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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. xii, 104 p. 24 cm. B&w photos of landscape and seascape by Marshall and portraits by Karsh. Red cloth in dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears to edges, some soiling to white rear panel. White scuffs to lower edges. Corners a bit bumped. Bookplate on front endpaper. Prologue by… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Good. xiv, [2], 253 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece and numerous other b&w plates. Red cloth in pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has chips and tears to edges. Spine a bit faded. Front flap price clipped. Owner's bookplate on half title. Ink stamp on opposite page. Last text page partially-uncut. Slightly roughened text block… Read more about this item

St. John's, NF: Jesperson Press, 1987. Softcover. Good. xv, 287 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Light wear only to edges. Creases in p. 223. Writing by E. J. Pratt, Farley Mowat, J. R. Smallwood, Jack London, Wilfred T. Grenfell, and many others on the people, the land, the sea, the history, the culture, and the humour of… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. Softcover. Near fine. xxxvi, 275 p. 26 cm. Map of Cape Breton Island. Explains Cape Bretonisms from "ach" to "zombie" with numerous terms like "break the road," "kitchen meeting," and "taibhs" in between. Extensive bibliography of published works and dissertations, films, audiotapes, and manuscripts is almost a third of the book.… Read more about this item

[Corner Brook]: Humber Valley Broadcasting Co., [1977]. Softcover. Good. 64 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled. Spotting to covers. Topics include beaches, Provincial Parks, Port aux Basques, Stephenville, Corner Brook, Deer Lake, Gros Morne, Gander, Terra Nova National Park, Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay, Conception Bay, St. John's, Labrador, Happy Valley/Goose Bay, Newfoundland sayings, etc.

Halifax, NS: The Lord Nelson Hotel, 1981. Good. 29 cm blue stapled folder with two 27 cm pages with letterhead. 6 matching envelopes. Also a Valet Service form, printed bill, check-out time notice, airport share-a-cab slip. Ink notes on rear of hotel bill. folder is slightly soiled and discoloured. Hotel is of course still running, likely now more… Read more about this item

Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. Near fine. xiii, 1104 p. 30 cm. Colour endpapers and frontispiece. B&w illustrations throughout. Signed by Smallwood on a front endpaper. Light wear to spine ends and rubbing to boards.

St. John, N.B.: John A. Bowes, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: xv, 455; 454 p. 23 cm. B&w frontispiece portraits and a few other b&w plates. Rebound in grey cloth. Some fading and soiling to covers. Spine ends softened. Foxing to text block edges and cloth around rear endpapers.

Montreal: Lovell Printing and Publishing, 1876. Booklet. Good. 16 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Light soiling, discolouration. Two lines down both covers. Bookplate with photo of Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner inside front cover. Casey 4081. Gardiner (1849-1924) was a newspaper editor in Hamilton, Ontario. He wrote "Nothing but names: an inquiry into the origin of the names of the… Read more about this item

New York, ca. 1880. Good. 22 x 29 cm card with 12 x 18 cm colour illustration. Printed colour. Light wear to outside edges. Some soiling or discolouration to picture, noticeable in sky. Colour engraving shows Halifax from Dartmouth, NS. Charles Magnus (1826-1900) was a print publisher, map dealer, bookseller and stationer in New York City from… Read more about this item

London: Day & Haghe, nd. Near fine. 29 cm page with 21 cm illustration taped to 37 cm cardboard frame. Light thumbing to lower border of frame. Some faint marks to illustration itself. St. Paul Island is a small uninhabited island located approximately 24 km northeast of Cape Breton and 71 km southwest of Newfoundland. Illustration shows… Read more about this item

[James and Luke G. Hansard & Sons, Printers], [1830]. Very good. 23 x 35 cm one-sided page with 12 x 32 cm coloured map. Small tears to edges not affecting map. Vertical fold. J & C Walker - John Walker, Alexander Walker and Charles Walker, known collectively as J & C Walker (active 1820-95) - were… Read more about this item

Yarmouth, NS, 1897. Softcover. Good. 22, [10] p. B&w illustrations. Stapled paper covers. Tear in bottom front. Soiling to exterior. Inside is bright and clean. Photos of Yarmouth, locomotives, hotels, Tusket River Bridge, dead animals ("Sportsman's Paradise'), the steamer "Boston", etc.

York-Sunbury Historical Society, ca. 1967. Softcover. Good. 477 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth. Worn corners and spin eends, some shelf wear, small mark and dent in spine. Foxing to front endpapers.

Halifax, NS, August 29, 1859. Good. One 21 cm handwritten letter. Paper written on both sides, with creases and tear on one crease. Light stains. Dear Sir: We respectfully acknowledge your esteemed favor for last Eastern State Steamer and ___ Contents, and in reply we tender you our wamest thanks for disposing of our Beer. We trust… Read more about this item

Boston, Mass.: A.E.G., 1924. Booklet. Near fine. 20 p. 21 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled covers.

Kentville, NS; Grand Rapids, MI, nd. 1900s. Softcover. Good. Unpaginated. 18 x 23 cm. B&w photos. Grey paper covers tied with twine. Chips to edges. Ink signature and ink mark on front cover. White stain on rear.

Moncton, NB, 1912. Booklet. Fair. 32 p. 23 cm. Stapled paper covers. Chips, tears, dampstains. Front cover detached. Mainly local advertising.

St. John, NB, 1908. No. XXVI. Vol. VI, Part I. Softcover. Fair. 83 p. 21 cm. 4 maps. Grey paper covers are detached from text block, chipped and torn at edges, stained. Paper browning. Articles on the physical evolution of Acadia, natural history and physiography of NB, fungi, weather, tides at Indiantown, etc.

St. John, NB, Aug. 1864. Good. One-sided 27 cm sheet. Vignette of the company top left. Vertical and horizontal creases. Tear in top edge. Pencil and ink notation on rear. Company were manufacturers of cut nails and agents for the sale of Welch & Griffith's Superior Gang & Circular Saws.