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24 full page color drawings by Grant MacDonald A story of the hard fighting Tribal Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy on the Murmansk Convoy, the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.

B&w illus. throughout

3 maps and a b&w. portrait

With Spirited Illustrations by Bennett Francis Blake Crofton, a native of England, (1841-1911) was at one time Legislative Librarian of Nova Scotia. According to previous owner's notation on title page , he lived on the corner of Church & Harvey St, Halifax.

With numerous illustrations

Illustrate from Nature by Tuffen West

B&w illus. throughout

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Colour & b.&w. illus. with folding guide to the trees and shrubs of the Halifax Public Gardens in pocket at rear.

Including the complete text of the Halifax Disaster by Archibald MacMechan. Many photos & other ills. throughout.

Photos illus.throughout

Coloured engraving showing Halifax from Dartmouth Charles Magnus, [1826-1900], was a print publisher, map dealer, bookseller and stationer working in New York City from 1850 to 1899 who issued over a thousand different letter sheets, maps, song sheets, envelopes, and separate prints. Magnus was born Julian Carl Magnus in Elberfeld, Germany, and emigrated with his family to New York City between 1848 and 1850.Lettersheets were created to comply with, yet circumvent, postal regulations that based the price charged for mailing a letter on the number of sheets of paper. The letter sheets, measuring 8.5 x 21 inches, could be folded in half, providing four pages for writing but the Post Office regarded them as one sheet of paper. Illustrations, often bird’s-eye views or detailed street scenes of cities, were printed in a rectangular space at the top of the first page of the folio to increase their commercial appeal.

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Color photo illus. throughout The Board of Dirrectors, Investors and Staff of the Greater Halifax Partnership proudly dedicate this volume to our community on its 250th Anniversary 1749-1999" (from half-title)

Watters 72.

1 coloured insert plates laid in and many black and white illus. throughout Includes the most important litho insert which shows and early Canadain black baseball and the mock battle by the MicMac. The title in the plitho are - Mimic Attack on the Citadel; Bombardment of Halifax Harbor, & [Carnival Parade.) 3 views in full colour on one folding sheet, 14 x 31.75 inches.The illustration of the carnival parade shows the Halifax fire department, rowing club, the snow shoe club, large wheeled bicycles, lacrosse team and a white and black ("Preston Delegation") baseball teams. This is a very early illustration of Canadian baseball teams and a very rare one of an African-American baseball team.

1902-1903: 6 b&w illus. 1903-1904: 5 b&w illus. 1904-1905: 6 b&w illus. 1905-1906: 6 b&w illus. 1906-1907: 6 b&w illus. 1907-1908: 5 b&w illus. 1908-1909: 3b&w illus. 1909-1910: 3 b&w illus. 1910-1911: 3 b&w illus.

14 half-tone illus. Wonderful sketches by the renowned Halfax Herald cartoonist, Bob Chambers; with accompanying text by D.C. Harvey

Maps, plans, tables and numerous ills.

More than 300 illustrations, many in colour This book brings together the fruits of the extensive research into every aspect of Halifax life. Accompanying the text are more than 300 illustrations, many in colour, drawn from wide variety of sources. The best work of painters, photographers, engravers, postcard manufacturers, mapmakers and graphic designers grace the pages.