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Ambling Through Acadia. First Edition, with TLS

By: TOWNE, Charles Hanson HEITLAND, W. Emerton

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Century Co, 1923, : 1923

Seller ID: 51204

TOWNE, Charles Hanson. Ambling Through Acadia. With drawings by W. Emerton Heitland. New York and London : The Century Co., (1923). First Edition. Pp. (16),3-250, including plates. Illustrated. 8vo (146 x 210 mm), dark green cloth with illustrations to spine & front board. Charles Hanson Towne ( b. February 1, 1877, Louisville, Kentucky - d. February 28, 1949, New York City). Wilmot Emerton Heitland, N.A. (b. July 5, 1893, Superior, Wisconsin - d. July 9 1969, St Petersburg, Florida). Morley pp.19 & 85, Vaison p.74, Tennyson 1099, Rhodenizer p.69. Following the Spring North; F...
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Annual Report of the Roads Division of the Department of Public Works and Mines For the Year ended 30th September, 1909

By: DONKIN, Hiram

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, King's Printer, Halifax, N.S., 1910,

Seller ID: 107072

DONKIN, Hiram. Annual Report of the Roads Division of the Department of Public Works and Mines For the Year ended 30th September, 1909. Halifax, N.S.:Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, King's Printer, 1910. Holloway Bro s., Printers, 69 Granfville Street. Pp (8),[1]-419,(1),+ 10 plates. 8vo, brown wrappers, lettered in black. Contents : Part 1 - Reports : Report of the Commissioner; Report of the Assistant Commissioner: Preliminary Remarks; Annual cost of bridge maintenance; Expenditure in past year; Stony roads; Clay roads—subdrainage; Road machine work; Improvements made by past expendi...
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Barrington Township, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia : The New England of thePilgrims Survives in Western Nova Scotia A District of Indescribable Char m

By: Barrington)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1954,

Seller ID: 16045

(Barrington). Barrington Township, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia : The New England of the Pilgrims Survives in Western Nova Scotia A District of Indescribable Charm. (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : Blauveldt Publicity), February, 1954. "Printed by The Lawson Publishing Co. Ltd., Yarmouth, N.S.". Pp (8). With 7 monochrome photos and a few other illustrations in the text. Many advertisements. 8vo (153 x 230 mm), stapled photo-illustrated white cardcovers.

A light dampstain to front cover, else very good. 25.00

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Bellak's Ideal Piano and Organ Method. Standard Edition

By: BELLAK, [James]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: N. H. Phinney & Co. Limited, Lawrencetown, N.S., 1900,

Seller ID: 104439

BELLAK, [James]. Bellak's Ideal Piano and Organ Method. Standard Edition. Lawrencetown, N.S.: N. H. Phinney & Co. Limited, n.d. [ca 1900?]. Pp (2),3-74,(2). 4to, brown paper-covered boards, lettered in black, with blank blackcloth spine. A copy of Bellak's teaching method for piano and organ provided by and bound in a local piano dealer's covers. On the front cover : N. H. Phinney & Co. Limited, Lawrencetown, N.S. - also at - Bridgewater, Windsor, Yarmouth, Halifax, N.S. On the back cover : N. H. Phinney & Co. Limited,Lawrencetown, N.S. Pianos, Organs, Phonographs, Sewing Machines. Agencies Th...
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Best of Times, Worst of Times. signed

By: CROWELL, Bill

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Commonwealth Publications, 1996, ISBN:1551970422

Seller ID: 45675

CROWELL, Bill. The Best of Times, Worst of Times. (Edmonton), Commonwealth Publications, (1996). Pp. 248. Small 8vo, ill. card covers. A story of a young man from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia during World War II. Vg. Signed. 8.00
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Bluenose Magazine. Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1979

By: CROXALL, Peter (ed.). FORRESTALL, Tom) PYTMAN, Erma R. MacKEENAN, Karl

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fundy Group Publications Ltd, Yarmouth, N.S., 1979,

Seller ID: 84234

CROXALL, Peter (ed.). Bluenose Magazine. Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1979. Yarmouth, N.S.: Fundy Group Publications Ltd., 1979. Pp [1]-35,(1) including covers. Illustrated. Triple Column. 4to, illustrated yellow stapled card covers. Contents : The Work of Tom Forrestall: Paintings Without Corners (by Karl MacKeeman, pp 5-6); Violet Hibbs: The Quilt Lady (by Peter Croxall, pp 7-9); Roots at New Ross Farm (by James Irving, pp 10-12); Diamonds and Coaldust (by Cliff F. Kennedy, pp 14-16); Name Your Price [about country auctions] (by Dorrie Phillips, pp 17-18); Early Lumbering Days in Nova Scotia and N...
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Bulletin of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union : Colchester Number

By: Nova Scotia Teachers' Union) Bulletin of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union, Vol XI, No. 2)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nova Scotia Teachers' Union, Yarmouth, NS, 1934,

Seller ID: 60136

(Nova Scotia Teachers' Union). Bulletin of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union : Colchester Number . Yarmouth, NS: Nova Scotia Teachers' Union, 1934. Pp 24. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, illustrated stapled green card covers. Bulletin of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union, Vol XI, No 2, December 1934. Head of covers chipped at spine, fore-edges nicked, name sticker to front, else vg. For the issue. 20.00
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Canadian Parliament : Biographical Sketches and Photo-engravures of the Senators and Members of the House of Commons of Canada

By: Canada - Canadian Parliament

Price: $160.00

Publisher: Perrault Printing Co., Montreal , 1906,

Seller ID: 103686

Canada - Canadian Parliament. The Canadian Parliament : Biographical Sketches and Photo-engravures of the Senators and Members of the House of Commonsof Canada. Being the Tenth Parliament, Elected November 3, 1904. Montreal : The Perrault Printing Co., 1906. Pp. (8),[9]-255,(1, errata). Tall 8vo, wine cloth with bevelled edges, gilt lettering and decoration to front, plain spine. Full of photos and short biographies. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Frederick W. Borden (Minister of Militia) from Nova Scotia; W.S. Fielding (Minister of Finance) from Nova Scotia; H.R. Emmerson (Minister o...
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Canoe Guide's Handbook : How to plan and guide a trip for two to twelve people

By: GILPATRICK, Gil LUOMA, Jan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: DeLorme Pub. Co., Yarmouth, ME, 1981, ISBN:0899330118

Seller ID: 70619

GILPATRICK, Gil. The Canoe Guide's Handbook. [Cover adds: How to plan and guide a trip for two to twelve people]. With photographs by the author and illustrations by Jon Luoma. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme Pub. Co., (1981). Pp. (4),1-153,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated brown card covers. Cassell 769, Toy 3985. "We like it." - Cassell. A manual on canoe trip planning and organization. Chapters : 1. Check Lists; 2. Provisioning the Trip; 3. For a Safe Journey; 4. Canoe Power; 5. Wet Weather; 6. For Their Enjoyment; 7. Custom Gear; 8. Back Paddle. With index. Spine sunned, white-outed name to...
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Centenaire de la mort du Pere Jean-Mande Sigogne, Missionaire de la Baie Ste-Marie et Premier curé de la paroisse Sainte-Marie

By: SIGOGNE, Jean-Mande)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 1944,

Seller ID: 10138

(SIGOGNE, Jean-Mandé). Centenaire de la mort du Père Jean-Mandé Sigogne, Missionaire de la Baie Ste-Marie et Premier curé de la paroisse Sainte-Marie.(Yarmouth, N.S. : "Printed by The Lawson Publishing Co. Ltd."), [1944]. Pp (3),4-64. Mostly double column. Illustrated with over 60 photos. 8vo, stap led cream card covers. Contents : Le Père Sigogne; Notes Historiques Concernant la Paroisse Ste-Marie de Church Point; Origine et Developpement de la Paroisse Sainte-Marie de Church Point, N.S.; Enfants de la Paroisse Ste Marie dans le Sacerdoce; Le Père Sigogne et le College Sainte-Anne; et...
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Central Chebogue's Story.

By: PERRY, Ruth B.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: 1970,

Seller ID: 7181

PERRY, Ruth B. Central Chebogue's Story. N.pl.: n.pub. [Dec. 1970, penned note above printer's name]. Printed by Ellis Print, Yarmouth. Pp 1-56. 8vo, card covers, with photos on front and insides. Vaison p.71. Vg. 22.00
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Church and Proud People : A Portrait of a Nova Scotian Community. Paperback, signed

By: PERRY, Lillian Scott, and Robert MALAY.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Community Books, Lockeport, NS, 2002, ISBN:189649630x

Seller ID: 109914

PERRY, Lillian Scott, and Robert MALAY. A Church and Proud People : A Portrait of a Nova Scotian Community. Lockeport, NS: Community Books, (2002). First Printing. Pp. (4),5-239,(1). Illustrated with a couple dozen black and white photos. 8vo, illustrated pale blue card covers with dark blue lettering to front and spine. "'A Church and Proud People' originally began as a history of Wesley United Church in Barrington, Nova Scotia. The work grew, however, to reflect more than just the history of a Nova Scotian church. It is a story of a community which was one of the earliest in the Maritime...
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Conceived in War, Born in Peace: Canada's Deep Sea Merchant Marine

By: HEAL, S.C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cordillera Pub., 1992, ISBN:1895590019

Seller ID: 26992

HEAL, S.C. Conceived in War, Born in Peace: Canada's Deep Sea Merchant Marine. Vancouver: Cordillera Pub., 1992. Pp (4),5-234,i-ii,(4). 8vo, red cardcovers. "Fifty and seventy-five years have elapsed since Canada and Canadians twice in this century turned to, with a huge will and sense of national purpose, and built a great fleet of ships to meet the challenges of war. Ships which proclaimed their origins with pride as they went about their business, sailing singly or in convoy, sometimes never to arrive at their next port of call, and wearing names which said all that needed to be said ab...
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County Court Manual. leather

By: BINGAY, George

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Carswell & Co., Law Publishers, Toronto, 1891,

Seller ID: 28491

BINGAY, George (Of the Nova Scotia Bar.). The County Court Manual being a Collection of the Statutes relating to the Practice, Procedure and Jurisdiction of the County Courts of Nova Scotia, with Notes, Etc. Tor.: Carswell & Co., Law Publishers, 1891. Pp [i]-xii,[1]-83,(1). 8vo, half leather, marbled boards. Preface dated Yarmouth, N.S., January, 1891. Rubbed, name stamp, some red penned notes, else vg. 120.00
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Creatures of the Sea. 1st UK in dj

By: GRAY, William B.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 1962,

Seller ID: 26954

GRAY, Captain William B. Creatures of the Sea. L.: Scientific Book Club, (1962). First UK Printing. Pp (12),[1]-187,(1). 8vo, green cloth. A book on collecting specimens from the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at theMiami Seaquarium. See Chapter 9 : Tales from Wedgeport (pp.83-89). Vg in p rice-clipped dj. 25.00
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Dim Time and History on a Garrison Clock : A Collection of Poetry

By: HAMMER, Margaret Benjamin THURSTON, Harry K., foreword

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Roseway Publishing, Lockeport, 1993, ISBN:0969418078

Seller ID: 4655

HAMMER, Margaret Benjamin. Dim Time and History on a Garrison Clock : A Collection of Poetry. Lockeport : Roseway Publishing, (1993). Printed by Sentinel Printing, Yarmouth. Pp (10),11-87,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated green and grey trade paperback. Foreword by Harry K. Thurston. "This is modern poetry: its eye always open for the telling image, ear cocked to an internal music, and tongue ready to taste the tartness of irony .'Thought,' the poet likens to 'neuronic commotion.' These poems, however, are not only thoughtful in an intellectual sense but in a compassionate one as well.[.....
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Dim Time and History on a Garrison Clock : A Collection of Poetry. signed, with inscription

By: HAMMER, Margaret Benjamin THURSTON, Harry K., foreword

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Roseway Publishing, Lockeport, 1993, ISBN:0969418078

Seller ID: 57549

HAMMER, Margaret Benjamin. Dim Time and History on a Garrison Clock : A Collection of Poetry. Lockeport : Roseway Publishing, (1993). Printed by Sentinel Printing, Yarmouth. Pp (10),11-87,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, trade paperback. Foreword by Harry K. Thurston. "This is modern poetry: its eye always open for the telling image, ear cocked to an internal music, and tongue readyto taste the tartness of irony .'Thought,' the poet likens to 'neuronic co mmotion.' These poems, however, are not only thoughtful in an intellectual sense but in a compassionate one as well.[...] Peggy's poems delve into...
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Forts of Cape Sable of the Seventeenth Century. First Edition, Signed

By: d'ENTREMONT, H. Leander. LANCTOT, Gustave, association copy]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: R.H. Davis & Co., Limited, Yarmouth, 1938,

Seller ID: 78891

d'ENTREMONT, H. Leander. The Forts of Cape Sable of the Seventeenth Century. [Yarmouth] : "Printed by R.H. Davis & Co., Limited, 1938. First Edition. Pp (8),[9]-106,(2), including frontispiece [plan of stone foundations]. Small 8vo (130 x 181 mm), tan wrappers printed in maroon to front cover, with plain spine, top edge dyed red. H. Léander d'Entremont (b. October 22, 1862at West Pubnico, Nova Scotia - d. December 11, 1944) . Maillet, Bibliograp hie des publicationsde l'Acadie des provinces maritimes: livres et brochures, 1609-1995 1900. A detailed study of the historical record arguing th...
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From the North Foreland to Penzance. First Edition

By: HOLLAND, Clive. RANDALL, Maurice.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1908,

Seller ID: 26939

HOLLAND, Clive. From the North Foreland to Penzance. Illustrated by MauriceRandall. London : Chatto & Windus / New York : Duffield & Company, 1908. F irst Edition. Pp (8),,ix-xvi,1-334,(2) + colour frontispiece + 29 colour plates. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, gilt decoration to front, top edge gilt. "In the following pages, dealing with themost important or picturesque of the harbours and seaports of the South Co ast from the North Foreland to Penzance, no attempt has been made either togive 'guide book information'...or to afford technical sailing directio...
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Gems from Scotia's Crown

By: LOCKHART, Agnes Helen

Price: $150.00

Publisher: American Printing and Engraving, 1897, : 1897

Seller ID: 41609

LOCKHART, Agnes Helen. Gems from Scotia's Crown. Boston : "Print of American Printing and Engraving Company", (1897). First Edition. Pp (2),3-47,(1 page touristic ad by the Dominion Atlantic Railway, urging us to 'Celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee by Taking a Trip This Summer through the Land of Evangeline in Nova Scotia") + frontispiece. Oblong 8vo, decorated green cloth with head of Queen Victoria in gilt on front board, plain spine. Not in any of our references. Agnes Helen Lockhart was a graduate of Sacred Heart School, Halifax and seems to have later settled in Massachusetts.A viewb...
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