Category: History

Aberdeen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Historical Society (printed by Friesen Printers) : 1982

Seller ID: 017451

ISBN-13: 9780889253759

Condition: Very Good

The history of a small Saskatchewan community, containing information on groups, businesses and people, with 160 pages of family histories, hundreds of photographs, and a number of recipes. Red cloth w/gilt illustration/spine lettering, 307 pages. Somewhat cocked, light corner wear, light general wear. A nice copy. This item weighs more than the average book, so additional postage may be required.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.2, November/Nov. 1943

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.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.4, November/Nov. 1944

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 in 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.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 1 No.5, May 1945

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.
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ACADIAN NATURALIST, Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, New Series, Vol. 2 No.6, January/Jan. 1946

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.
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CHINATOWN, The Gateway to the Orient, San Francisco

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Smith News Co.

Seller ID: 017557

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

No date (circa mid-1930s). A souvenir post card booklet containing a folding set of 18 full-colour photographs of scenes and people in and around San Francisco's Chinatown district. Scenes include the annual dragon parade, the Chinese Telephone Exchange, charming Chinese girls, Chinatown at night, and so on. The booklet is unaddressed, w/a bit of edge and corner wear. Scenes are NF.
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General Map Showing European Frontiers, 1914

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Bartholomew & Co. / Edinburgh Geographical Institute : 1914

Seller ID: 017071

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

A full-colour folding map showing European borders at the beginning of World War 1. Map is dissected (18 sections) mounted on gauze, and measures 23.5" high x 35.25" wide. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover. Covers w/light scuffing to cloth, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, half-inch separation to bottom right spine edge, light fraying. Map has moderate general wear, w/light soil to backing, previous owner's eight-line pencil notations to one segment of backing.
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Memories of Chignecto

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Amherst, Amherst Board of Trade : 1931

Seller ID: 019024

Binding: No Binding

Condition: About Very Good

Provides a brief history of an area of the Canadian Maritimes. Consists of a single 12" x 9" sheet folded once vertically to produce a total of four pages. Front cover photograph of the powder magazine at Fort Cumberland. Folded in half once by previous owner (presumably so he could stick it in a pocket), a corner tip bent, moderate handling wear. And uncommon item promoting the area's (especially that of the town of Amherst, Nova Scotia) business and residential opportunities.
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Racist Valentine's Day card w/envelope

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Buzza Co. : 1925

Seller ID: 019156

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

One upon a time, racism was a major thread of the American social fabric, as much a part of life as apple pie, baseball, and lying politicians. A whole lot like today, really, except that blatantly racist material was widely available and so much in the public eye that hardly anyone thought it wrong or unusual. The idea that a racist card such as this was printed in large quantities, was widely available, and sold very well, is mind-boggling today, even though there are still enough examples of racism that no one should be too surprised that these things were so popular. This particular ex...
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The Histories of Nast Hyde and Astwick Manor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Welwyn Garden City, Broadwater Press

Seller ID: 019210

Binding: Stapled Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Booklet. Very brief histories of two U.K. structures of historical importance, one of them now known as "the headquarters of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School." Seven pages, two black-and-white illustrations, three black-and-white photograph post cards tucked into stapled pocket at rear. A bit of smudging to covers. An uncommon item, made more so I suspect by the presence of the post cards, which in this instance are unused and in VG condition.
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The Mercantile Marine Magazine and Nautical Record, Vol. III. January to December, 1856.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, William Foster : 1856

Seller ID: 018639

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library. Contains the 12 issues from 1856 of a periodical dedicated to pretty much anything related to the mercantile marine world, including technical information, changes in regulations, prevailing wind patterns, improvements in apparatus, port dues, news from around the nautical world, and more. (One brief passage entitled "Official Inquiry Respecting the Death of Coolies" deals with the 1855 Liverpool-for-Aden voyage of the Zetland, and the tragic consequences which ensued when the almost 600 Chinese passengers were deprived of opium, leading to the deaths of almost 250 people, includi...
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THEM DAYS, Stories of Early Labrador, Vol. 7 No. 2 (Volume 7, #2), 1981

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Grand Falls, Robinson-Blackmore : 1981

Seller ID: 016033

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

An issue of "a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting and preserving the old ways and early days of Labrador." Contains stories and photographs dealing with Easter, skiing, skating, puzzles games, events, and much else. 64 pages, illustrated. Full length vertical crease to front cover, some foxing.
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Not Your Average "Joe" (signed)

By: Aiton, Linda M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Grand Bay-Westfield, Privately published : 2003

Seller ID: 018283

ISBN-13: 9780973207002

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 scratches, m...
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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-13: 9782923016382

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

The authors provide a comprehensive history of the French and Acadian inhabitants of Fredericton, the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada. Bookmark printed to accompany the book is laid in. 472 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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Historic Bridgetown

By: Alleyne, Warren

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bridgetown, Barbados National Trust : 1978

Seller ID: 016584

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Alleyne offers historical information about the capital city of the Barbados, much of it not generally known prior to this publication. 117 pages, including index, illustrated. Some rubbing, a few impressions, previous owner's name to top of title page.
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B.G. Forselius, Kirjamees ja rahvavalgustaja (inscribed & signed)

By: Andresen, Lembit

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Tallinn, Eesti Raamat : 1991

Seller ID: 016009

ISBN-13: 9785450015248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Text in Estonian. B.G. (Bengt Gottfried) Forselius was a 17th-century Estonian educator who introduced a number of educational innovations, among them the creation of a spelling system that simplified both the teaching and learning of Estonian. An uncommon title, and if you can read Estonian, you can be the envy of everyone on your block. Navy leatherette w/gold lettering to front cover/spine, 116 pages. This copy inscribed on reverse of first end paper (my Estonian is a bit rusty, and I'm not terribly familiar with the process Forselius created to facilitate learning the language, so please f...
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The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

By: Anonymous

Price: $35.00

Publisher: No Place, No Publisher

Seller ID: 018853

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

[1955]. A booklet offering an overview of "A Home for Orphans and Neglected Colored Children", which was located in Westphal, Nova Scotia. Contains a brief history of the home, and information concerning what it provided for the children in its care. It opened its doors on June 6, 1921, having come into being in the first place because institutions of a similar nature run by the white Christian community refused to accept dark-skinned children (if those people are right about their God, it seems reasonable to assume that He has a nasty little surprise waiting for them -- at least, the hiera...
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The Ashanti Campaign of 1900

By: Armitage, Captain C.H., and Lieutenant-Colonel A.F. Montanaro

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Sands & Co. : 1901

Seller ID: 017650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

In 1900, Sir Frederick M. Hodgson, governor of the Gold Coast, demanded to sit on the Golden Stool, sacred to the Ashanti people of the Akan interior (present-day Ghana). He hadn't a clue how serious his demand would seem to the Ashanti, who immediately prepared for and waged war rather than let the honour of their sacred object be thus demeaned. This is the story of the consequences, by two of the participants. This copy comes with a two-page printed insert from Hodgson to The Right Honourable J. Chamberlain, M.P., reporting details of the death of Captain P.H.A. Leggett, assistant inspector ...
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Milton and the Puritan Dilemma 1641-1660

By: Barker, Arthur E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press : 1971

Seller ID: 012269

ISBN-13: 9780802050250

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[1942]. An "analysis of the progressive definition of John Milton's social, political and religious opinions" during the Puritan Revolution. Grey cloth, 440 pages (including notes and bibliography, index). Only mild general wear, in dust jacket w/one chipped corner, light spine sunning.
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Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1774

By: Bartlett, John R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lambertville, Hunterdon House : 1984

Seller ID: 018517

ISBN-13: 9780912606200

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

First published in 1858, providing information collected during the 1774 census that gave the names of families in each city (the cities being presented in alphabetical order), with the numbers of Whites, Blacks and Indians in each household, further split into the numbers of males and females in each family, then split even further to determine the number of residents older or younger than 16 (although that category is described as above and under the age). Pp [vi], 238 + recapitulation. Light edgewear, top and bottom corners of left edge of back cover creased, a bit of surface wear, light so...
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BARUCH The Public Years

By: Baruch, Bernard M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Cardinal GC-135 : 1962

Seller ID: 018458

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

After leaving Wall Street as a successful financier, Baruch "recalls the exciting role he played for nearly fifty years in national and international affairs." Follow-up to 'My Own Story.' 415 pages (including index) + three pages of advertisements for other Cardinal titles. While as common as dirt in one edition or another, for some reason this Cardinal paperback edition does not seem to be as generally available. Moderate surface wear, tanning. Should be read with care, since, being almost as old as I am, without gentle handling it may fall apart.
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CHOSEN, A Holocaust Memoir

By: Berk, Eta Fuchs (as told to Gilbert Allardyce)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 1992

Seller ID: 019254

ISBN-13: 9780864921314

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

One woman's memories of the Holocaust, and the horrors perpetrated upon innocents by Nazi losers and their despicable supporters. 140 pages, illustrated. Light rubbing, a few impressions/scratches, light handling wear. A nice tight copy.
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Forest Hill Cemetery: A Biographical Index

By: Bidlake, George C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Fredericton, South Devon Publishing : 2006

Seller ID: 018158

ISBN-13: 9780968134733

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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Egypt, Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba

By: Bloomfield, L.M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Toronto, Carswell Company, Limited : 1957

Seller ID: 018767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bloomfield, at the time "a leading international lawyer and author," and someone familiar with the Middle East, "analyzes, in simple language, some world problems arising out of the situation which developed when an attempt was made to transform an international waterway into a closed sea." Inscription (on first end paper) reads: "To Max Pascal/With Admiration/And Esteem//Louis M Bloomfield/July 1957". Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 240 pages (including appendix, bibliography, index). Lightly tanned edges, mild wear to corners/spine ends, in moderately worn dust jacket w/some chipping ...
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A History of Botany in West Virginia

By: Boone, Weldon

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Parsons, McClain Printing Company : 1965

Seller ID: 016084

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Boone gives "an account of the development of botany in West Virginia, with its beginning years before the State was formed and continuing up to the present." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 196 pages (including index), illustrated.
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OTHER DAYS OTHER WAYS, Silhouettes of the Past in French Canada (signed)

By: Bouchard, Georges, M.P.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada : 1930

Seller ID: 008703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hoping to provide to the young a treasure trove of valuable information about times past in French Canada, the author offers a number of vignettes from his childhood, including looks at the church, the parish priest, the sexton, the crier, the blacksmith, the shoemaker, the miller, and much else. Inscription reads, "To Miss H.B. McCain/with the compliments of/a Quebec habitant/Georges Bouchard/St. Anne de la Pocatiere. [indecipherable month] 25, 1936". Woodcut decorations. Translated from the original French ("Vielles Choses Vieilles Gens") by Alan Hunt Holley. Prefatory letter by Rodolphe...
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ABEGWEIT, the novel of Prince Edward Island (signed)

By: Boudreault, Joseph

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Uigg, Abby Press

Seller ID: 017344

ISBN-13: 9780968117101

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good

No date (1996). Boudreault took 14 years to write this novel, which tells the story of the beginnings of Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island, of "the Jolliets and Arsenaults, the first Acadians on its shores, and of the Mi'Kmaq people. And it is about the MacLachlans and McCallums and MacKays, and especially of the Stewarts and others who sweated for its salty bays and red soil." 497 pages (plus afterword, maps, brief author biography, Island chronology). Mildly cocked, a bit of rubbing, edgewear, two thinly creased corners, author's name/address stamp to inside back cover. Inter...
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The Life of John Locke (2 volumes)

By: Bourne, H.R. Fox

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1876

Seller ID: 018263

Binding: Hard Covers

Condition: Very Good

Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and political theorist whose works were instrumental in laying the foundations of both the Enlightenment and the philosophy of liberalism (freedom, equality in the eyes of the law, and consent of governed people). He would later be a major influence on both Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Both volumes brown cloth w/Harper Brothers crest blind-stamped to both front and back covers, gilt spine lettering, gilt top edge, fore-edges untrimmed. Volume I: (xvi) including preface, contents, 488 pages; Volume II: (xii), 574 pages (including index). Both volumes bu...
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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: Soft cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Published on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Holy Rosary Parish in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. 160 pages (including appendices), illustrated. Coffee stains to front cover, some edgewear, surface wear. Internally tight.
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The Real Klondike Kate (signed)

By: Brennan, T. Ann

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 1990

Seller ID: 018665

ISBN-13: 9780864921345

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Brennan tells the story of Katherine Ryan of Johnville, New Brunswick, who, instead of the "teen-age opportunist from Seattle, Washington," was the real Klondike Kate. 207 pages (including index, bibliography), illustrated. Moderately sunned spine, some minor edge/corner wear, surface wear, gift inscription to previous owner, previous owner's address sticker/name & date/initials to half-title, two previous owner's blind-stamps (one to dedication page, the other to bottom of last page -- neither interferes with text), thin reading creases to spine.
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Category: History