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Helen Creighton - Canada's First Lady of Folklore ---a Signed Copy

By: Croft, Clary (signed) ( Helen Creighton related)

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax,NS: Nimbus Publishing, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 147552

ISBN: 1551092891

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------large trade paperback size softcover, a Very Good+ copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, 297 pages, b&w photos, ---"Helen Creighton was born at the turn of the nineteenth centry and until her death in 1989, she made a remarkable contribution towards retreiving the stories, songs, and legends that have shaped the culture and the people of the Maritimes. Written by her protege and fellow folklorist, Clary Croft, this intimate biography offers both an intriguing portrait of a woman whose life was destined to become woven into the fabric of Canadian folklore, and a ...
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LASAGNA: The Man Behind the Mask ---by Ronald Cross and Helene Sevigny ( Oka Crisis - Quebec / Mohawk Warriors First Nations / Standoff / Protest )

By: Cross, Ronald and Helene Sevigny

Price: $14.78 CAD

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouve, BCr: TalonBooks / Talon Books, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 155442

ISBN: 0889223483

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------trade paperback, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 248 pages, b&w photos, ---"The events at Oka in 1990 saw the might of the Canadian Armed Forces in the service of the governments of both Quebec and Canada confront some 40 armed Mohawk "Warriors" who were defending their local community's resistance against a further colonial encroachment on their native lands. The events of that summer have etched themselves indelibly into the minds of North Americans as the latest episode in the continuing 500-year history of "Indian wars" in the Americas. --To the Mohawk nation, a community ...
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History in Their Blood: The Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison from the Collection of The Bank of Montreal

By: Dempsey, Hugh A; Introduction By J Russell Harper, Illustarted By Nicholas de Grandmaison

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia / Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, BC / Toronto, ON: Douglas and McIntyre, 1982, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1982

Seller ID: 163548

ISBN: 0888943601

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 9.75w x 12.25h inches, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, no dustjacket as issued, 124 pages, colour illustrations by Nicholas de Grandmaison, b&w photos, colour illustrationsa very nice book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Census of Nova Scotia - 1827 / Census of District of Pictou - 1818 / Public Archives of Nova Scotia

By: Dunlop, Allan C (compiler) / Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1979 1st Edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 164605

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, coil bound, a Very Good+ example, a bit of age toning to covers, light wear and rubbing, 151 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for The Night the Cat Froze in the Oven: A History of Weyburn and Its People -by Isabel ( Isabelle ) Eaglesham - a Signed Copy ( Saskatchewan Local History )

The Night the Cat Froze in the Oven: A History of Weyburn and Its People -by Isabel ( Isabelle ) Eaglesham - a Signed Copy ( Saskatchewan Local History )

By: Eaglesham, Isabel ( Isabelle )(signed)

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Saskatchewan, No Place ( Weyburn, SK ): Isabel ( Isabelle ) Eaglesham / The Weyburn Review, 1999, 1st Edition, 5th Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 162121

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, spiral bound, about 6w x 9h inches, a Near Fine example, signed without inscription by the author, 172 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for ARCTIC IMAGES: The Dawn of Arctic Cartography, Fourth Century to 1822 ---with Pictorial Witnesses, 1819 - 1854 ---TWO VOLUMES / Public Archives of Canada ( Debuts De La Cartographie De l'Arctique du IVe Siecle a 1822 /et/ Temoignages Iconographiques )

ARCTIC IMAGES: The Dawn of Arctic Cartography, Fourth Century to 1822 ---with Pictorial Witnesses, 1819 - 1854 ---TWO VOLUMES / Public Archives of Canada ( Debuts De La Cartographie De l'Arctique du IVe Siecle a 1822 /et/ Temoignages Iconographiques )

By: Earl, Lawrence B and Betty H Kidd / Nathalie Clark // Public Archives of Canada

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario, Ottawa, ON: Minister of Supply and Services Canada / Public Archives of Canada , 1977, 1977, 1st edition, First Printing for Both: 1977

Seller ID: 145236

ISBN: 0662008111

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), softcover, about 8.25 x 8.25 inches, both are solid Very Good+ copies, 25 and 28 pages, both books are in French and English with the total pagination being 50 and 56 with half of each book being in one language, CARTOGRAPHY contains b&w maps by: Gerard Mercator; Bolognino Zaitieri; Moses Pitt; Jens Munck; Luke Foxe; Joseph Nicholas Delisle et Philippe Busche ---WITNESSES contains b&w images of: HMS Investigator, HMS Hecia and Griper, the Fury, Prince of Wales of Hudson's Bay Company, 1819, preparing an encampmnet on the Barren Grounds - gathering ...
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Billy Green and the Battle of Stoney Creek, June 6, 1813 / Stoney Creek Historical Society ( War of 1812 / Ontario )

By: Elliott, James / Stoney Creek Historical Society

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Stoney Creek, Ontario, Stoney Creek, ON: Stoney Creek Historical Society , 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 157385

ISBN: 0969805500

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 24 pages, b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for Mackenzie King: Citizenship and Community - Essays Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of William Lyon Mackenzie King (signed By 6 )( WLMK and Waterloo County; King & Chaos, the Liberals and the 1935 Regina Riot; MK and Japanese Canadians; etc)

Mackenzie King: Citizenship and Community - Essays Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of William Lyon Mackenzie King (signed By 6 )( WLMK and Waterloo County; King & Chaos, the Liberals and the 1935 Regina Riot; MK and Japanese Canadians; etc)

By: English, John; Kenneth Mclaughlin, P Whitney Lackenbauer (signed)(eds./preface) ( William Lyon Mackenzie King related) Ian E Wilson; Ulrich Frisse; rych mills; Geoffrey Hayes; Billwaiser; Robert Wardhaugh; Stephanie Bangarth; Galen Roger Perras;et al

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON.: Robin Brass Studio Inc., 2002, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2002

Seller ID: 159074

ISBN: 189694129X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6.5 x 9.75 inches, a Good to Very Good copy, light wear, some curling to the corners, business card tipped in on the half title page, signed by English, McLaughlin, lackenbauer, Frisse, mills, and Bangarth, 256 pages, b&w photos, -----contents include: Preface The Editors; One of the Closest and Truest Friends I Have Ever Had': Mackenzie King, Arthur Doughty, and the Public Archives of Canada by Ian E. Wilson; The Missing Link: Mackenzie King and Canada's German Capital by Ulrich Frisse; On the Hill Over Yonder by rych mills; Mackenzie King and Waterloo County by G...
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Mennonites in Canada: A People's Struggle for Survival --- 1920 to 1940 -by Frank H Epp -a Signed Copy ( Volume 2 / Two )

By: Epp, Frank H (signed), Foreword By T D Regher

Price: $36.38 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: MacMillan / Gage Publishing, 1982, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1982

Seller ID: 161766

ISBN: 0771597088

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket with a bit of sunning to the spine, a bit of light rubbing, a tight clean square copy, signed and inscribed "To my cherished colleague Werner P______ Frank Epp 22 Oct 84", 640 pages, b&w photos, contents include: List of Tables and Charts; Foreword; Preface; THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Need for Land; Importance of Tolerance; Lack of Solidarity; Diversity Within a Corporate Personality; International Connections --- REAFFIRMATION of the FUNDAMENTALS: Fundamentalism in America / Among Old Mennonites / in Ontario / and Divisiveness / ...
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The French Period in Nova Scotia A.D. 1500-1758 and Present Remains : a historical, archaeological and botanical survey (inc. Port Royal, Beaubassin, Minas, Canard, Piziquid ( Pisiquit ), Cobequid, North Shore & Fishing Settlements, Cape Breton, etc)

By: Erskine, John S

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Nova Scotia, Wolfville, NS: Self Published / John S Erskine, 1975 1st Edition, First Printing: 1975

Seller ID: 164604

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, stapled as issued, a Very Good+ to Near Fine example, a bit of age toning to covers, 55 pages ---contents include: (Mitchell's map of Annapolis River 1733 - Map of Grand Pr and environs - Map of Minas area) Contents: European Discoveries and Claims; The Fishermen; The Fur Traders; The Acadians; English Rule; What Little Remains of Acadian Culture of the Early Period; Superficial Remains of Pre-Expulsion Settlements - Port Royal, Beaubassin, Minas, Canard, Piziquid, Cobequid, North Shore Settlements, Fishing Settlements, Cape Breton - Acadian Plants ( trees, fruits, veget...
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The Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt -by lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe (aka The Money Pit )

By: Fanthorpe, Lionel & Patricia

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Hounslow Press, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 163925

ISBN: 0888821700

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-------------trade paperback, about 6w x 9h inches, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, 221 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"It began innocently enough ... in 1795 three boys discovered the top of an ancient shaft on uninhabited Oak Island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The boys began to dig, and what they uncovered started the world's greatest and stangest treasure hunt. Two hundred years of courage, back-breaking effort, ingenuity, and engineering skills have so far failed to retrieve what is concealed there. --The Oak Island curse prophesies that the treasure will not be foun...
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A Gentleman of Substance: The Life and Legacy of John Redpath ( 1796 - 1869 )( Redpath Sugar Refinery related)

By: Feltoe, Richard

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage Books, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2004

Seller ID: 150463

ISBN: 1896219926

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------softcover, about 10 x 8 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of very light rubbing to edges, 144 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"A Gentleman of Substance covers the remarkable life of John Redpath. Born to humble circumstances in Scotland in 1796, he emigrated to Canada in 1816 to become a stonemason in Montreal. By 1818 he had his own building and contracting firm and was working on the Lachine Canal as well as much construction and restoration work on buildings in Montreal. His work on the Rideau Canal, as contracted by Colonel John By, established his business reputation, while h...
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Redcoated Ploughboys: The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada 1813 - 1815 -by Richard Feltoe ( War of 1812 / Regimental History )

By: Feltoe, Richard

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn, 20121st Edition, First Printing: 2015

Seller ID: 165007

ISBN: 1554889987

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------softcover, about 9w x 9h inches, a Near Fine example, looks new, 430 pages, b&w photos and illustrations and maps, ---"In 1812, the future of British North America hung in the balance as the United States declared war with the avowed goal of conquering the Canadas and removing British influence from the continent forever. ---In response, a corps of men, drawn from every walk of life and social stratum of Upper Canada, stepped forward to defend their fledgling colony by volunteering to serve in the Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada. After undergoing rigorous training...
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A Gentleman of Substance: The Life and Legacy of John Redpath -a Signed Copy ( 1796 - 1869 )( Redpath Sugar Refinery related)

By: Feltoe, Richard (signed)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage Books, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2004

Seller ID: 162017

ISBN: 1896219926

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------softcover, about 10 x 8 inches, a near Fine copy with a bit of very light rubbing to edges, signed without inscription by the author, 144 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"A Gentleman of Substance covers the remarkable life of John Redpath. Born to humble circumstances in Scotland in 1796, he emigrated to Canada in 1816 to become a stonemason in Montreal. By 1818 he had his own building and contracting firm and was working on the Lachine Canal as well as much construction and restoration work on buildings in Montreal. His work on the Rideau Canal, as contracted by Colonel John By, est...
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Image for Not a One Horse Town: 125 ( One Hundred Twenty-Five ) Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars ---a Signed Hardcover Copy ( Ontario / Street Cars / Local History )

Not a One Horse Town: 125 ( One Hundred Twenty-Five ) Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars ---a Signed Hardcover Copy ( Ontario / Street Cars / Local History )

By: Filey, Mike (signed)

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toront, ON: Toronto of Old, 1986, 1st edition, First Printing: 1986

Seller ID: 164680

ISBN: 0969150113

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, ink gift inscription on front blank endpaper has been partially blacked out, signed by Filey who has also written a linitation number on the title page (#185 of 1000), quite scarce in the hardcover edition, unpaginated but well over 100 pages, packed with b&w photos many of a vintage nature and certainly difficult to come by, contents include: Rapid Transit for All; Meet Mr Williams ( Henry Burt ); Rails and Horses; Mr Wright ( John Joseph ) Was Right; The Witch's Broom; Toronto by Trolley; The Ubiquitous Sir ...
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The Labradorians: Voices from the Land of Cain ( Newfoundland / Labrador )(inc. Land God Gave to Cain; The Straits; North of Chateau; Paradise; Torngat; Moravian Coast; Grande Baie Des Esquaimaux; Nitassinan; The Journey to Goose, etc)

By: Fitzhugh, Lynne D

Price: $30.98 CAD

Publisher: St John's, Newfoundland, St John's, NL: Breakwater, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 157686

ISBN: 1550811487

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, might be unread, 507 pages, b&w photos, contents include: The Land God Gave to Cain; The Straits; North of Chateau; Paradise; Torngat; Moravian Coast; Grande Baie Des Esquaimaux; Nitassinan; The Journey to Goose; Epilogue; Glossary; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index and Concordance, ---"Explorer Jacques Cartier dismissed it as the land God gave to Cain, but generations of people from widely differing cultures living in dense wilde ess conditions have forged the people of Labrador into a thriving, vital culture of their own. Here are...
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Image for Shaping the Upper Canadian Frontier: Environment, Society, and Culture in the Trent Valley -by Neil S Forkey / University of Calgary Press ( Trent River Valley - 19th Century Upper Canada ) )

Shaping the Upper Canadian Frontier: Environment, Society, and Culture in the Trent Valley -by Neil S Forkey / University of Calgary Press ( Trent River Valley - 19th Century Upper Canada ) )

By: Forkey, Neil S / University of Calgary Press

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press ( UCP ), 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 162592

ISBN: 1552380491

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine example, , no dustjacket as issued, 164 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"a significant contribution to the growing body of work on Canadian environmental history. Themes of ethnicity and environment in the Trent Valley are brought into wider perspective with comparisons to other areas of contemporary settlement throughout the British Empire and North America. Forkey begins by placing his study within the literature of settler societies of Upper Canada and North America. The Trent Valley's geography, prehistory, and Native peoples, the Hu...
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Image for Sketch of Chipman Corner Kings County, Nova Scotia C. 1670 - 1985 -by James Fry / Community History Group of Kings Historical Society ( NS Local History )

Sketch of Chipman Corner Kings County, Nova Scotia C. 1670 - 1985 -by James Fry / Community History Group of Kings Historical Society ( NS Local History )

By: Fry, James / Community History Group of Kings Historical Society

Price: $30.98 CAD

Publisher: Nova Scotia, No Place ( Nova Scotia ):L Community History Group of Kings Historical Society, No Date -Circa 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1985

Seller ID: 163430

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------softcover, about 6w x 9h inches, a Very Good+ example with a wee bit of light rubbing, some age toning and browning to the predominately white covers, 20 pages, b&w photographs, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Who Killed the AVRO Arrow? -by Chris gainor ( Fighter Plane / Jet )

By: Gainor, Chris ( C )

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Canada, Canada: Folklore Press, 2007, 1st edition, First Printing: 2007

Seller ID: 151898

ISBN: 1894864689

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------trade paperback, about 5.25 x 8.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, 256 pages, b&w photos, --- The Avro Arrow vaulted Canada into the front ranks of military aircraft design and manufacturing. Less than a year later, the Arrow program was cancelled and Avro Canada went from being one of Canada's largest corporations to a bitter memory. The completed Arrows, jet fighters full of cutting edge technology and capable of flying at twice the speed of sound, were put to the torch. The Arrow became a subject of controversy that goes on today, nearly 50 years after it flew. In this new book, aerosp...
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Image for Letters to Larisa: First Generation Canadians in the 1920's, the 1930's, the War Years and Beyond - Offspring of Original Pioneers Who Immigrated from The Austro-Hungarian ( Hapsburg ) Empire, Europe ( Hungary - Austria )( 1st / 1920s / 1930s / Canada )

Letters to Larisa: First Generation Canadians in the 1920's, the 1930's, the War Years and Beyond - Offspring of Original Pioneers Who Immigrated from The Austro-Hungarian ( Hapsburg ) Empire, Europe ( Hungary - Austria )( 1st / 1920s / 1930s / Canada )

By: Galatiuk, Paul

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: Manitoba, No Place ( Likely Manitoba ): No Publisher / Self Published / Paul Galatiuk, 2005, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2005

Seller ID: 157868

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.5 x 11.25 inches, a Near Fine copy, in a lightly rubbed very Good+ dustjacket, 293 pages, colour and b&w photos, includes some poetry in Hungarian ( I believe it is Hungarian ), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Category: Canadian History