Category: History -- New Brunswick

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

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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AND THE RIVER ROLLED ON...Two Hundred Years on the Nashwaak

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nashwaak Bridge, Nashwaak Bicentennial Commission : 1984

Seller ID: 018817

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Fair to Good

An out-of-print history of New Brunswick's Nashwaak River and the communities through which it flows, with chapters on Penniac and Mount Hope, Durham Bridge, Upper and Lower Durham, the Tay Valley, Taymouth, the 42nd Highlanders, lumbering, Glencoe, Zionville, South Portage, and more. An important reference resource for those interested in the history of the area and the genealogies of those who lived there. Pp: xx,162 (including bibliography, index), illustrated w/black-and-white photographs, maps. Internally ok, but w/much flaking/rubbing/creasing to covers, edgewear, worn/chipped corner...
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Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society. Volume 1

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Saint John, New Brunswick Historical Society : 1969

Seller ID: 019041

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Facsimile reprint of the 1894 edition. Among others, chapters include "The King's New Brunswick Regiment," "The Maugerville Settlement," "Documents Relating to Sunbury County," "Justice Perley's Court Documents," and "Documents of Old Congregational Church at Maugerville." 152 pages, illustrated w/numerous facsimile signatures. Lightly smudged covers, internally clean.
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ECHOES OF THE PAST From the Millstream and Surrounding Areas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: No Place, Privately Printed : 1984

Seller ID: 018867

Binding: Side-stapled illustrated wraps

Condition: Very Good

Published to celebrate New Brunswick's 200th anniversary, this is an uncommon local history detailing the people and businesses of a small rural community near Sussex. Contains the scarce errata sheet laid in between pages 18 and 19. An item of especial interest to those working on local genealogies or the area's history. 104 pages, including index, map illustration. Staples beginning to rust, small area of splatter-soil to front cover (nothing too egregious), a turned corner, a few corrections in ink to information contained on errata sheet.
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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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Image for Sunbury Centennial Year Book of the Municipality of Sunbury and the County School Finance Board for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31st, 1955, and By-Laws Revised November the 6th., 1956, County Court House, Burton, N.B.

Sunbury Centennial Year Book of the Municipality of Sunbury and the County School Finance Board for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31st, 1955, and By-Laws Revised November the 6th., 1956, County Court House, Burton, N.B.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Burton, Municipality of Sunbury : 1956

Seller ID: 019057

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Presents a "report on the accounts of the Municipality of Sunbury" for the year indicated. Contains a wealth of information and various lists, as well as charts, by-laws and fold-outs. Included at rear are lists of people "in default of rates and taxes duly assessed against them," with the amounts owed listed against each name. 190 pages w/two illustrations (one of the municipal warden, the other of the county council and officials). Much handling wear, short tears to spine edges, bottom 1" chipped from spine, some cover soil, overall general wear, but still relatively tight and serviceabl...
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The Travel Journals of Tappan Adney 1887-1890 (signed)

By: Adney, Tappan (C. Ted Behne, editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Goose Lane Editions : 2010

Seller ID: 019230

ISBN-13: 9780864926289

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Fine

157 pages (including acknowledgements, endnotes, index), illustrated. Signed on half-title by editor Behne ("Good reading!/C. Ted Behne/9/25/10"). Internally tight and clean w/no discernible flaws.
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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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GROWING UP & GROWING OLD with Wilf, Family & Friends (inscribed & signed)

By: Allen, Murph

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Published : 2004

Seller ID: 019128

ISBN-13: 9780973720303

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The son of a man who was born poor "and stayed that way all of his ninety-three years on this earth" in Fredericton, New Brunswick, tells his father's stories, some of which are true. 198 pages, illustrated. Light general wear.
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Give Me Fifteen Minutes

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

Price: $15.00

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

Seller ID: 017477

ISBN-13: 9780887901027

Binding: Hardcover

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." All of which is overshadowed by 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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Diamond Jubilee Yearbook 75 Years Dalhousie Livre du Jubile de Diamants 75 Ans

By: Arseneault, Norman (editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Dalhousie, Diamond Jubilee Committee : 1980

Seller ID: 018459

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

English and French. Although the settlement of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, dates back to 1800, it wasn't until 1905 that the community was incorporated. This publication celebrates the 75 years since then, detailing its businesses, people, organizations and much else. Leatherette, 208 pages, copiously illustrated. Light general wear.
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THE LETTERS OF JAMES AND ELLEN ROBB, Portrait of a Fredericton Family in Early Victorian Times (inscribed & signed)

By: Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy (editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Acadiensis Press : 1983

Seller ID: 019084

ISBN-13: 9780919107014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A Bicentennial Project of The University of New Brunswick," limited to 700 numbered copies, this one being 177. Inscription is to colleague and fellow author Robert Gibbs, and reads, "To Bob Gibbs/with warmest regards/Alfred Bailey/22 Feb. 1984." Additionally, Gibbs has signed this copy at top of front end paper. Red cloth w/gilt illustration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 173 pages (including glossary of names, index), illustrated. Mildly cocked, lightly foxed top edge, light general wear.
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History of the Parish of Chipman

By: Baird, Frank

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Sackville, Privately Published : 1976

Seller ID: 019154

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Baird tells the story of a civil parish in New Brunswick's Queens County. Contains 12 chapters dealing with: Chipman and other parishes, business pioneers, Hugh McLean, the Sayre Company, L.E. Shaw and brick manufacturing, the lumber business, shipbuilding, early religious interests, other builders, the Chipman Orange Lodge, early doctors and magistrates, and woodsmen. A 13th chapter, summarizing changes during the 30 years between editions, written by Edith Mills (who also wrote the preface to this edition), has been included. 125 pages, illustrated. Internally tight and clean, with mode...
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History of the Parish of Stanley and its Famous Fair

By: Baird, Frank

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Privately Printed : 1950

Seller ID: 018941

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Baird provided this history of the parish as a means of celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the area's renowned country fair, while including "many of the unusual and distinctive features that characterize the Parish of Stanley and mark it off from other Parishes and rural communities in the Province." 159 pages, illustrated. A bit of edgewear, crease to top right corner of front cover, light cover soil, mildly sunned edges. Internally tight and clean, and all in all a nice copy of an increasingly scarce title.
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HENRY MOORE SMITH, The Mysterious Stranger

By: Bates, Walter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Woodstock, Non-Entity Press : 1979

Seller ID: 018844

ISBN-13: 9780969021513

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Second printing of the 1979 edition. "A true story of the most remarkable prisoner ever detained in a jail in New Brunswick, as told by Walter Bates, one time Sheriff of Kings County. Being an authentic account of the numerous arrests, remarkable doings and wonderful escapes of the most noted road agent who ever pestered the authorities of New Brunswick." First published in 1910 by John A. Bowes in Saint John, New Brunswick. 164 pages + five pages advertising other titles published by Bowes in 1910. Covers lightly smudged, wrinkles/creasing, moderate general wear.
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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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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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MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT, Tales & Ghosts of St. Andrews (signed)

By: Bruff, A. Elaine

Price: $20.00

Publisher: St. Andrews, Privately Printed : 2004

Seller ID: 019001

ISBN-13: 9780941831390

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

A collection of supernatural stories featuring various people and locations in a small New Brunswick town. 80 pages (including acknowledgements), illustrated. Internally tight and clean w/mild surface wear.
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HONORIS CAUSA, The Effervescences of a University Orator

By: Cattley, Robert E.D.

Price: $15.00

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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In Their Very Own Words, & In Their Very Own Words, Volume II

By: Clowater, Josee Y., Scott E. Clowater, Vernon Dunphy, William R. Griffin, Jeannine D. Munn, A. Francis Smith (publication committee, Volume I), Clowater, Josee, Scott Clowater, William R. Griffin, Jeannine Munn, Manley Price (editorial committee Volume I

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boiestown, Central New Brunswick Woodmen's Museum : 1997

Seller ID: 018967

ISBN-13: 9780921865094

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes (the second published in 2002) containing "First-person narratives about life in the 1900's in the Boiestown area on the Upper Southwest Miramichi." 238 and 319 pages, respectively, illustrated. Light edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear.
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In Their Very Own Words, Volume II

By: Clowater, Josee, Scott Clowater, William R. Griffin, Jeannine Munn, Manley Price (editorial committee)

Price: $15.00

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

Seller ID: 019222

ISBN-13: 9780921865094

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Contains "First-person narratives about life in the 1900's in the Boiestown area on the Upper Southwest Miramichi." 319 pages, illustrated. Light corner wear, light rubbing. Internally tight and clean.
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Up the Hill 1966

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

Price: $50.00

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

Seller ID: 017653

Binding: Hardcover

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. This...
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The New Brunswick School Algebra

By: Crawford, J.T.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada : 1945

Seller ID: 013698

Binding: Hardcover

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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The Scholten Story

By: Curtis, Herb (edited by Norm Foster)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oromocto, The Scholten Foundation : 1996

Seller ID: 018652

ISBN-13: 9780968142103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The story of an industrious and enterprising family of Dutch immigrants to Canada in 1952, and their incredible success in New Brunswick. Curtis is the award-winning author of 'The Brennen Siding Trilogy,' as well as numerous other titles. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 215 pages (including author's note), illustrated. Mildly cocked, gift inscription on front end paper, obituary for Bernardus (Benny) Hendrikus Scholten clipped from newspaper and taped to dedication page, in dust jacket w/thin scratches, light rubbing.
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MIDDLE ISLAND Before and After the Tragedy

By: Daley, Caroline, and Anna Springer

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Miramichi, Middle Island Irish Historical Park Inc. : 2002

Seller ID: 018812

ISBN-13: 9780973070200

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The story of a New Brunswick island used as a quarantine station for immigrants in the early 19th century. A large percentage of immigrants died there, whether from scurvy, or leprosy or other diseases rampant at the time. A valuable reference for local historians and genealogists researching the Miramichi area, containing census records, ship and name indices, and much else. This copy inscribed, and signed by both authors. 342 pages (including early census returns, ship index, name index, endnotes), illustrated. Mild edgewear, thin scratches/impressions, sticker pull/abrasion to back cov...
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Category: History -- New Brunswick