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AFRICA'S CHILDREN: A HISTORY OF BLACKS IN YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.

By: Robart-Johnson, Sharon.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage: 2009

Seller ID: 24468

ISBN: 1550028626

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

236 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Chronicling the history of Black families of the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia, (this book) is a mirror image of the hopes and despairs and the achievements and injustices that mark the early stories of many African-Canadians. This extensively researched history traces the lives of those people, still enslaved at the time, who arrived with the influx of Black Loyalists and landed in Shelburne in 1783, as well as those who had come with their masters as early as 1767. Their migration to a new home did little to improve their overall living condi...
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AFRICA'S CHILDREN: A HISTORY OF BLACKS IN YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.

By: Robart-Johnson, Sharon.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage: 2009

Seller ID: 29327

ISBN: 1550028626

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

THE HALIFAX DISASTER, DECEMBER 6, 1917.

By: Robinson, Ernest Fraser/

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Vanwell: 1997

Seller ID: 22648

ISBN: 1551250071

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

64 pp, 7 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps. "It was a typical winter morning in Halifax. Ships of war passing in the Narrows, kids going to school, stores opening up, trains pulling in along the waterfront. Then suddenly BOOM! There's a tremendous explosion! In a terrific blast of fire and wind whole city blocks are levelled, reduced to rubble. Deadly showers of glass, bricks and red-hot metal spray everywhere, doing enormous damage and causing many deaths. Hundreds of people are buried alive in buildings which have collapsed. The 'Mont Blanc', a small freighter carrying high explosives, ...
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THE HALIFAX DISASTER, DECEMBER 6, 1917.

By: Robinson, Ernest Fraser/

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Vanwell: 1997

Seller ID: 29088

ISBN: 1551250071

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

THE RISTIGOUCHE AND ITS SALMON FISHING, WITH A CHAPTER ON ANGLING LITERATURE.

By: Sage, Dean. Edited by Colonel Henry A. Siegel and Harry C. Marschalk, Jr. Introduction by Arnold Gingrich. Notice by DeWitt Sage.

Price: $1,250.00 USD

Publisher: Goshen, Connecticut, Angler's and Shooter's Press: 1973

Seller ID: 29870

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good+

(xxxvi), (xvi), 304 pp, 12 3/4" H. No. 115 of 250 copies, initialled on limitation page by both editors. Full dark blue leather with bevelled edges, five raised bands and gilt lettering/decoration on spine, gilt banding and illustration of bird of prey with salmon on front board. Top edge gilt, integral ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers. A facsimile of the 1888 edition, reproducing the original b&w illustrations, fold-out map, decorative headpieces and initial capitals, etc., with the addition of a tissue-covered colour frontispiece by Charles DeFeo - "Dean Sage's Favorite Flies" (signed)...
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THE HANK SNOW STORY.

By: Snow, Hank. With Jack Ownbey and Bob Burris.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Urbana, University of Illinois Press / Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame: 1994

Seller ID: 28640

ISBN: 0252020898

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

555 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "(Traces Hank Snow's) life from humble beginnings, through his emergence as an entertainer in Canada, the United States, and throughout the world, to his stature as one of the most influential figures in country music today. But more than a rags-to-riches memoir, this book presents Hank's life and career in his own voice, with remarkable candor and incredible detail. It provides the first extensive look at the early development of country music in Canada, reveals the inner workings of the music industry (including Hank's vital and unsung role in launching...
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LETTERS TO LEVI: A YOUNG FISHERMAN'S MAIL.

By: Stephenson, Joan, ed.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Roseway, Lockeport, Nova Scotia, (1991), Ist ed.:

Seller ID: 1687

92 pp, 8vo, soft cover. A collection of letters found in an old sea chest that belonged to Levi Thomas (1872-1933) who lived in Blanche at the southwest tip of Nova Scotia. The letters were from his sister in Massachusetts, who encouraged Levi to move near her where work was more plentiful (which he did), and later letters from his family and friends back in Blanche. The last letter is the only one written by Levi to his brother James. It is a remarkable story and window on the lives of or dinary people and their trials and amusements. Minor wear to edges of covers, front hinge crease, so...
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FROM THE GROUND UP: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF McCAIN FOODS.

By: Stoffman, Daniel. With Tony Van Leersum.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McCain Foods: 2007

Seller ID: 27464

ISBN: 097837200X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

250 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w and colour photographs. "Nobody, least of all the McCain brothers, imagined that the little frozen foods plant they opened in 1957 would, before the century was over, make Florenceville into the French fry capital of the world. Wallace and Harrison McCain worked hard and played hard and turned their family's name into the most famous Canadian brand in the world. Because they knew people were their most important asset, they hired and trained enthusiastic, independent thinkers to help them build McCain Foods into a global powerhouse in the frozen food indus...
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ARTS IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

By: Tweedie, R.A., Cogswell, Fred, MacNutt, W.Stewart, editors. (Desmond Pacey, David Galloway, Brian Swarbrick, Emery LeBlanc, Lawren Harris, Huia Ryder, Carleton Elliott, Alfred Pinsky, George MacBeath, Stuart Allen Smith, Yvon LeBlanc, W.W. Alward,

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Brunswick Press/University Press of New Brunswick, n.p., (1967), No. 102 of an edition of 2,000 copies.:

Seller ID: 11822

280 pp, folio (13 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w and color reproductions and photographs, tissue-covered color frontispiece of Lord Beaverbrook. Contents: Foreword; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Literature in New Brunswick; Painting in New Brunswick; Music in New Brunswick; Architecture in New Brunswick; Handicrafts in New Brunswick. Two strips of glue residue on front pastedown with corresponding areas surface paper loss on front free endpaper, very light edge wear. Dust jacket is worn with moderate edge wear, browning on spine and edges, small chips, small tears, edge creases...
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NO HAY FEVER & A RAILWAY: SUMMERS IN ST. ANDREWS, CANADA'S FIRST SEASIDE RESORT.

By: Walker, Willa.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Goose Lane Editions: 1989

Seller ID: 22207

ISBN: 0864920962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

176 pp, oblong 8vo (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. "During the latter years of the nineteenth century St. Andrews was 'discovered' by a wealthy few who sought a summer place by the sea. Escaping from Boston, Montreal, St. Louis, Toronto and elsewhere, they bought, rented, or built houses, returning year after year as their children did in turn. Luxurious hotels such as 'The Argyll' and 'The Algonquin' - advertising 'no hay fever' and good rail connections - were built to serve them, and a summer society was esta...
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NO HAY FEVER & A RAILWAY: SUMMERS IN ST. ANDREWS, CANADA'S FIRST SEASIDE RESORT.

By: Walker, Willa.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Goose Lane Editions: 1989

Seller ID: 28314

ISBN: 0864920962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

176 pp, oblong 8vo (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "During the latter years of the nineteenth century St. Andrews was 'discovered' by a wealthy few who sought a summer place by the sea. Escaping from Boston, Montreal, St. Louis, Toronto and elsewhere, they bought, rented, or built houses, returning year after year as their children did in turn. Luxurious hotels such as 'The Argyll' and 'The Algonquin' - advertising 'no hay fever' and good rail connections - were built to serve them, and a summer society was established: riding, sailing, playing tennis and croq...
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IN THE WAKE OF THE WIND-SHIPS: NOTES, RECORDS AND BIOGRAPHIES PERTAINING TO THE SQUARE-RIGGED MERCHANT MARINE OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.

By: Wallace, Frederick William.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Musson: 1927

Seller ID: 28347

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

282 pp, 8 7/8" H. Green cloth with gold lettering/banding on spine, blindstamped ship on front board. Map on front endpapers, b&w frontispiece, plates. Section headings: In the Wake of the Wind-Ships; Quebec's Shipping Era; The New Brunswickers; The Nova Scotia-men. Index. Previous owner's name stamp on front and rear pastedowns and at bottom of "forward" page, gift inscription on half-title page, light browning on rear free endpaper, browning to edges of text block, some shelf soiling on bottom of text block, dust staining to top of text block, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine with...
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UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY: THE LEGACY OF THE BILL LYNCH SHOWS.

By: Walsh, Christopher A.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Pottersfield: 2010

Seller ID: 25518

ISBN: 1897426178

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

158 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "(T)akes readers on a thrilling ride through the strange and fabled history of the Bill Lynch Shows, from its modest beginnings on McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour to the successful, tumultuous years criss-crossing the countryside to its current incarnation struggling along dark Maritime highways today. This is one of the most curious stories of this region's past, one never completely understood and, until now, never told in its entirety. The Bill Lynch Shows would breeze into small Maritime towns after dark, packed with enough electricity and m...
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A PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ALBUM: GLIMPSES OF THE WAY WE WERE.

By: Watson, Julie V. Foreword by the Honourable J.A. Doiron.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Willowdale, Ontario, Hounslow Press: 1987

Seller ID: 28165

ISBN: 088882095X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

111 pp, oblong (8 1/2" H x 10 5/8" D). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "Julie Watson has divided (this) book into sections that include travel by sea, land, and air; silver fox farming; fishing; sports; arts; and ceremonial occasions. She takes us on a nostalgic trip around the Island through scenes of rustic charm, from picturesque farms to the harness races, from shipyards to socials, from Charlottetown to the sea. Perhaps more fascinating still, in evocative pictures and words, she introduces us to the proud and patriotic Islanders: nurses, missionaries, dignitaries, entrepr...
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THE SHORT TRIANGLE. A STORY OF THE SEA AND MEN WHO GO DOWN TO IT IN SHIPS.

By: Young, George. (Inscribed by author.)

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Queensland, Nova Scotia, Self-published: 1991

Seller ID: 27013

ISBN: 0920454011

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

79 pp, 8 15/16" H. In dust wrapper which repeats design on front cover. Inscribed on page 5: "For ____ and ________; With the Warmest Wishes of the Author, George Young of Queensland N.S. Christmas, 2001." B&w photographs, drawing. "The Short Triangle was an area bounded by drawing a line from Cape Race Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras then, to Bermuda and, back to Cape Race. Many a fierce engagement took place in these waters and this then, is the story of one. Sometimes, convoys moved on their errands unmolested for several weeks at a time but, when the submarines of the enemy pounced, th...
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Category: Canada - Maritime Provinces