, : 1913

Seller ID: 69396

CUMBERLAND, Barlow. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River. Toronto : The Musson Book Company Limited, (1913). First Edition. No printer given. Pp (4),[v]-xvi,[9]-198,(2) + b&w photo portrait frontispiece (of Cumberland) + 11 plates (b&w photos, &c.). 8vo (163 x 238 mm), brown cloth with gilt lettering to front & spine. Frederic Barlow Cumberland (b. August 5, 1846, England - d. September 1, 1913, Hope, Durham County, Ontario). "Although the book is published about two months after the author's death, it will be gratfying to many readers to know that all the final proofs wer...
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A History of Fort Lawrence : Times, Tides and Towns. First Edition in dustjacket, triple-signed.

By: TRENHOLM, Gladys. NORDEN, Miep. TRENHOLM, Josephine

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Sherwood Printing Ltd., Edmonton, 1985

Seller ID: 70959

ISBN-13: 9780921080008

TRENHOLM, Gladys, Miep NORDEN, and Josephine TRENHOLM. A History of Fort Lawrence : Times, Tides and Towns. N.pl. : n.pub., (1985). "Printed and bound by Sherwood Printing Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta". Pp.(10), 1-439. With 50 b&w photos as well as some other illustrations and several maps in the text. 8vo (153 x 232 mm), beige cloth; with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Gladys Marie Trenholm, née Forgrave (b. 1912, Amherst - d. January 4, 2011, Upper Nappan). Siementje 'Miep' Norden, née Balkema (b. 1925, the Netherlands - d. September 15, 2020, Amherst). Freda Josephine 'Jo'...
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A History of Moncton : Town and City 1855-1965. First Edition in dustjacket,Signed by Mayor L.C. Jones

By: MACHUM, Lloyd A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: City of Moncton : 1965

Seller ID: 45994

MACHUM, Lloyd A. A History of Moncton : Town and City 1855-1965. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada : "Published by the City of Moncton", 1965. First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by Moncton Publishing Company Ltd." Pp (18),19-447,(1), including frontispiece & illustrations. 8vo (157 x 235 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to front & spine. Taylor, New Brunswick History : A Checklist of Secondary Sources 29: 64. Lloyd Alexander Machum (b. December 26, 1910, North Devon, New Brunswick - d. March 23, 1982, Pinellas, Florida). "This book, written in connection with the celeb...
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A Journalist's Life on the Left. First Edition

By: FINN, Ed.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Boulder Publications, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, 2013 : 2013

Seller ID: 105785

ISBN-13: 9781927099315

FINN, Ed. A Journalist's Life on the Left. (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, Newfoundland & Labrador): Boulder Publications / (Ottawa) : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, (2013). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp (3),iv-viii,1-252,(4). With 6 b&w photos and a cartoon in the text. 8vo (153 x 228 mm), art-illustrated glossyy card covers, with black lettering to covers, with black & white lettering to spine. Edward 'Ed' Horace Finn Jr., C.M. (b. June 4, 1926, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland – d. December 27, 2020, Ottawa). There is a colour photo of him on the rear cover. ...
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A Newspaperman Remembers: Tales of thirty-eight years of newspaper work and other reminiscences. First Edition

By: MURPHY, J. Elmer

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 1980, : 1980

Seller ID: 58502

MURPHY, J. Elmer. A Newspaperman Remembers : Tales of thirty-eight years of newspaper work and other reminiscences. by J. Elmer Murphy, Retired publisher of The Journal-Pioneer. Summerside, PEI : "Printed by Williams & Crue", [ca. 1980?]. First Edition. Pp. (6),1-126,(2). Illustrated with 13 b&w photos in the text. 8vo, tan photo-illustrated cardcovers, black lettering to front & spine. J. Elmer Murphy (b. January 27, 1914 - d. February 11, 2000) publisher of The Journal-Pioneer, the Summerside newspaper. Arranged in three sections: Reporters have All the Fun. An Explanation De...
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A Short History of Kingsport. Second Edition, Signed

By: ATKINSON, Cora, (comp.)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: : 1980

Seller ID: 47379

ATKINSON, Cora, (comp.). A Short History of Kingsport. N.pl.: n.p., (1980). Second Edition. No printer given. Pp 1-32 With 36 b&w photographs in the text. Large 8vo (213 x 280 mm), stapled glossy white photo-illustrated card covers, with black lettering to front cover. Cora Watey Atkinson, née Barkhouse (b. November 5, 1905, Kingsport, Kings County, Nova Scotia - d. June 28 1999, Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia). A history of Kingsport, Nova Scotia, including a section on the thriving ship building industry of that town in the mid to late 1800s. Two of the largest barques built ...
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A Vision of Greatness : The History of Milford, 1790-1990. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed.

By: McKAY, K.D.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Brace Harvatt Associates / Gulf Oil Britain Limited, Haverfordwest, Dyfed, ISBN:0951521101 : 1989

Seller ID: 113973

ISBN-13: 9780951521106

McKAY, K.D., Wing-Commander, R.A.F., (Retd.). A Vision of Greatness : The History of Milford, 1790-1990. ( Haverfordwest, Dyfed) : Brace Harvatt Associates in association with Gulf Oil Britain Limited, (1989). First Edition. Pp (2),[iii]-xv,(3),[3]-397,(3). With maps and many b&w illustrations in the text. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Wing-Commander Kenneth D. McKay. Foreword. Part I. A Grand Design 1790-1809. 1. The Complex Mixture : The Proprietary Town - The British Connection - The Quaker Connection - The French Connection - The Way Ahead. 2. The Nantucketers : ...
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Acadia Gold

By: WINCHELL, William H., Jr.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Acadia Metals Limited, Toronto, 1929,

Seller ID: 106517

WINCHELL, William H., Jr. Acadia Gold. Extracts from Report by William H. Winchell, Jr. May, 23rd, 1929. Toronto : Acadia Metals Limited, (1929). Pp (12) including covers. Illustrated. 8vo, white stapled self-wraps, lettered in black. "The property of the Acadia Metals Limited is loated in the Oldham Gold District, in the northern part of Halifax County, three miles east of the Enfield Station on the main line of the Canadaaian National Railway, between Truro and Halifax." (p. [2]). Stain to lower margin of front cover,staples rusted, else very good. 30.00
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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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Across Canada The National Way : Atlantic to Pacific

By: Canaadian National - Grand Trunk Railway)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Canaadian National - Grand Trunk, 1924,

Seller ID: 105020

(Canaadian National - Grand Trunk Railway). Across Canada "The National Way" : Atlantic to Pacific. [Toronto?] : Canaadian National - Grand Trunk, n.d. [1924?]. Pp (4),[3]-155,(3), frontispiece + 9 plates. 8vo, maroon leatherette, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Contents : Canada—Its Attractions and Resources. Atlantic to the Pacific—Transcontinental Service: Halifax to Truro; Truro to Sackville; Sackville to Moxcton; Moncton to Montreal; Montreal to Winnipeg; Quebec to Winnipeg; Toronto to Winnipeg via Port Arthur and Fort William; Toronto to Winnipeg via North Bay and Cochra...
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Acts of the General Assembly of Newfoundland 1927

By: Newfoundland General Assembly)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: 1927,

Seller ID: 51776

(Newfoundland General Assembly). Acts of the General Assembly of Newfoundland Passed in the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George V.St.John's : David R. Thistle, King's Printer, 1927. Pp (4),[1]-428. 8vo, b lack cloth spine, pale blue boards. O'Dea A298. 20 acts including the St.George's Coastal Mail Service Act, International Paper Company Act, Railway Act, Labrador Act, Whaling Act, and others. Inner hinges cracked and repaired with scotch tape, edgeworn, else vg. 50.00
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Addresses / Legislative and Other Addresses

By: TORY, James Cranswick, Hon.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Mortimer Company Limited, Ottawa, 1932,

Seller ID: 107638

TORY, James Cranswick, Hon. Addresses. Ottawa, The Mortimer Company Limited, n.d. [1932]. Pp (6),v-vii,(1),291,(1) + portrat frontispiece. 8vo, half navy-blue leather, blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine. Spine reads: "Legislative and Other Addresses -- J.C. Tory". Watters p.643. James CranswickTory (b. August 12, 1862, Port Shoreham, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia - d. October 16, 1944, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a Nova Scotian M.L.A. from 1911 to 1923 and Lieutenant-Governor from 1925 to 1930. Topics included : Steam Trawling (pp.1-32), the Guysboro Railway (pp.57-119), the Halif...
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Addresses / Legislative and Other Addresses

By: TORY, James Cranswick, Hon.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Mortimer Company Limited, Ottawa, 1932,

Seller ID: 1482

TORY, James Cranswick, Hon. Addresses. Ottawa, The Mortimer Company Limited, n.d. [1932]. Pp (6),v-vii,(1),291,(1) + portrat frontispiece. 8vo, half navy-blue leather, blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine. Spine reads: "Legislative and Other Addresses -- J.C. Tory". James Cranswick Tory (b. August 12, 1862, Port Shoreham, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia - d. October 16,1944, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a Nova Scotian M.L.A. from 1911 to 1923 an d Lieutenant-Governor from 1925 to 1930. Topics included : Steam Trawling (pp.1-32), the Guysboro Railway (pp.57-119), the Halifax Tramway and...
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Adult Entertainment. First Edition in dust jacket

By: METCALF, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1986, : 1986

Seller ID: 15710

ISBN-13: 9780771598968

METCALF, John. Adult Entertainment. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Macmillan of Canada (1986). First Edition. "Printed in Canada". Pp (6),1-201,(1). 8vo (159 x 222 mm), green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. John Wesley Metcalf, C.M. (b. November 12, 1938, Carlisle, England) was living in Ottawa at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of him on the rear jacket flap. "With Adult Entertainment, John Metcalf is sure to delight his admirers - and win new readers - with his characteristic blend of elegant prose, wry compassion, and mischievous comic vision." "The two n...
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Advantages of a Bridge at Quebec. (To the Editor of the Quebec Morning Chronicle.

By: Quebec Bridge

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Quebec Morning Chronicle, Quebec, 1887,

Seller ID: 94314

(Quebec Bridge). Advantages of a Bridge at Quebec. (To the Editor of the Quebec Morning Chronicle.) (Quebec : Quebec Morning Chronicle, 1887). Broadside (approx 7 by 18 inches), printed one side only on pale blue-grey paper. A broadside reproducing three letters to the Quebec Morning Chronicle, signed “M.” and dated 27th December 1886, 3rd January 1887, and 22nd February 1887, along with an excerpt from the Halifax Critic (undated). These lettersurge the building of a bridge across the St. Lawrence River between Levis and Quebec City. First proposed in 1852, the idea was periodically revived u...
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Ah, 'Tis a Sunny Brae. First Edition, Signed

By: EVANS, Jane Rawson

Price: $60.00

Publisher: : 1999

Seller ID: 92278

ISBN-13: 9780968524404

EVANS, Jane Rawson Ah, 'Tis a Sunny Brae. No Place [Sunnybrae] : No publisher [The author?], 1999. "Printed by Advocate Printing & Publishing Company Limited". First Edition. Pp 1-229,(3). With 44 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (134 x 214 mm), art-illustrated glossy card covers, with white lettering to green spine. Jane Rawson Evans (b. March 14,1931, Sunnybrae, Pictou County - d. September 22, 2017, Moncton). 1. Sunny Brae - How It Began - How It Got Its Name - The Royal Visitor. 2. Religion - Churches. Calvin Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Church Groups - Sunday Sc...
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