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Wolfville ,Nova Scotia, 1932. Economic Publications (No.1). One Thousand Dollar Prize Essay in a Competition Conducted by Acadia University. Annoucement by F.W. Patterson. The judges selected were Senator W.H. Dennis, Professor W.C. Kierstead and Professor A.B. Balcom. Professor Balcom went on to say this of the winning essay: " This essay is by far the most comprehensive study of economic conditions in the Maritimes that has yet been made". Introduction by Alfred Burpee Balcom is followed by author's introduction. This book offers 14 chapters from....the forest industries, mining, coal, fishing industries, etc, etc, through to the general proposals, conclusion, notes and references. Name to ffep. Spotting to prelims and two pages at rear. A sound, servicable copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: AMS Press, 1985. Immigrant Communities & Ethnic Minorities in the United States and Canada: 4. " The purpose of this study is to account for the ethnic persistence of French-speaking Acadians in Ste. Marie-Sur-Mer, a rural fishing village in New Brunswick, Canada...". This book offers ten chapters....'Canadian Dualism and the Acadian Dilemma'...'Ethnic Relations, Persistence, and Assimilation : Approaches to Acadian Studies'.... 'The Region'....etc, etc. Maps, appendix, notes, bibliography and index present. Repleat with tables. Two separate maps make up two-page spreads... Map 1: Glouchester County, Northeastern N.B., showing Shippegan (Lamegue) Island and Ste. Marie-Sur-Mer..... Map 3 : Southeastern part of Lamegue Island showing Ste. Marie-Sur-Mer and neighboring villages. Map 2 is on a single sheet....New Brunswick: cities, counties, main highways and major rivers. An immaculate book!. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEW/No Jacket.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Illustrated card covers. In this lively, entertaining account of the curiosities and off-beat wonders of Stuart Trueman's fabulous province of New Brunswick you will discover or re-discover Magnetic Hill, St. Andrews -by-the-Sea, Campobello, Ghosts, The Hub of the Maritimes, The World's Happiest Man, The Fundy Tides, The Madawaska Weavers, The Miramichi Folk Festival, The Longest Covered Bridge in The world, etc. Very well illustrated full-page illustrations by the talented illustrator Tom Athes. Stuart Trueman is New Brunswick's most vocal native son and a winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.. ISBN: 0-7710-8611-3. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Canadiana + New Brunswick History + Humour + Madawaska Weavers + Fundy Tides + Miramichi Folk Festival + Magnetic Hill + Ghosts + Kings Landing + Tom Athes Illustrator. Catalogs: Maritime Provinces.

St John's, Newfoundland: Blackwater Books Limited, 1978. H.R. Percy..... Founding Chair of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia. In this novel, David Bronson's memories of social and nautical experiences are developed in an alternately lyric and realistic narrative. A respectable copy - clean and bright.. ISBN: 0-919948-57-X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Canadiana + Canadian Literature +Writers Federation of Nova Scotia.

Great Britain: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., 1971. Helen MacKay and her husband fly from Nova Scotia to the land of their forebears. The first stop is London, where the Tower, Buckingham Palace and the Cockney lingo prove rather overpowering. Then on to Scotland...from Loch to Loch and Ben to Ben.... but underneath the breezy style and humour lies an awareness of the magic of these isles, and as she truly writes : " After Scotland anything was bound to be an anti-climax." Delightful drawings and photos accompany text. Green boards. Gift inscription to ffep. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Porter's Lake, Nova Scoria: Pottersfield Press, 1988. Illustrated card covers. Cover illustration: 'The Herbert Fuller' by Are Gjesdal. In 'Footsteps on Old Floors' Mr. Raddall explores six true-to-life mysteries that have baffled and fascinated historians for decades.... the gruesome murders aboard the Herbert Fuller in 1896.... the curious history of an eighteenth century French frigate that became an English military vessel whose crew is stranded on Seal Island.... and here are also the accounts of gold discovery in Kejimkujik and the mystery of a ship found adrift at sea without a trace of a crew,...etc, etc. 221 pages of very interesting reading.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Fredericton, N.B.: Acadiensis Press, 1980. Illustrated card covers. The autobiography and diary of temperence inspector Clifford Rose. This is the inside story of prohibition in Canada as revealed by a temperance inspector of the town of New Glasgow. It combines penetrating analysis with an entertaining yarn of detective work and political intrigue. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1985. Reprint. vii-x 443pp. 50 photos. The story of Frank Sobey is that of a classic Canadian entrepreneur whose tenacity, determination and shrewdness overcame every obstacle. Building from Sobeys Stores to the large Empire Company Limited. Sobey also served as Mayor of Stellarton for twenty-two years. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Marshall Brothers. No date. Ven. W.J. Armitage , M.A. , PH.D.... Rector of St. Paul's Church and Archdeacon of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Introductory note by the Rev. W. H. Griffith Thomas, D.D... Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. The contents of the book carries its message of holiness to every reader. The nine chapters offered cover: Love... Joy.... Peace.... Long Suffering.... Genteleness.... Goodness.... Faith.... Meekness.... and Temperance. Name to fep. This book remains age-toned, complete and most serviceable.. Hard Cover. Good. Canadiana + Religion + St Pauls's Church HAlifax + Rev W. H. Griffith Thomas + Temperance + Christian Life + NOISBN + Nova Scotia +.

Halifax: Petheric Press Limited, 1975. Illustrated card covers. Although a work of fiction the people and their way of life and events are similar to the many shipbuilding communities of 19th century Nova Scotia. This Nova Scotian author has contributed frequently to the Nova Scotia Historical Society. He has spent many years collecting material on Bay of Fundy steamboats and Digby local history. Gaskill's Cove is a tribute to those hard working people of that era by whose efforts Nova Scotia attained a period of world renown and prosperity. Stain to front cover. Modest wear. This copy remains sound and most serviceable.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Hair-raising hoaxes, burning ships, spine-tingling spirits and eerie events that only make sense if you accept the supernatural... Name to ffep. Illustrated price-intact jacket design by Bob Young. The seventh book by this Stephen Leacock Medal winner for 1969.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Halifax, N.S.: Petheric Press, 1976. Illustrated card covers. This is a true story about Angus Hector MacLean's early boyhood in Cape Breton near the turn of the nineteenth century. He tells the story to show how life there really was. In 1928 Angus MacLean became Professor of Religious Education at the Theological School of St. Lawrence University where he remained until his retirement thirty-two years later. From 1951 to 1960 he served as Dean of the Theological School. It's a story of a man's youth in Nova Scotia and how its influence reflected on his later life. Some orange dye from card covers has transfered to a small part of the front and rear endpapers. It does not affect text in any way. This book remains bright, sound and most respectable.. ISBN: 0-919380-21-2. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Religious Education + Little Harbour N S + Theological School of St Lawrence University + Seal Cove + Cape Breton + Nova Scotia. Catalogs: Maritime Provinces.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1977. Return to the giddy and glamorous days of Post-WWI , when all you had to do to win 10,000 pounds from British newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe ("the Napoleon of Fleet Street") was to fly the Atlantic for the first time. The point of departure was Newfoundland, the destination Ireland. The action, excitement, thrills and adventure are captured in this fascinating book. Illustrated with over 40 b/w photos of such people as Orville and Wilbur Wright. T.O.M. Sopwith, Harry Hawker, Jack Alcock, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joey Smallwood to name a few. Orange-brown tweed boards with gilt print to spine. No ownership markings. Price-intact photographic dust jacket. Jacket photo : W. Polland at Mudros, 1916. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. In 'Halifax Warden of the North', the author revises and updates his own earlier account of the city. It is an authoritative book about a city blessed and cursed by her location, a city gravely important to the British, French and Americans, through wars and peace, but one that also holds the world's record for sailors' pleasures. The contents include a preface by the author dated January 1, 1971, 42 chapters, bibliography and index. A list of illustrations show 14 plates...all present on heavier semi-gloss paper. Map endpapers reveal a two-page spread of "A View of Halifax 1750". Emerald green cloth boards with bright gilt title print to spine. Bottom edge of boards show minor cloth bubble. Brief gift inscription to half-title page. Wrap-around jacket painting of Halifax harbour by John O'Brien, circa 1850, photographed by MacAskills Studios. An extremely bright, clean copy in a price-intact dust jacket.. Revised Edition.… Leer más

Lawrencetown Beach N.S.: Pottersfield Press, 2005. The world knew him as the Hermit of Gully Lake, a lean and bearded elderly man who lived on his own for more than half a century in the deep woods of northern Nova Scotia. By the time he disappeared in December 2003, his legend had spread across Canada and beyond. In this colourful, intimate and respecrful book about Willard Kitchener MacDonald, readers are offered a glimpse at the man behind the legend. Fifteen interesting chapters, epilogue, maps and bibliography provided. Photographs accompany text. Photo card covers. The condition of this book promises to please.. ISBN: 1-895900-70-0. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Nova Scotia + Biography + Recluses Nova Scotia + Gully Lake Nova Scotia + Hermits. Catalogs: Maritime Provinces.

Award winning photographer John de Visser and Maritime writer Harold Horwood have combined their talents to bring alive the history of Newfoundland. Profusely illustrated with color photographs many full page .Semi-gloss stock used throughout. Gift inscription to ffep. An impressive body of work.

Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing, 1998. Unusual Stories from Mr. Nova Scotia Know-It-All, Bruce Nunn. Bruce Nunn (a native Nova Scotian, writer, and broadcaster with a passion for provincial history) tells true stories from the heart of the Nova Scotia experience; fascinating tales from the past, spiced with his slanted wit and laced with surprising historical connections. It's history with a twist! Thirty-five stories in this book includes the exclusive story of the real Peggy of the famous Peggy's Cove. You'll come face to face with the murderous ghost of Prince's Lodge, shiver with shipwrecked sailors clinging to life, and snort your tea over the comical Celtic nicknames of the northeast. You'll meet the man who lived inside Halifax's Old Town Clock, the men who started the Klondike gold rush, courageous sea captains, makers of illegal tartan, the Savior of Seal Island, the ghost of the first Christmas tree and many more. This varied collection is interesting for grown… Leer más

New Brunswick, Canada: The City of Moncton, 1965. The table of contents offer 12 chapters covering.....The Fabulous Fifties, The Dark sixties,.....Steel and Steam,.....The 1880's,.....The Gay Nineties,.....1900 to 1909,.....1910 to 1919,.....The Twenties - Aftermath,.....The Hungry Thirties,.....War Again,.....Growth in the Fifties,.....and Faith in the New Sixties. A generous list of illustrations provided. Map endpapers. The front endpapers make up a two-page spread of "Bird's Eye View of Moncton - 1888". The rear endpapers that of "First Map of Moncton in 1862". Previous owner's name to ffep and again on rep. A firm, most servicable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Moncton + New Brunswick + Canadiana + Maritime History + Maritime Provinces. Catalogs: Maritime Provinces.

Halifax, N.S: Nimbus Publishing and The Herald, Publisher of The Chronicle-Herald, The Mail-Star and The Sunday Herald, 2003. Oblong paper format. Photo illustrated card covers. At 12.10 A.M. on Monday, Sept 29, 2003 the worst storm to hit Nova Scotia in more than a century made landfall near Shad Bay. It took only a few hours for Hurricane Juan to tear across the province, but it left a trail of devastation in its wake. Two people were killed, Juan levelled homes, ripped apart the province's electricity grid and turned forests into splinters with winds gusting up to 175 kilometers per hour. The Chronicle-Herald documented the storm, the damage, the tragedies, the struggle to cope and the recovery. This book is built around the best of that coverage. Many photographs in full-page color. Book clean, bright and glossy.. ISBN: 1-55109-477-0. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Hurricane Juan + Hurricanes + Nova Scotia + Stephen Mahar Editor + Natural Disasters + Shad Bay N S + The Chronicle Herald + Halifax.… Leer más

Newfoundland: Robinson - Blackmore Publishing, 2002. Illustrated card covers. Reg Frampton, teacher, psychiatric nursing attendant, part time, then full-time ministry, and police chaplain, shares his delightful collection of boyhood memories while growing up in Gin Cove. Gin Cove is a small outport community on the North shore of Smith Sound in Trinity Bay opposite Random Island. This remarkable individual begins his journey in 1946 when at the age of sixteen, he begins his teaching career, This book will be much appreciated by anyone who grew up in outport Newfoundland and attended a small school. It makes pleasurable reading and a good lesson in social history. Photos accompany text. The card cover photo shown is that of a section of Gin Cove in the early 1950's. Gift inscription and signature of the author to title page. An immaculate book. The condition of this book promises to please.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine.