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NEW BRUNSWICK AUTHORS/ÉCRIVAINS DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ottawa, National Library of Canada: 1984

Seller ID: 010250

ISBN: 0-662-52997-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Published as part of a 1984 New Brunswick bicentenary exhibition featuring a representative sample of the province's writers and their work. Text in English and French in parallel columns, covering a variety of forms and genres, from writers as diverse as Alden Nowlan, David Adams Richards, Mary Grannan, Nancy Bauer, Bliss Carman, and many others. Stapled wraps, 72 pages, illustrated. Rubbed/scratched covers, moderate edgewear, Legislative Library date stamp on title page.
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In Their Very Own Words, Volume II

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boiestown, Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum: 2002

Seller ID: 017751

ISBN: 0-921865-09-0

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"First-person narratives about life in the 1900's in the Boiestown area on the Upper Southwest Miramichi." 319 pages, illustrated. Light edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.2, November/Nov. 1943

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1943

Seller ID: 018011

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on flora introduced to the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the history of plum culture in New Brunswick, Part I of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, the golden-winged woodpecker, lead-zinc-silver ore in Reserve Brook, and more. Red wraps, pages 51-86, illustrated w/2 figures. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.4, November/Nov. 1944

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1944

Seller ID: 018013

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on the spread of the beech scale (an insect introduced into the Maritimes), a list of flora introduced into the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the birds found on a small area of Fredericton, N.B., the use of Fucus Vesiculosis and Fucus Nodosus as fertilizer, a Japanese beetle outbreak in Halifax, Part III of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, and more. Red wraps, pages 137-194, two in-text maps. Faded wraps, light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.5, May 1945

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1945

Seller ID: 018014

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains articles on forest insects of Newfoundland, plutonic rocks of the Musquash area, wild plants as a source of carotene, skunk removal, repairing fractured deer bones, Part IV of a four-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, lepidoptera taken in and near Fredericton, the James S. Lord collection of birds' eggs, and more. Red wraps, pages 1-80, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 2 No.6, January/Jan. 1946

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick: 1946

Seller ID: 018015

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Contains articles on the biological reconnaissance of ponds in the P.E.I. national park, green-gilled clams and bivalves on P.E.I., using flight traps in studying aphid movement, the rock vole in New Brunswick, Jefferson's salamander on P.E.I., and more. Contributors include M.W. Smith, C.J. Kerswill, R.P. Gorham, F.C. Hirtle, C.C. Smith, Blythe Hurst, and Herbert Habeeb. Red wraps, pages 81-122, illustrated. Faded wraps (although every copy of this issue I've ever seen has been the same colour, so perhaps it isn't really faded at all), light general wear. Internally tight. Scarce.
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Not Your Average "Joe" (inscribed & signed)

By: Aiton, Linda M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Grand Bay-Westfield, Privately published: 2003

Seller ID: 018283

ISBN: 0973207000

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Aiton tells the story of her father, Alfred Smith Tait, and his many interests and accomplishments. Tait was born in Marysville, New Brunswick, in 1911, and spent five years in the RCAF during World War II. He was an avid sportsman, and won a variety of championships with numerous New Brunswick teams. Contains a wealth of genealogical information. Inscription reads: "I hope you enjoy/'Not Your Average Joe'/as much as I enjoyed/putting it together. Alfred/was quite a man." 588 pages (including appendices, bibliography, index, brief author biography), illustrated. Light rubbing/thin scra...
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History of St. Paul's United Church, Sussex, N.B., 150 Years, in two sections, Section 1, 1827-1947, Section II

By: Aiton, Miss Grace, James M. Thomson, Anne Mills, and Mrs. Winnifred Conrad Thomson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sussex, Privately Published (printed by Maritime Publishing Ltd.): 1978

Seller ID: 017475

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Section 1, covering the church's history until 1947, was written that year by Aiton, and Section II, updating it to 1977, was written in 1978 by Thomson, Mills and Thomson. 111 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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UNE PRESENCE QUI S'AFFIRME, La communaute acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick (signed)

By: Allain, Greg, and Maurice Basque

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Moncton, Les Editions de la Francophonie: 2003

Seller ID: 016357

ISBN: 2-923016-38-6

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

French-language text. The authors provide a comprehensive history of the French and Acadian inhabitants of Fredericton, the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada. This copy inscribed and signed by both authors, on half-title. Bookmarker printed to accompany the book is laid it. 472 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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Give Me Fifteen Minutes

By: Alward, Roy M. (Maxon) (arranged and edited by Dorothy Dearborn)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published (printed by Unipress Ltd.): 1978

Seller ID: 017477

ISBN: 0-88790-102-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A personal anecdote, being the story of Alward's life, including his "achievement in developing the Havelock Lime Works into the multi-million dollar, only privately owned lime plant in Canada it is today," and his adventures with Scout the Wonder Horse. Spruce cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 92 pages, illustrated. Rubbed dust jacket has moderate wear to corners/spine ends, 1/8" tear to top edge of front panel.
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The Story of Fredericton, 1848-1948, Fredericton's One Hundred (100) Years / Fredericton Then and Now

By: Baird, Frank, general editor

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, T. Amos Wilson: 1948

Seller ID: 018072

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

An official centennial publication for New Brunswick's capital city, covering all aspects of the city's development and history. 265 pages, illustrated. A bit of edgewear, light general wear. A very nice copy.
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Seventy (70) Years of New Brunswick Life, Autobiographical Sketches

By: Baird, William T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, St. Annes Point Press: 1978

Seller ID: 018185

ISBN: 0-920762-00-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Copy #127 from a limited edition of 500, being a facsimile reprint of a title first published in 1890. Maroon cloth w/gilt to front cover/spine, 358 pages + errata page, frontispiece. A bit of slant, a hint of wear to corners/spine ends, tiny beige soil marks to top and bottom edges. All in all, a nice copy.
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ISRAEL KENNY, His Children and Their Families

By: Bell, E.W. (edited by Lilian M.B. Maxwell)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately printed: 1944

Seller ID: 018021

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A history of Israel Kenny and his family, who arrived in Maugerville, New Brunswick, in 1767 from Massachusetts. 111 pages, illustrated, 2 folding maps. Internally tight and clean, with light general wear. (C/IT)
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ISRAEL KENNY, His Children and Their Families

By: Bell, E.W. (edited by Lilian M.B. Maxwell)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately printed: 1944

Seller ID: 018052

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Forest Hill Cemetery: A Biographical Index

By: Bidlake, George C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Fredericton, South Devon Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 018158

ISBN: 0-9681347-3-4

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"A biographical index of those who are buried, or plan to be buried, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada." A comprehensive index, arranged alphabetically by surname. Contains a wealth of information of interest to historians and genealogists. 247 pages, including an index of the maiden names of wives and mothers, plus the surnames of other spouses, of the subjects of each entry. Light cover soil, light handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The Journey

By: Breault, Ann

Price: $40.00

Publisher: St. Stephen, St. Croix Printing and Publishing: 1977

Seller ID: 016536

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Published on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the Roman Catholic Holy Rosary Parish in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. 160 pages (including appendices), illustrated. G-VG w/coffee stains to front cover, some edgewear, surface wear. Internally tight.
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Memories of Kedgwick River

By: Broderick, B.M. (Bernard Michael)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chatham, Privately printed: 1994

Seller ID: 018302

ISBN: 0969857403

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The author "takes the reader through the opening up of" a section of northern New Brunswick, an area that was, "at the turn of the century, a wilderness known only to the trapper, the hunger, the angler, and the lumberjack." 298 pages, illustrated. Internally tight and clean, w/light rubbing, thin impressions/scratches, light general wear.
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HONORIS CAUSA, The Effervescences of a University Orator

By: Cattley, Robert E.D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The Associated Alumnae of the University of New Brunswick: 1968

Seller ID: 013230

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A collection of Encaenia and Convocation citations given by Cattley at the University of New Brunswick, beginning with the May, 1949 Encaenia, and continuing through to that of May 1968. Inscription reads "In deep affection/Robert E.D. Cattley." 158 pages (including index), frontispiece. Moderate general wear.
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Up the Hill 1966

By: Cooper, Barry, and John Short (co-editors-in-chief)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Fredericton, University of New Brunswick / UNB: 1966

Seller ID: 017653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

Singer Anne Murray graduated from the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, in 1966, and this yearbook contains four pictures of her, one slightly blurry on page 88 that shows her singing her little heart out, one on page 150 where she poses with the 26-0 UNB Red Bloomers basketball team (she was manager), a third (her graduation picture) on page 238, and the fourth, on page 272 (a page of advertisements), showing her singing to guitar accompaniment. Red/black faux leather and crest to front cover, the date (1966) in black to spine, 312 pages. A nice copy w/only light general wear. T...
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MAGNIFICENT ENTERTAINMENTS, Fancy Dress Balls of Canada's Governors General 1876-1898

By: Cooper, Cynthia

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Fredericton & Hull, Goose Lane Editions & Canadian Museum of Civilization: 1997

Seller ID: 015087

ISBN: 0-86492-187-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Tells the stories of four grand balls given between 1876 and 1898, detailing "the costumes, the nation-builders disguising entertainment as historical research, and the excitement of otherwise-forbidden sexual display." The number line on the copyright page ends in 2, but a quick call to the publisher confirms that this is the first (and only) edition of this work (for some unfathomable reason, Goose Lane number lines often begin with a 2 -- go figure). This copy inscribed and signed in a neat and legible hand by Cooper, on title page ("To the University of New Brunswick/Cynthia ...
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The New Brunswick School Algebra

By: Crawford, J.T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1945

Seller ID: 013698

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A title from the 'Macmillan's Canadian School Series', covering the material prescribed for entrance to Universities, and authorised for use in New Brunswick schools by the Department of Education. Red cloth w/black lettering, rule and decoration, 435 pages (including Answers to High School Algebra). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, Property of the New Brunswick Government stamp to front pastedown, previous owner's name/grade/school/date/age in pencil on front free end paper, light general wear. A very nice copy of a book usually abused and defaced by students too thick to think of anything el...
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FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, The Story of Agriculture in New Brunswick (signed)

By: DeMerchant, E.(Ellsworth) B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture & New Brunswick Federation of Agriculture (printed by Centennial Print & Litho Ltd.: 1983

Seller ID: 018401

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

As the title makes obvious, this is a history of farming in New Brunswick. Prefaces by George Slipp, President of the New Brunswick Federation of Agriculture, and Malcolm N. MacLeod, minister of agriculture and rural development. Inscription reads, "Norma,/I hope you/enjoy this./Ellsworth." 94 pages, illustrated. Handling wear, full-length vertical crease to left edge of front cover, edgewear, impressions, light soil.
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L'EGLISE D'EDMUNDSTON, Reflexions (signed)

By: Desjardins, Eymard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Montmagny, Privately Published (printed and bound by Lingley Printing): 1982

Seller ID: 017719

ISBN: 2-9800157-0-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

French-language title. 144 pages, illustrated. Some rubbing, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, moderate general wear.
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The New Brunswick Militia Commissioned Officers' List 1787-1867

By: Facey-Crowther, David R.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The New Brunswick Genealogical Society (printed by Capital Free Press): 1984

Seller ID: 018100

ISBN: 0-920051-04-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Begun in the mid-to-late 1960s as part of Facey-Crowther's master's thesis, this typescript monograph contains an alphabetized list of militia appointments arranged by county. Also contains dates of commissioning, retirement or resignation, ranks held, and when known, dates of departure from the region or dates of supersession. Typescript, 431 pages (including bibliography). Impressions/scratches to covers, sunned spine, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean. (C/IT)
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ELITE, The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, Le Temple de la Renommee sportif du Nouveau-Brunswick

By: Folster, David

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame: 1983

Seller ID: 010946

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

#11 of a limited edition of 100 copies. A very scarce edition of a publication honouring a variety of New Brunswick, Canada, athletes from all areas of sport, both professional and amateur. Athletes include Earle B. Avery, Hilton Belyea, Jack Burke, Robert Copp, Gordie Drillon, Yvon Durelle, Arthur Finnamore, Charles Gorman, Peter C. Kelly, Sybil Beatteay Mitchell, H. Sigurd Nielsen, Clement O'Connor, the Paris Crew, Margaret Purdy, the Saint John Trojans basketball team, the Sussex Amateur Athletic Association, the Thistle Curling Team, Mable Thomson, the UNB basketball team from 1945, UNB ...
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THE FIGHTING FISHERMAN, The Life of Yvon Durelle (signed)

By: Fraser, Raymond

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Toronto & Garden City, Doubleday Canada Ltd. / Doubleday & Company Inc.: 1981

Seller ID: 017709

ISBN: 0-385-15863-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Fraser tells the compelling story of "one of the all-time greatest contenders in the history of professional boxing -- Yvon Durelle -- the "fighting fisherman" who brawled his way from obscurity in a remote fishing village in New Brunswick to the top of the boxing world." Mustard boards, black cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 292 pages (including appendix), illustrated. Mild slant, moderate cover soil, bumped spine ends, light corner wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/slightly faded spine, chipping/short tears to spine ends, rubbing, general wear. Dust jacket now in...
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THE FIGHTING FISHERMAN, The Life of Yvon Durelle (signed)

By: Fraser, Raymond

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Toronto & Garden City, Doubleday Canada Ltd. / Doubleday & Company Inc.: 1981

Seller ID: 017710

ISBN: 0-385-15863-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Fraser tells the compelling story of "one of the all-time greatest contenders in the history of professional boxing -- Yvon Durelle -- the "fighting fisherman" who brawled his way from obscurity in a remote fishing village in New Brunswick to the top of the boxing world." Mustard boards, black cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 292 pages (including appendix), illustrated. This copy inscribed and signed by Durelle, on behalf of himself and his wife, "To Dr. Jeweett (sic) a man/that will never forgotn (sic)/Yvon & Theresse (sic)." This is presumably the same Dr. J...
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MARYSVILLE, Stories, Legends Old & New

By: Gibson, Margaret, and John H. Arnold

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Marysville, Royal Canadian Legion, Marysville Branch No. 15/Legion Ladies Auxiliary/Marysville Senior Citizens Club: 1984

Seller ID: 018242

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Fine

Published in recognition of New Brunswick's bicentennial, with selections from 'The History of Marysville, New Brunswick,' by Douglas Daamon Pond; 'History of Nashwaak and Marysville' by Colonel John H. Gray; and clippings from The Daily Gleaner newspaper. 27 pages, illustrated. A nice copy.
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Middle Caraquet -- The Lean Years (signed)

By: Gionet, Albert

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Pompano Beach, Exposition Press of Florida, Inc.: 1987

Seller ID: 017039

ISBN: 0-682-40353-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Gionet's memoir of growing up in Middle Caraquet, New Brunswick. The memoir began as "a series of short pieces Mr. Gionet would send to members of his family every year for Christmas in lieu of traditional cards." The copy inscribed and signed, on half-title. Inscription reads, "To John & Marguerite:/May you enjoy this/book as much as I've/enjoyed writing it./Love and best wishes/Bert." Laid in is a full-page typewritten letter from Gionet to the aforementioned John and Marguerite, mentioning information about the book's publication, mutual aquaintances, pies, the health of...
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Tribute to Maple Ridge Veterans (signed)

By: Graham, Stan, with Dot (Blaney) MacElwain

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Maple Ridge, Privately published: 2002

Seller ID: 013837

ISBN: 0-9731391-0-2

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

1 of 1,000 copies published to honour the war-time contributions and sacrifices of thirty people connected in one way or another with the small New Brunswick community of Maple Ridge, in both World Wars and in Korea. 200 pages, illustrated. Mild general wear.
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AND HERE THEY COME..., Report of the Harness Racing Task Force of the Province of New Brunswick

By: Harness Racing Task Force (John Hildebrand, Bernard Murray, Louise Petipas, Hugh Fitzpatrick, Doug McCarty, Brian Moore, Peter Breau, and Tom Everett,)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Department of Agriculture, Province of New Brunswick: 1988

Seller ID: 016253

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

A look at the struggling harness racing industry in New Brunswick in 1988. The report was compiled during Alan R. Graham's stint as agriculture minister. Photocopied typscript, unpaginated. This item is heavier than the average book, so additional postage will probably be required.
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History of Coal Mining and Other Related Industries in the Minto & Chipman Areas 1783-1978

By: Higgins, Douglas H. (compiled by)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately Printed (printed by Capital Free Press): 1979

Seller ID: 016696

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Higgins presents his informal history "with the help of many of the older people of this community and records of mining engineers, and from the research" he conducted at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Also contains much information on local families, lumber companies, railways, land grants, and so on. Scarce. Maroon cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 240 pages (including appendix), illustrated.
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The Old Burying Ground, Fredericton N.B., Vol. 1/I (signed)

By: Hill, Isabel Louise

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Fredericton Heritage Trust: 1981

Seller ID: 018193

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Lists genealogical details about the various people buried in Fredericton's Old Burying Ground, a cemetery bordered by Barrack Lane and Brunswick, Sunbury (formerly Allen) and George streets. 338 pages + xiv-page index, illustrated w/in-text line drawings. Internally tight and clean w/just a hint of general wear.
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The Carleton County Council

By: Homer, Ken

Price: $30.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately published:

Seller ID: 017984

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

A scarce commemorative booklet containing the names and accomplishments of the members of New Brunswick's Carleton County Council from its inception in 1852 until its dissolution in 1966. 66 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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Acadiensis, July 1902, Volume II, Number 3

By: Jack, David Russell (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Saint John, The Acadian Society / D.R. Jack: 1902

Seller ID: 018060

ISBN: NO

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"A quarterly devoted to the interests of the Maritime provinces of Canada," this issue kicking off with an article on old silver plate (appropriately titled "Old Plate"), with numerous other articles ("A Halifax Privateer in 1757," "The Bells of Peace," "The Wetmore Family," "Some Old Letters," "Naming of St. Andrews," "Book-Plates," "The Amaranth," "Wanted," "The River St. John," "Hon. Sir A.G. Archibald," "Boo, Notices," and "Marconi Towers"). Pages 174-217, illustrated, many page...
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New Brunswick Vital Statistics From Newspapers, 1784-1815

By: Johnson, Daniel F., Betty Ackerly, Jan Dexter, Patricia Gray (Vital Statistics Committee)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick Genealogical Society: 1982

Seller ID: 018305

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

#188 of a limited first edition printing of 500 copies. From 1784-1815, this "covers the births, marriages, deaths and other pertinent statistics for that period. There are indices included covering geographical, ships and regiments as well as for all surnames." Typescript, 138 pages. Moderate corner wear, light edgewear.
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BOTH SIDES OF THE WIRE, The Fredericton Internment Camp, Volume Two (2)

By: Jones, Ted

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, New Ireland Press: 1989

Seller ID: 018160

ISBN: 0-920483-25-9

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Fine

The second volume of Jones's story of the Fredericton Internment Camp set up in Ripples, New Brunswick, from August, 1940, until September, 1945. This volume covers from July 1941 onward. The second volume (blue cover) is considerably less common than the first (red cover). 759 pages, including index, plus brief author biography, illustrated. An unread copy, internally tight and clean.
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THE IRISH LUMBERMAN-FARMER, Fitzgeralds, Harrigans and Others

By: King, Joseph A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lfayette, Privately printed: 1982

Seller ID: 018304

ISBN: 0960850007

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

The author takes a look at Irish immigration to the New Brunswick and America, and his work disputes the commonly held opinion that not many Irish Catholics made the voyage to North America prior to the Great Famine; his work proves otherwise. Of value to historians and genealogists. 254 pages (including notes, bibliography, indices), illustrated. Moderate edgewear, 1/4" separation to bottom right spine edge, front end paper excised, several turned page corners, spine split at pages 127/8/9, occasional unobtrusive ink marks/marginalia. Not a pristine copy, by any stretch, but uncommon in a...
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Annals of Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Including the Village of Milltown, Me., and the present Town of Milltown, N.B. (Beginnings, The Settlement of The St. Croix Valley)

By: Knowlton, Rev. I.C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Stephen, Print'N Press Ltd.:

Seller ID: 017306

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: About Very Good

Originally published in 1875 as 'Annals of Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Including the Village of Milltown, Me., and the present Town of Milltown, N.B.' before this undated reprint, published as 'Beginnings, The Settlement of The St. Croix Valley.' Contains much information on the area, including genealogical material. 129 pages, including appendix. Rubbing, previous owner's name to top edge of front cover, handling wear, impressions, light soil.
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THE NACKAWIC BEND, 200 years of history

By: Lawson, Patricia M., Gail Farnsworth, and M. Anne Hartley (compilers)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Nackawic, Town of Nackawic: 1985

Seller ID: 017254

ISBN: 0-9691885-0-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The scarce hardcover edition of this title published in commemoration of New Brunswick's 200th anniversary. "This treasure of historical accounts covers life on the Nackawic Bend for over 200 years. It includes the Indian legend of the golden calf, French buried treasure, first settlers, the Devil at Nackawic, the drowning of Pokiok Falls and the building of New Brunswick's newest town." Contains a wealth of family stories told through the generations, with further contributions from local historians. Brown cloth w/dark brown lettering to front cover/spine, 282 pages (including refer...
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Participation and Development, Vol. 1, Report, & Vol. 2, Research Documents, September/Sept. 1971

By: LeBlanc, Emery, and Dean H.L. Nutter (co-chairs), New Brunswick Task Force on Social Development,

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Queen's Printer: 1971

Seller ID: 016917

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A report produced by New Brunswick's Task Force on Social Development, which was "'established to initiate and promote public dialogue on problems in social development and social welfare,' and to 'recommend broad guidelines to the Government to assist in the future development of program priorities and legislation in the field of social development and social welfare.'" Pretty much just another b.s. report in a long line of b.s. reports sponsored by the Government of New Brunswick -- this one during the time of Premier Richard Hatfield. 268 & 220 pages, respectively. Both volumes w...
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The Baptists of the Maritime Provinces 1753-1946

By: Levy, George Edward

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Saint John, Barnes-Hopkins, Limited: 1946

Seller ID: 015769

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A "record of nearly two centuries of Baptist witness in the Maritime Provinces," written while Levy was editor and manager of the Maritime Baptist. Uncommon in a dust jacket. Maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering, 336 pages (including appendices, index), illustrated. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, faint sunning to bottom edge of front cover, previous owner's stamp to front free end paper, in dust jacket w/previous owner's stamp to top right corner of front panel, creasing/wrinkling across top edge of same chipping to corners/spine ends, 1.5" tear to top of front fold, short edge ...
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SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, The Story of the Road Builders Association of New Brunswick

By: MacIntosh, Lane

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Road Builders Association of New Brunswick: 2009

Seller ID: 016958

ISBN: 0986513008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

"The story of how a group of visionary contractors and businessmen joined together in 1958, and through the creation of the Road Builders Association of New Brunswick, ushered in the province's golden age of road building." Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 122 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket w/light rubbing, shallow impressions. A nice copy.
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Saint Paul's United Church History 1932--1982

By: MacLeod, Dr. D.J., and E.L. MacFarlane, edited by Pauline Lacey Boyd

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Fredericton, No publisher:

Seller ID: 005233

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

No date (circa 1982). The Saint Paul's United Church in question is located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and the first part of the history (from 1932 to 1967) was written by Dr. MacLeod, with revisions and continuation (from 1967 to 1982) undertaken by MacFarlane. Contains chapters on the ministers of the church, their organizations, adminstrative structure and responsibilities, services, milestones, and much else. 85 pages, illustrated. Some light scuffing, a hint of general wear.
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Our Golden Anniversary, Anderson Road

By: Madore, Teresa

Price: $50.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately published: 1984

Seller ID: 017949

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

A celebration of the 50 years of the Anderson Road Church in rural New Brunswick. Includes considerable information on the construction of Anderson Road itself, a history of the area, and many genealogical details about the area's parishoners and residents. 248 pages, copiously illustrated. Moderate discolouration/soil to covers, impressions/scratches, creased corners, light edge soil, a few gift inscriptions to first end paper, general wear. A scarce item.
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PRE-TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE OF AND ABOUT THE MARITIME PROVINCES: A Bibliography of Titles Held in the Special Collections of Mount Allison University Library

By: Magee, E.E. (compiler)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sackville, Mount Allison University: 1978

Seller ID: 006334

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Maritime Studies Bibliography #2, containing more than 300 categorically-arranged listings for the library's holdings to 1899. Introduction by Carrie MacMillan, foreword by the compiler, Eleanor E. Magee. Photocopied typescript, 25 pages (including indices). A hint of wear.
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Travels in North America

By: Mann, John

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Fredericton, Saint Annes Point Press: 1978

Seller ID: 013016

ISBN: 0-920762-02-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

Reissue of the 1824 edition published by A. Young of Glasgow. An unnumbered copy from an edition of 1000 copies. Introduction by Saint Thomas University Professor William A. Spray. The story of the author's 1816-to-1823 meanderings through Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Tan cloth, 50 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean.
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Travels in North America

By: Mann, John

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Fredericton, Saint Annes Point Press: 1978

Seller ID: 016445

ISBN: 0-920762-02-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Reissue of the 1824 edition published by A. Young of Glasgow. An unnumbered copy from an edition of 1,000 copies. Introduction by Saint Thomas University Professor William A. Spray. The story of the author's 1816-23 meanderings through Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Tan cloth, 50 pages. A little foxing to inner edges of cloth. An unread copy, internally tight and clean.
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The Man Who Made New Brunswick Sing

By: McCullagh, Harold

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Stephen, Print'N Press Ltd.: 1978

Seller ID: 006863

ISBN: 0-920732-08-9

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

The story of New Brunswick musician David Thomson. Foreword by Louis Robichaud. 97 pages + 13 pages of photographs. Reading crease, edgewear, moderate handling wear, previous owner's sticker to inside front cover.
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The Nurses' Walk

By: McGee, Arlee Hoyt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately printed: 1998

Seller ID: 018273

ISBN: 1-895613-16-17

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A slim volume "published in honour of the Victoria Public Hospital Nurses Alumnae (1923)," being a "guide to a self-directed walking tour" of various nursing buildings and institutions in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Uncommon. 25 pages, including directions. Light general wear.
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The Visionaries, 1916-1991/Visionnaires, 1916-1991 (signed)

By: McGee, Arlee Hoyt (Editor/Rédacteur George Bergeron)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Nurses Association of New Brunswick (NANB)/L'Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Nouveau-Brunswick: 1991

Seller ID: 009966

ISBN: 1-8956113-00-0

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Written in English on one side, French on the other, this is a history of professional nursing in New Brunswick, compiled to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nurses Association of New Brunswick. Covers the entire range of material, including a wealth of photographs and information on the years prior to NANB's formation, its members, presidents, awards, schools, and much else. 94 pages (English side) including Sources Consulted and Photo Credits; 102 pages (French side) including Sources Consultées and Légends des photos. Edge and corner wear, scuffing/impressions, 3/8" tear to ...
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They Gave Royal Assent (signed)

By: McGregor, D.A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Mitchell Press: 1967

Seller ID: 014584

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

"Assembles for the first time the story of Government House, treats of the human aspects of the inhabitants of the vice-regal residence." This copy a gift from Colonel Clarence Wallace (Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1950 to 1955) to John Babbitt McNair (Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1965 through 1968), with a laid-in letter (signed by Wallace, who also contributes a Foreword) ) indicating this fact. This copy signed by both author McGregor and former Lieutenant-Governor Wallace, on title page. 75 pages, illustrated. Rubbed dust jacket w/mild edgewear, 1/4"...
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HISTORY IN THE MAKING IV: The Proceedings of Concordia University's Fourth Annual Conference for Graduate Students of History

By: McLinton, Jason, and Isabelle Roy (editors)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Montreal, Concordia University: 1998

Seller ID: 014776

ISBN: 0-9680477-0-X

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

A publication intended "to offer graduate students in history from nearby academic institutions the opportunity to present their work to a larger historical audience." Contributors to this volume include Nancy Renwick, Mark Proudman, Carl Fournier and Serge Granger from Concordia, Claude Bernard from Universite de Montreal, Christopher O'Shea from University of Guelph, and Daniel Mackenzie from Memorial University. An Appendix contains material from Mark Savoie, Hart Caplan and Alice Taylor of the University of New Brunswick. Dominique A. McCaughey contributes a Commemoration honour...
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History of Upper Woodstock

By: Miller, Maud Henderson

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Saint John, Globe Printing Company: 1940

Seller ID: 018101

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

After bemoaning the government-sanctioned availability of rum, and making it clear that everyone in the old days in the Woodstock area was God-fearing and industrious (and certainly not rich), Miller provides details of the area's history, with occasional subjective comments about the lamentable state of affairs in the 1940s-style version of the area. 165 pages, illustrated, Correction slip bound in at front. Edgewear, creased covers, a little bit of internal soiling. An uncommon item. (C/IT)
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The Miramichi Axe Murder

By: Mitchell, Sandra

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Halifax, Nimbus Publishing Company 011: 1992

Seller ID: 018281

ISBN: 1551090112

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Mitchell maintains that Robbie Cunningham is innocent of the 1979 murder of Nicholas Duguay in the small community of Chatham Head, New Brunswick, and offers the view that convicted serial killer Alan Legere is responsible. 218 pages (including appendices), illustrated w/photographs and two maps. Light rubbing, light edgewear, mild handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Far Away Place (inscribed & signed)

By: Murdoch, B.J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Francestown, Marshall Jones Company: 1952

Seller ID: 018289

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

The author, a priest, is ordered by a doctor to spend a little more time in the woods, which he does, relating those experiences herein. Inscription reads: "To Harry OLeary MC,/with every good wish, from/his old friend and fellow/foot-slogger/B.J. Murdoch". O'Leary is mentioned in the book. Green cloth w/gilt illusgtration to front cover, navy cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 185 pages. A bit of slant, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, some spotting to covers/spine, some turned corners, general wear.
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Grandmother Told Me

By: Norrad, Winnifred (as told to Shirley Spencer)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: No Place, Elgin Press, Inc.:

Seller ID: 018105

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

No date (circa 1998). Spencer tells the story of her grandmother, who came to New Brunswick, Canada, from England when she was only 16, and who lived in the province until her death at the age of 104. Contains much information of interest to genealogists and local historians. 142 pages + 20-page section on Winnifred's descendants, illustrated. Light edgewear, light smudging, light general wear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon.
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JOE PALMER, A New Brunswick Entrepreneur (signed)

By: Palmer, Stephen, with Ruby Shaw & Arthur Doyle

Price: $50.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately published: 1995

Seller ID: 016432

ISBN: 1-55137-585-0

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"This is the story of Joe Palmer, one of New Brunswick's most remarkable entrepreneurs. He began as a Carleton County farm boy in the nineteen thirties and went on to play a pivotal role in creating one of Canada's largest trucking companies. Along the way he also immersed himself in politics and community affairs." Foreword by Frank McKenna, erstwhile premier of New Brunswick. This copy signed by Palmer, Shaw and Doyle, at bottom of title page. 230 pages, illustrated. A hint of edgewear, 1" strip cut from top of title page (presumably containing previous owner's name). Inter...
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HOW TO BRICKLE, The New Brunswick Funny Book

By: Pickens, Stillman "Still" (pseudonym of H. A. "Hal" Fredericks)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Omega Publishing Division of Omega Management Services: 1977

Seller ID: 017937

ISBN: 0-9690732-0-8

Binding: Stapled illustrated wraps

Condition: Good

A collection of captioned photographs spoofing those who participated in the money-losing proposition that was production of entrepeneur Malcolm Bricklin's car, the Bricklin. Among those being lampooned are then-Premier Richard Hatfield, Bricklin, Lawrence Garvie, minister of economic growth, and several others. Rubbing/impressions/surface wear, previous owner's name date in ink to top of front cover, moderate general wear.
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND ANALYSIS Taught Simultaneously With Numerous Exercises

By: Robertson, J. (John)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: London, Thomas Murby: 1872

Seller ID: 012140

Binding: Flexible Cloth

Condition: Good

From "Subject-Predicate" through "Promiscuous Exercises," the author presents the rules of English to pupils whom he hopes to teach "to parse and analyse intelligently from the beginning." In 1871, a mere four years after Canada's Confederation, this text was approved by the Board of Education for the Province of New Brunswick for use in the province's schools. Blind-stamped lettering/rule to original card covers, (2) 124 pages. Edgewear, some flaking to back cover, previous owner's name/address, previous owner's blind-stamp to front end paper, light soil, tanning. Inte...
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Etapes d'hier objectifs de demain

By: Roy, Mgr. M.A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: L'Association Acadienne D'Education: 1946

Seller ID: 010130

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The French-language text of an address delivered by His Excellency Bishop Roy at the Congress of the Acadian Association of Education, July 29-30, 1946. English translation at rear. 16 pages. Moderate general wear.
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The Mosaic Province of New Brunswick

By: Smith, A. Carle

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Saint John, Lingley Printing Company: 1965

Seller ID: 016446

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A folksy collection of stories about the people and places of New Brunswick. Or, as Smith would have it (from his foreword): "This is not a formal history of New Brunswick. It is, rather, an impressionist study of the province in which a native New Brunswicker tries to describe what might be called the 'feel' of the land and its people; some local customs; a few facts and stories from New Brunswick's past and present." 130 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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A History of Early Boiestown

By: Spencer, Grace MacMillan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boiestown, Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum: 1987

Seller ID: 018403

ISBN: 0921865007

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Spencer details the early history of a small New Brunswick community (generally considered to be the geographical centre of the province), with information on early settlers, land grants, tragedies, businesses, the militia, and much else, a fair bit of it of interest to genealogists and researchers. 251 pages (including acknowledgements and census lists from 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891), illustrated. One turned corner, mild general wear. Internally tight and clean; a nice copy.
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The Birds of New Brunswick

By: Squires, W. Austin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Saint John, The New Brunswick Museum: 1952

Seller ID: 013551

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Monographic Series No. 4. Drawing from various earlier and mostly incomplete sources, the author has attempted "to correlate and summarize the information on each species" of bird found in New Brunswick. Later editions of this work are relatively common. 164 pages, illustrated, map. Contains all 6 pages of photographs called for (one not bound in where it's supposed to be, but bound in nonetheless). Previous owner's erased pencil signature to top of front cover, map in rear partially loose, general wear.
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Taking a look back on our Heritage and Precious Gems of yesteryear (signed)

By: Stewart, Paulette, and Long, Alice

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately printed: 2009

Seller ID: 016553

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: As New

One of 125 copies. A labour of love containing hundreds of black-and-white photographs of past and present residents of the small New Brunswick community of Priceville. Also contains a brief history of the Priceville footbridge and the tragedy that took place on May 10, 1939, when it collapsed. Erratum slip laid in. This copy signed by Stewart, beside her name on inside front cover. Unpaginated (44), illustrated.
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NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORY: A Check List (Checklist) of Secondary Sources

By: Swanick, Eric L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Legislative Library: 1974

Seller ID: 012617

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

The first of three supplements to the original work. 96 pages. Uncommon.
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NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORY, A Checklist (Check List) of Secondary Sources, Second Supplement/GUIDE EN HISTOIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK, Une liste de controle des sources secondaires, Deuxieme supplement

By: Swanick, Eric L. (compiler)

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Leglislative Library/Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee legislative: 1984

Seller ID: 016382

ISBN: 0-88838-783-0

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The second of three proposed supplements, with text in English and French. 214 pages (including appendices/indices). Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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VERNOR HAD VISION, A Tribute to Vernor Wilberforce Jones

By: Thomson, Winnifred Conrad

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sussex, Privately published: 1976

Seller ID: 015468

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

The life story of the author's blind uncle and his accomplishments. 44 pages, frontispiece. A hint of edgewear, 1/4" tear to fore-edge of front cover, previous owner's sticker to front end paper. An uncommon item.
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THE AMARANTH 1841-1843, Contents Report and Index

By: Vincent, Thomas (compiler)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kingsport, Royal Military College of Canada: 1984

Seller ID: 006339

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

The seventh title in the Occasional Papers of the Department of English, R.M.C. series, this one a research support document for a New Brunswick literary journal published by Robert Shives in Saint John. Photocopied typescript, stapled, 72 pages (including Indices and Books Reviewed). A hint of general wear.
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Rapports des inspecteurs d'ecoles/School Inspectors Reports (signed)

By: Wilson, Eliane Savoie

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Shediac, Privately published: 1984

Seller ID: 010108

ISBN: 0-9691776-1-5

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

English and French text. Wilson, a former teacher, offers a little treasure trove of historical information on educators and their assignments in the school districts of two New Brunswick parishes -- Inkerman and Shippegan -- from the 1840s through to the early 1960s. Author's given name misspelled as "Elaine" on front cover. Typescript, 159 pages, illustrated (2 photographs, 3 maps). Mild corner wear, minor cover soil, light general wear.
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A Century of Curling in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1854-1954

By: Young, Rev. Dr. George M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Fredericton Curling Club: 1954

Seller ID: 013547

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Published in celebration of the Fredericton Curling Club's one hundredth anniversary. 56 pages, illustrated. Soiled covers, bits of paper stuck to same (presumably from a missing dust jacket), gift inscription to previous owner, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Category: History -- New Brunswick