254 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled. 10 maps (some fold-out) and 7 plans (all present, although the map listed as at page 33 is actually at page 60, opposite the appropriate text). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The routes follow, comprising the trans-Atlantic routes, travel from New York, Boston and Portland, then internal excursions and journeys through the province... View More...
420 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 14 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The fourth and final edition. A paper label pasted on the title page gives addresses for George Allen & Unwin and Chas. Scribner's Sons. The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scoti... View More...
331 pp, 6 5/16" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled, two ribbon book marks. 13 maps (some fold-out) and 12 plans (all present). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The following sections (routes) comprise: Approaches to Canada; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland; Quebec; Ontario; Western and North-Western Provinces; Alaska and the Yukon. Information on rai... View More...
190 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. "Traditional schoolhouses and neighbourhood schools are disappearing at an alarming rate, making way for huge schools that serve multiple communities and adhere to the logic of modernization, centralization, and uniformity. In (this book, the author) explores the phenomenon of school closures, focusing on the little known and contentious history of public schooling in Maritime Canada from 1850 to the present. In a lively and stimulating narrative, (he) examines the rise of common schooling from one-room schoolhouses that encouraged local democratic control throu... View More...
213 pp + Index, 10" H. Facsimile reprint of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia edition,1949. Canadiana Reprint Series No. 53. Medium blue cloth with gold lettering on spine/front board. B&w photographs. Contents: Halifax in 1867; The Army and Navy in Halifax; Business; Visits of Royalty; Public Buildings; Public Utilities; Sports and Other Amusements; The Playgrounds of Halifax; Holidays; Halifax in 1900; Index. Crease at bottom corner of Preface page and Title page, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light wear at top/bottom of spine and at corners View More...
414 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Realizing from mediaeval documents that the initial Nova Scotia refuge of A.D. 1398 must have harboured many Grail believers, and that the secret colony must have expanded, Bradley began to trace evidence of Grail Knights from Nova Scotia, through New Brunswick to the St. Lawrence River, and on to the Great Lakes as far as Niagara, New York State, and central Pennsylvania. Evidence of their presence has been uncovered on both the Canadian and American sides of this great waterway. Bradley poses compelling questions about his discoveries, and o... View More...
302 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w illustrations. "Oxen were still yoked to sledges and the scythe and the ax and the crosscut saw were common everyday tools when Ernest Buckler grew up on a Nova Scotia farm at the edge of the wilderness. (This book) recalls those days. With sudden stabbing immediacy it brings the reader a bird sound, an odor, acrid or delicious, a remembered vagary of wind or sun, the timbre of a voice, or the true look of the men and women who peopled the Nova Scotia of Mr. Buckler's boyhood. It brings back as well the whole texture of a life that now exists only in our memori... View More...
302 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w illustrations. "Oxen were still yoked to sledges and the scythe and the ax and the crosscut saw were common everyday tools when Ernest Buckler grew up on a Nova Scotia farm at the edge of the wilderness. (This book) recalls those days. With sudden stabbing immediacy it brings the reader a bird sound, an odor, acrid or delicious, a remembered vagary of wind or sun, the timbre of a voice, or the true look of the men and women who peopled the Nova Scotia of Mr. Buckler's boyhood. It brings back as well the whole texture of a life that now exists only in our memori... View More...
314 pp, 10" H. "The collection includes twelve articles by some of the leading specialists in a number of areas of Canadian history since Confederation. Each specialist concentrates on a certain problem and incorporates some of the documentary evidence he himself would employ in considering the problem." Contents: Laurier and National Unity; The Lord's Day Act of 1906 and the Sabbath Observance Question; Federal-Provincial Tensions within the Ontario Conservative Party, 1878-1900; Imperialism and Nationalism in English-Speaking Canada; Ontario Press Reaction to the Northwest Rebellion of 1... View More...
72 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "This paper has been written in the hope that it wil fill the need for a semi-popular treatment of the mammals known to occur, or believed to occur, in that part of Quebec which lies south and east of the St. Lawrence River, and in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (exclusive of Labrador). The prime purpose of the paper is to provide the amateur with simple descriptions of the mammals (including whales, dolphins, etc.) so that he can identify them with a minimum of effort." Interior - minor browning to pages, m... View More...
217 pp, 9" H. "(A) marvellous selection from over 25 years of Silver Donald Cameron's writing. Like visits with an entertaining and deeply committed friend, 'Sterling Silver' takes on suicide and love, fear and community and craftsmanship - and a Canada in which a good life should still be possible. (He) has opened his archives of published and unpublished works, and trusted his editor to make the selections - turning (this) into a rare opportunity for his fans and an extraordinary introduction for new readers." Contents include: In the Spiral; Fear of Fearing; How I Faced the Fuel Crisis; At... View More...
224 pp, + contemporary advertisements, 9 1/8" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Mika's Canadiana Reprint Series No. 44. A facsimile reproduction of the 1875 Bremner Brothers edition. **Note: pages 3 to 18 have been printed twice.** Faint erased pencil marks at top corner of free front endpaper, minor bump at top of spine, minor edge wear, light toning to edges of text block. View More...
Publisher:
McClelland and Stewart, (Toronto, 1980), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 13818
238 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "...the real story of the seal herds, the Acadian and Newfoundland fishermen who have hunted them for generations, and the forces that threaten to destroy both the seals and their hunters. With a passion rare in contemporary writing, author and occasional sealer Pol Chantraine defends the hunting of seals as it is conducted by the people of the tiny Magdalen Islands...Interwoven with the controversy of the seal hunt is the fascinating account of life in the Gulf area - from the migrations of marine life to the tragic histo... View More...
249 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. "These are the folk tales from Dr. Helen Creighton's life journey through the Maritime Provinces, collecting songs and ghost stories and old cures - and folk tales. Helen serves as our guide, introducing us to storytellers, setting the scene of the telling - and then she lets the person tell it as they told it to her. The feel of the kitchen and the fish shed still cling to these stories. Some are long, really miraculous folk tales - miraculous in detail and in that they managed to survive. Others are the brief riddle or the tantalizing quick-telling that a fol... View More...
214 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). "In the secluded farms and fishing villages of the Maritimes are the people who have kept Canada's favourite folk songs alive over the years. It was to them that Helen Creighton turned during her extensive search for the native songs that have been passed through generations of Maritimers. With musical transcriptions and chord symbols by Kenneth Peacock, the resulting collection of more than one hundred lyrics faithfully retains the authentic rythms and colour of Canada's Atlantic coast. Haunting Negro spirituals of Nova Scotia, simple Scottish love songs, and... View More...
692 pp + (4) pp publisher's advertisement, 8 3/4" H. Green cloth with gilt & black lettering & decoration on spine and front board, blind stamped decoration on rear board - bevelled boards. Chapter headings: Motive of the "Irishman in Canada"; Antecedents of the Irishman in Canada; Antecedents - Continued - Irishmen in the New World and Australia; Laying the Foundation of Canada; ditto - Continued; The War of 1812-14; Irish Immigration from 1815 to 1837; ditto - Continued; The Rise of Responsible Government in Canada; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; The Canadian Cons... View More...
159 pp, 8 7/8" H. B&w drawings, photographs of medals. Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface; Behind Enemy Lines; A 'Freewoman of Hampton'; Among the Navy's finest; Albert Hanley quietly went about his job; James Good; Milton Fowler Gregg; Cyrus Peck; The story of an 'ordinary' soldier; The Military McLeans; One of Carleton & York's finest; The Three Jacks; Clergy in the battlefield; A gala ceremony in Fredricton; Pilots of the First World War were famous; Sometimes I find myself waiting; Fredericton Wing Commander takes squadron on North Sea sub chase; A Zest for Life; As a bomber pilot you h... View More...
Publisher:
Breton Books, Wreck Cove, Cape Breton Island, 1992.
Seller ID: 13771
222 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w photos. "The triumph of a life and a triumph of a book! 'Archie Neil' is a beautifully written collaboration that will keep alive forever the life and stories of Archie Neil Chisholm. Saddled with polio, pride, and a lack of discipline - Archie Neil lived out the contradictory life of a terrific teacher floundering in alcoholism. His growth, plunge, and rise as an extraordinarily valuable person in the Cape Breton community is good, lasting reading. From outrageous good humour to excellent storytelling, this book is a remarkable achievement..." Inter... View More...
Unpaginated (approx. 14pp.), 9" H. B&w illustrations. "In December of 1866 a peculiar 10 cent 'Prince Edward Island' stamp made its appearance in Europe. It was without perforations, printed in black on yellow paper, and the name of the country was misspelled. Those who saw the stamp said that it had 'an unreal look' about it." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks, staples rusty. Exterior - very light rubbing and soiling to covers, ghost sticker marking on front cover. View More...
Publisher:
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B., 1981.
Seller ID: 19410
64 pp, oblong soft cover (8 7/16" H x 10 15/16" D). SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. ISBN 0919326056 B&w and colour photographs. Contents: Muzzleflash; The Matchlock; The Wheellock; The Flintlock; Percussion Ignition; Self-contained Ammunition; G lossary; Timescale; Selected Bibliography. Interior - small soft crease at top corner of first 8 pages, very tiny dint at bottom corner of first 6 pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear . l i g h t r u bbing, small corner creases on front cover, a few soft edge creases, moderate wear on spine,... View More...
