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1993rif. 1125558246Gagetown N.B: Queens County Historical Society & Museum 1993. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 1st Edition. 4 to. spiral bound 130 pages 2 pages of plates : portraits ;sticker at top edge of front wrap else very good condition This book "is essentially a genealogy of many leading families from the county. It is prefaced by a narrative of the early history of the region and an anecdotal description of the parishes within Queens County." very scarce. Queens County Historical Society & Museum Paperback
1865rif. 1125558253Quebec: Hunter Rose & Co 1865. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. bound in half calf leather spine labels ix 1 1032 pagesIn double columns binding is scuffed wear at corners front cover cracked but holding ex library with ink stamps. Hunter, Rose & Co Hardcover
1971rif. 1125558281Fredericton New Brunswick: Fiddlehead 1971. Book. Illus. by illustrated by Bruno Bobak. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paper cover drawing by Marjory Donaldson 130 pages four full page line drawings by Bruno Bobak5 poems by Elizabeth Brewster. . Fiddlehead Paperback
rif. 1125558302Kensington P.E.I. : Kindred Spirit of P.E.I. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 10 issuesQuarterly. illustrated paper covers First issue Spring 1990 Summer 1990Autumn 1990Spring1991Summer1991Autumn1991Winter 1991/92Winter1990/91.Spring1992Summer1992; Ceased with summer 1993 issue. all in near fine condition Title from cover A forum for sharing information about L.M. Montgomery's writings and the places she loved in P.E.I . Kindred Spirit of P.E.I. Paperback
rif. 1125558329Montreal: The Black Watch of Canada Book. Illus. by Cover illustration by Cpl. V. Malkauska. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. circa 1967.206 pages small tape repair a top of spine else v.g. this book is intended to assist newly appointed Senior Non Commissioned Officers of the Black WatchRHR of Canada as they prepare themselves as quickly as possible for their new role as Senior NCOs' It briefly outlines the origin and history of customs and traditions of the Canadian Infantry and in particular The Black Watch.A very informative and rare item which concerns itself with the history of the regiment its traditions conduct expected for members including their wives RARE. The Black Watch of Canada Paperback
2009rif. 1125558340Fredericton N.B: Sadler Geophysical and Administrative Services 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. decorated paper binding755 xl p. : mapsIncludes bibliographical references: p. 749-755. Sadler Geophysical and Administrative Services Paperback
1995rif. 1125558399Toronto: Dundurn 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. red cloth gilt spine 367 pages 13 pages of plates : illustrations portraits maps in 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason their properties forfeited to the crown they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there however they earned the respect of Sydney's citizens. Dundurn Hardcover
1979rif. 1125558413Toronto: Methuen 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. folio full color covers xiv 86 pages : illustrations some color37 cm.Includes bibliographical references pages 81-84 and index. light wear along spineCONTENTS:BroadsidesFairs expositions and showsTravel emmigration and tourismMilitary postersCircus and carnival posters.Sports postersPolitical election and protest postersBook and periodical postersGovernment agencies institutions societies and organizationsArt exhibitionpostersEntertainment and cultural eventsProduct and services advertising postersHealth and safety postersThe billboard jungle. Methuen Paperback
1932rif. 1125558047Victoriaville P.Q: La Voix des boisfrancs 1932. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. printed paper cover110 pages 2 portrait including frontispiece illustrations music some toning to edges else a very good copy.CONTENTS; Part I. Abenaki Indian legends and stories Part II. Abenaki Indian grammar Part III. The meaning of Indian names of rivers lakes etc The abbreviated manner of reading and writing in Abenaki Text in English and Abenaki. La Voix des boisfrancs, Paperback
1905rif. 1125558052Montreal: Canadian Pacific Railway 1905. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Tall 8 Vo. printed paper covers 98 pages6 full page b & w maps chart Cabin diagram Express Steamships "Albert and Athabaska" cover minor spotting to covers a very good example of scarce CPR ephemera.The Westbound Edition. Canadian Pacific Railway, Paperback
2010rif. 1125558058Dorchester NB: Westmorland Historical Society 2010. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. 4 to. spiral bound pict. paper covers iv 196 pages : illustrations maps signed by author with inscription to former owner. very good copy. Westmorland Historical Society Paperback
2003rif. 1125558068New Hamburg Ontario: Ritz Printing Inc 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author on tp. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pictorial hardcover viii 251 p. : illustrated. maps ports. ; includes bibliographical references appendices and index.SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Ritz Printing Inc Hardcover
2005rif. 1125558076Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal 2005. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. pictorial paper covers195 pages : illustrations chiefly color portraits ; CONTENTS: An art of vigour and restraint / Rosalind Pepall Edwin Holgate and rural life / François-Marc Gagnon Living landscape / Brian Foss "A new country for Canadian art": Edwin Holgate and Marius Barbeau in Gitxsan territory / Sandra Dyck "Crisp whites and rich blacks": the wood engravings / Rosiemarie TovellThe portraits: reaching beyond form / Rosalind Pepall "Ready for the unexpected" The war art of Edwin Holgate / Laura Brandon. Issued also in French under title: Edwin Holgate Catalogue of a travelling exhibition organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and first held in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion from May 26th to Oct. 2n. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montre?al, Paperback
1968rif. 1125558080Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson Glasgow 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth gilt spine dust jacket xi 483 pages : illustrations50 b & w platesfrontispiece maps.Reprint of the 1937 ed Map on lining papers. A fine copy in a fine d.j. In protective mylar. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, Hardcover
1985rif. 1125558084Fredericton New Brunswick: Sociéte d'histoire de la riviere Saint-Jean 1985. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pict. paper cover 165 pagesillustrated Includes indexa fine copy very scarce.The destruction of Pointe-Sainte-Anne an Acadian settlement in modern-day Fredericton by the British army is a somewhat forgotten piece of the capital's history. In February 1759 colonial Lt. Moses Hazen travelled with a troop of New England Rangers to Pointe-Sainte-Anne. At Pointe-Sainte-Anne Hazen burned 147 buildings and killed numerous Acadians. Sociéte d'histoire de la riviere Saint-Jean Paperback
2010rif. 1125558097St. John's NL: Argentia Pilgrim Pub. 2010. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pictorial paper covers vi 485 pages : illustrations some color portraits Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENTS; Part I: Behind the scenes: BackgroundPlan and AdministrationThe Nursing story.Nursing points to ponderPre Commission of Government Hospitals.The Cottage Hospital System and Memorial University's Faculty of MedicinePart II: Pioneers who established and supported the system: Sir John Charles Puddester LL. D. 1881-1947Dr. Harris Munden Mosdell M.B. 1883-1944Dr. Leonard Albert Miller MHO 1906-1981Part III: The Cottage Hospitals: OverviewCottage Hospital Nursing Before . Argentia Cottage Hospital . AfterOld Perlican Cottage HospitalMarkland Cottage Hospital etc etc. Argentia Pilgrim Pub., Paperback
1981rif. 1125558110Kingston Ont.: Petheric press Ltd printed by McCurdy Print. Co 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo. red. gilt dec. cloth cover gilt spine 251 pages : illustrations portraits 2 small ink stamps. nominal roll. in protective mylar jacket"The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe Landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine Operation Varsity in March 1945. After the end of hostilities in Europe the battalion was returned to Canada where it was disbanded on 30 September 1945." with thanks to wikipedia. Petheric press Ltd printed by McCurdy Print. Co, Hardcover
2011rif. 1125558119St. John's Nfld: WinterPlace Projects 2011. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong Folio. pictorial hard cover 136 pages : illustrations color throughtout Includes bibliographical references page 131 A beautiful production which has a computer enabled version of 'fore edge painting' compress and bend the edges one way and you will see a detail of Captain C.M Shipley's 1841 drawing of the harbour eentrance. Bend it the other way and you will see two cod fish one an 18th century engraving and the other a 1982 woodcut by Newfoundland artist Don Wright. Of interest to anyone who has an interest in Newfoundland prints art graphic history. WinterPlace Projects Hardcover
1884rif. 1125558145Saint John N.B.: T. O'Brien 1884. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. redgilt decorated cloth 98 pages .beveled edges light scattered foxing light wear at corners Mrs. Jean E.U. Nealis born Fredericton N.B. Sept 25 1842. married Hugh Nealis in 1864. The preface was written by Irish-American immigrant Mary Anne Madden Sadlier born CootehillCo. Cavan 1820 She was an editor publisher businesswoman and prolific writer and translator- authoring sixty volumes of novels short stories plays children's texts and translations of French romances and religious works.The only daughter of a successful English engineer and cartographer Jane Elizabeth Ursula Wilkinson 1842-1910 enjoyed a quiet childhood in Fredericton where her mother of United Empire Loyalist stock was noted for her wild flower illustrations. Musically talented she became organist at Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton.Anthologized in: Lockhart THE HARP OF ACADIA 1923; Maxwell THE RIVER ST. JOHN AND ITS POETS 1947. T. O'Brien Hardcover
1993rif. 1125557852Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery in association with Douglas & McIntyre 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. red cloth gilt cover & spine xii 180 pages : illustrations some color portraits edited by Ian M. Thom ; with essays by Aldona Jonaitis Marianne Jones and Ian M. Thom.signed and dated 1993 by artist Robert Davidson on title page A study of the work of Canadian native American artist Robert Davidson. It describes his career and his place in the Haida tradition. This book also provides an overview of his oeuvre in all media and includes comments by the artist himself on the symbolic content of every piece. Vancouver Art Gallery in association with Douglas & McIntyre Hardcover
1922rif. 1125557867Toronto: A.T. Chapman ; Toronto : Musson Book Company Toronto : Produced for the publishers . by Warwick Bros. & Rutter Limited 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. half brown linen with brown paper over boards paper cover and spine label pp.2 140 2 pages 1 leaf of plates : frontispiece portrait deckle edges dust jacket has small loses at spine ends edge wear and some sign of wear along spine signed presentation 3 lines in ink on front blank "To Dr. George Clarke D.D.S. with homage of W.D. Lighthall." in protective mylar jacket. A.T. Chapman ; Toronto : Musson Book Company, Toronto : Produced for the publishers ... by Warwick Bros. & Rutter, Limited Hardcover
1964rif. 1125557865Sydney N.S.: The Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts 1964. Book. Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. pict. paper covers stapled at spine52 pages. : ilustratedl. ports.old stain on top corner at fore edge which involves the same area to pp 19. else a presentable well read copy. Contains a wealth of photographs of this the Silver Jubilee year. . The Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts? Paperback
2006rif. 1125557932Fredericton NB Canada: Goose Lane Editions 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. white cloth168 pages illustrated throughout many full color plates index A beautiful tribute to Bobak Canada's youngest Official War Artist with tributes contributed by his friends. . Goose Lane Editions Hardcover
1999rif. 1125557934Toronto: MacMillan Canada 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong 4 to. bound in full embossed green morocco in embossed slip case viii 400 pages : illustrations maps gilt spine titles 5 raised bands all edges gilt gilt dentelles marbled end papersa beautifully bound book. . MacMillan Canada Hardcover
1904rif. 1125557950Toronto: Metallic Roofing Co of Canada 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. decorated linen over boards cover159-320 pages : illustrations Errata sheet and 4 pp price list No 16 laid-in1 inch at lower spine damaged light wear to edges. A valuable reference for those interested in building restoration. The company manufactured and sold Architectural Sheet Metal Building Material . Metallic Roofing Co of Canada Hardcover
