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1905rif. 11257983New York: Thomas Y Crowell 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo 20cm. original illustrated grey cloth 219 pages frontispiece covers moderately soiled end papers have some spotting 5 line ink presentation on front free endpaperlight wear at edges corners a rare Oxley titleWatters p.359. missing 3 full page plates. Oxley was born in Halifax He began writing in 1889 and wrote 31 books for boys. He died in 1907 at 52 years of age. Thomas Y Crowell Hardcover
1979rif. 11256106Green Valley Arizona: Self Published 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4 to. bound in folder paper titles on cover 29 pages well researched genealogy of James and Elizabeth Doane Snow and some of their descendants. Families inc. Shaw Kearney MalloryRideoutCorey and others. very good cond. Self Published Paperback
rif. 11256117St. John N.B: Eastern Canada Coastal Steamship Lines. Ephemera. Very Good. Paperbound. 8 vo 24cm. 1937 full color pict. wraps 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations center spread map Cover title. Title on back cover: River trips on the Saint John: "The Rhine of America." a fine copy of a very rare New Brunswick tourist guide and steamship schedule with 3 pp of letterpress on Grand Manan and the St. John River. Eastern Canada Coastal Steamship lines sailed the St. John river during the summer months JuneJuly August from the company's pier in North End Saint John. traveling three different routes the Washademoak Grand Lake and Belleisle routes.leaving Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and returning the following week days.a single ticket to Frededricton cost $2.00 Numerous interior illustratiosn of the interior of the Grand Manan II and scenes along the routes 28 in all. Eastern Canada Coastal Steamship Lines. Paperback
1837rif. 11256162Halifax Nova Scotia: William Cunnabell 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. original purple cloth bindingpaper spine label pp. iv 4 163 3 p. "Errata": p. 166. light wear at corners spine is faded some spotting to edges a rare pre-confederation imprint in sound clean condition. William Cunnabell Hardcover
rif. 11257001Boston: L C Page Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. 4 volumes Pipes of Pan Number one From Book of Myths.New Edition with added matter Aug 1904 124 pp. title page printed in red and greenwhite laid endpapers printed in green with faun-satyr-woodland scene top edges gilt. bindings stamped in gold and black; together with Vol. 2 "From the Book of the Bards' pub May 1903 137 pp. desc. as above together with Vol III "Songs of the Sea Children" pub Oct 1903 182 pp. together with Vol IV Songs From a Northern Garden" pub. Aug 1904 121pp. all four volumes in very good condition desc. of 1 st bk is the same for all 4 vols.missing the 5 volume "From the book of Valentines". L C Page Hardcover
2013rif. 11257027Edmonton Alberta: The University of Alberta Press 2013. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8 vo. paper covers xxviii 530 pages illustrated index CONTENTS: Oscillating identities: re-presentation of Me´tis in the Great Lakes Area in the nineteenth century / Gloria Jane Bell -- Reclaiming Me´tis women identities: three stories and the storyteller / Laura-Lee Kearns -- A half-breed's perspective on being Me´tis / Gregg Dahl -- From entity to identity to nation: the ethnogenesis of the Wiisakodewininiway Bois-Brule´ reconsidered / Darren O'Toole -- Me´tis economics : sharing and exchange in Northwest Saskatchewan / Liam J. Haggarty Newly discovered writings of Louis Riel / Glen Campbell and Tom Flanagan -- The long slow road to recognizing Me´tis rights: Me´tis aboriginal rights jurisprudence in Canada / Ian Peach -- Even when we're winning are we losing / Jeremy Patzer -- No other weapon: Me´tis rights in Canadian courts / Kelly L. Saunders .Regional nationalism or national mobilization : a brief social history of the development of Me´tis political organization in Canada 1815-2011 / Siomonn P. Pulla -- From service providers to decision makers: building a Me´tis government in Saskatchewan / Janique Dubois -- Government relations and Me´tis people: using interest group strategies / Christopher Adams -- Conclusion: Me´tis as a unique diverse complex and contingent concept in Canada. a very good copy signed on the front endpaper by Ian Peach with a long inscription thanking a former Federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs for his dedicated service. "These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history anthropology constitutional law political science and sociology who identify the many facets of what it means to be Me´tis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003 Me´tis people were no longer conceptually limited to the historical boundaries of the fur trade in Canada". The University of Alberta Press Paperback
1978rif. 11257040Fredercton New Brunswick: J. Beyea 1978. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Signed By Author. First Edition. 4 to. printed paper covers 167 pages : illustrations maps portraits Includes indexes signed and dated by author on title page "The family history of descendants of James and Benjamin Beyea -- two brothers who were born in the 1730's in or near Mamaroneck Westchester County New York believed to have been grandsons of a Huguenot martyr from La Rochelle France and who came to Saint John New Brunswick as United Empire Loyalists in 1783 .". Boulier family.; Boulier family.; Beyea.; Ballou.; Arrowsmith.; Colewell.; Dykeman.; Hill.; Wanamaker.; Beyea Famille; James Beyea; Benjamin Beyea. J. Beyea, Paperback
1998rif. 11257080Surrey British Columbia: Timberholme Books Ltd 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. black cloth dust jacket429 pages 24 pages of plates : illustrations portraits as new copy. Sir William Samuel Stephenson 23 January 1897 - 31 January 1989 was a Canadian soldier airman businessman inventor spymaster and the senior representative of British intelligence for the entire western hemisphere during World War II. He is best known by his wartime intelligence codename Intrepid. Many people consider him to be one of the real-life inspirations for James Bond. Ian Fleming himself once wrote "James Bond is a highly romanticized version of a true spy. The real thing is . William Stephenson.". Timberholme Books Ltd Hardcover
1980rif. 11256013Burlington ON: E. Collard 1980. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Rev. and enl. Ed. Foilio. pict. paper covers stapled at spine 62 pages : illustrations Cut of women's 19th century dress part 1-2. very good condition. E. Collard Paperback
1995rif. 112557972Loretteville Quebec: Federation Quebecoise pour le saumon Atlantique 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition 1000 Copies. 8 vo. spiral bound 263 pages: illustrated tirage limite´ a` 1000 ex. num cet exemplaire porte le n 325 Collection Salmo salar no 2 signed on presentation page by author. Federation Quebecoise pour le saumon Atlantique Paperback
1983rif. 112557997Fredericton N.B.: Unipress 1983. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Second Printing. Oblong 4 to. pict paper 95 pages : illustrations some color acrisp clean copy. Unipress Paperback
1961rif. 112558041Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. blue cloth gilt spine pp. x 44; light wear at corners and spine ends in mylar protective wrap. Scarce Size: Sm.8 vo. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
1974rif. 112558062Fredericton N.B. 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4 to. blue pict. buckram 64 pages illustrated throughout very good condition the yearbook of the last graduating class of the Victoria Public Hospital School of Nursing Fredericton New Brusnwick with list of graduates 1896-to-1974. well illustrated history fo the school. Hardcover
2009rif. 112557334Neguac NB: Association Histoire de chez Nous 2009. Book. Fine. Paperbound. First Edition. 4 to. illustrated paper wraps 368 pages : illustrations fac-simile´ portrait. Association Histoire de chez Nous Paperback
2007rif. 112557435Stratford P.E.I.: Tea Hill Press 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. pict. hard cover 105 pages. illustrated very good cond. "The purpose of the Regimental Manual is to document the traditions and customs of the Regiment by consolidating the corporate memory for current retired and future members of the Prince Edward Island Regiment. . This is not intended to be a detailed Regimental history. It is intended to be a fingertip reference for all ranks to assist and remind us about our Unit both past and present."--"Foreword " p. xi. Tea Hill Press Hardcover
1910rif. 112557226Toronto: Educational Book Co. 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo. olive green cloth blind-stamped cover title pp. viii 9-166. illustrated frontis.half tone from photograph 16 full page illustrations a very good copy Thomas Bessell Kidner is not well-known in Canada despite the fact that his first contributions to the profession were made here between 1900 and 1918. Kidner worked as an organizer of manual training in elementary schools in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and in Calgary where he was Director of Technical Education his service in Calgary prepared him for the post of Vocational Secretary of the Military Hospitals Commission during WW1. Kidner implemented and administered the re-education program for injured soldiers across Canada. Educational Book Co. Hardcover
2004rif. 112557293Jordan Station Ont: Paideia Press 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Folio 31cm. blue cloth gilt spine 511 pages : illustrations portraits a very good copy CONTENTS: 1. The Land They Left Behind -- 2. The Vanguard -- 3. How It All Began -- 4. Deciding to Leave -- 5. The Parting is Hard -- 6. The Crossing -- 7. On Solid Ground -- 8. Another Journey -- 9. New Homes -- 10. Earning Bread -- 11. In the Beetfields and Elsewhere -- 12. Homesickness -- 13. Everything Was So Different -- 14. The Language Barrier -- 15. The First Car -- 16. One Family's Dream Come True -- 17. Immigrants of All Kinds -- 18. Keeping the Faith -- 19. Helping Hands -- 20. Forging a Visible Identitiy -- 21. After A Decade -- 22. But Life Goes On -- 23. "Thank You Canada!" -- 24. Making an Impact -- 25. They're Still Coming -- 26. Reclaiming the Heritage -- 27. Dutch Immigrant Ships. Paideia Press Hardcover
1947rif. 112557127Sackville N.B: Mount Allison University 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Josiah Wood lectures. 16mo -. red dec. cloth cover & spine pp.xii 134 :portrait. long ink presentation inscription to gradauting student on front endpaper light soil a very good copy. CONTENTS: Foreword -- The ideal state -- The university as a training ground for guardian citizens. Day was born in 1881 in Shubenacadie Nova Scotia he attended Pictou Academy and later Mount Allison Univ where in 1903 he obtained a BA and a Rhodes Scholarship. Upon leaving Oxford Univ he traveled briefly in Germany and soon after took a teaching position at the University of New Brunswick 1909-1912. In 1912 he moved to the Carnegie Institute and later to Swathmore College. Upon the outbreak of WW l he returned to Canada enlisting in the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders where he gained a field promotion to colonel. Mount Allison University Hardcover
1991rif. 112557144Westfield N.B. :: Self Published 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. green cloth gilt cover and spine 144 pages 13 leaves of plates : illustrations 1 color genealogical charts very scarce a clean bright copy. Self Published Hardcover
1982rif. 112557088Edinburgh & Winnipeg: Edinburgh University Press; University of Manitoba Press 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. cloth gilt spine xvii 305 pages maps CONTENTS: "Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Dance called America 1763-75""; ""Chapter Two: The Changing Highlands 1750-1800""; ""Chapter Three: Highland Emigration to British North America 1770-1800""; ""Chapter Four: The Emigration Mania Resumed 1801""; ""Chapter Five: Recruiting and Reaction 1802""; ""Chapter Six: The Government Intervenes 1803""; ""Chapter Seven: The Canadian Regiment 1803-04""; ""Chapter Eight: Emigration Continues 1804-15""; ""Epilogue""; Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references pages 288-295 Appendix A Known major ship sailings with Scots passengers to British North Amer.1770-1815l; Appendix B; Passenger List 1 The Hector; App B List II The Lovely Nelly 1774; App.B List III The Friendship; 1775; etcetc. A revisionist account of the first phase of Highland Scottish emigration to Canada. With "improving landlords" threatening tradititonal social and cultural life in the Highlands the author argues that many of the more affluent Highlanders emigrated of their own accord. Edinburgh University Press; University of Manitoba Press Hardcover
1889rif. 112557103Place of publication not Identified: Royal Society of Canada 1889. Book. Very Good. Pape Covers. 4 to. 29 cm. plain paper wraps with paste-down label in ink stating "With Compliments of the Author Ganong Cambridge Mass."pages 17-58 : maps Caption title. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada Section II 1889. wraps show some soil I believe this to be a complimentary copy from Ganong to one W.P. Dole who in the 1880's was a school inspector in Saint John. N.B. Royal Society of Canada paperback
1963rif. 112556080London: Harmer Rooke 1963. Book. Very Good. paper wraps. 4 to. pict. paper wraps 92 pages : illustrations inside wraps colored profusely ollustratedsheet with prices realized laid-in some toneing at spine. very scarce catalogue. "Catalogue of the gold-medal collection of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia : formed by the late Nicholas Argenti : to be sold by auction on Thursday and Friday November 7th & 8th 1963.". Harmer Rooke paperback
1938rif. 112557007Windsor & Chatham: J.T. Wing and Company 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. dec. cloth cover and spine 472 pages illustrated throughout'" In presenting this our catalogue no. 38 we have endeavored to list and give details of the most important items of factory supplies iron and steel contractors' equipment plumbing and heating supplies builders' hardware prepared roofing asphalt shingles and paints"; J. T. Wing was a hardware retailer located at 375-388 Pitt Street East in Windsor and on the corner of Wellington and William Streets in Chatham. J.T. Wing and Company Hardcover
1931rif. 112557027Boston ; New York: Houghton Mifflin Co 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Originally published 1928. 8 vo. 22 cm. cloth dust jacket pp. xii 2 289 pages frontis and 3 leaves of plates : dust jacket chipped at edges with some minor lossses spine of d.j. darkening scarce in dust jacket.in protective mylar jacket. Houghton Mifflin Co Hardcover
1921rif. CA 0648Milwaukee: The North American Press; 1921. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblon 8 Vo. bound in gilt pictorial olive green suede all edges gilt unpaginated 190 pp. illustrated with photographs of the Klondyke Stampede taken in 1897-98 frontispiece black & white half tone photographs vignettes one full page plate in color worn at edges spine has perished needs to be repaired. SCARCE. Size: 0blong 8 Vo. The North American Press; Hardcover