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By: Epp, Frank H (signed), Foreword By T D Regher
Price: $35.57
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: MacMillan / Gage Publishing, 1982, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 161766
ISBN: 0771597088
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 "For my cherished colleague W_____ 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 Divisi... View more info
By: Erskine, John S
Price: $32.93
Publisher: Nova Scotia, Wolfville, NS: Self Published / John S Erskine, 1975 1st Edition, First Printing: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 164604
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 Pré 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, veg... View more info
By: Eyles, Nick and Andrew Miall
Price: $46.13
Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Markham, ON: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2007, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 165018
ISBN: 1550418602
Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)
-----------softcover, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Near Fine example with a wee bit of light rubbing, -- extra shipping may be required depending upon destination -if an issue please inquire before ordering --512 pages, packed with colour photos and illustrations, contents include: INTRODUCTION; ABOUT THE AUTHOR ; ---CHAPTER 1: A HELLISH BEGINNING --- The Hadean; The start of something Really Big 14 billion years ago; From dust to a planet; The earliest continents: a watery birth ; The birth of the Archean: a unique Canadian record; Early life on Earth ---CHAPTER 2: MOVING EARTH: PLATE TECTONIC... View more info
By: Fanthorpe, Lionel & Patricia
Price: $26.33
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Hounslow Press, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995
Edition: First Edition Thus
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 163925
ISBN: 0888821700
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 ... View more info
By: Fanthorpe, Lionel & Patricia
Price: $26.33
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Hounslow Press, 1995, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing: 1995
Edition: Later Printing of the first Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 164296
ISBN: 0888821700
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 ... View more info
By: Farmiloe, Dorothy (signed)( Jack Munroe related)
Price: $32.93
Publisher: Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, ON.: Black Moss Press, 1994, 1st edition, First Printing: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 155619
ISBN: 0887532551
Condition: Near Fine (see description)
----------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, signed by the author, 250 pages, b&w photos, ---"Jack Munroe, the man who saved Golden City, was no ordinary hero. A prospector himself and a reputed mining engineer, he was also a famed football star and the amateur boxing champion of the American West Coast. This is the story of his life --Jack Munroe was a legendary character. He was a man of heroic proportions; the savior of Golden City, a World Class heavyweight boxer, a millionaire prospector, a writer, a soldier, and the man whose collie was the inspiration for Lassie. Munr... View more info
By: Feltoe, Richard
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage Books, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 150463
ISBN: 1896219926
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, whi... View more info
By: Feltoe, Richard
Price: $46.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn, 20121st Edition, First Printing: 2015
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 165007
ISBN: 1554889987
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 trai... View more info
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage Books, 2004, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 162017
ISBN: 1896219926
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,... View more info
Price: $26.33
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toront, ON: Toronto of Old, 1986, 1st edition, First Printing: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 164680
ISBN: 0969150113
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 ... View more info
By: Fingard, Judith; Janet Guildford; David Sutherland
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Formac Publishing, 1999, 1st edition, Later Printing: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 149708
ISBN: 088780490X
Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )
----------oblong softcover, about 10.5 x 8.25 inches, a Very Good+ copy witha bit of curling to lower corner, 192 pages, b&w photos, ---"For more than two and a half centuries Halifax has experienced both war and peace, growing from a frontier outpost to one of Canada''s most appealing and forward-looking cities. ---For many years the fate of the city was determined by the rivalries among Britain, France, and the United States: conflict meant prosperity for Halifax in 1812 and again during the U.S. Civil War. During the Victorian era Halifax enjoyed lively commerce and manufacturing and a... View more info
Price: $30.29
Publisher: St John's, Newfoundland, St John's, NL: Breakwater, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 157686
ISBN: 1550811487
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... View more info
By: Forkey, Neil S / University of Calgary Press
Price: $28.97
Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press ( UCP ), 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 162592
ISBN: 1552380491
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, th... View more info
By: Fosty, George and Darril; Foreword By Dr Henry Bishop / Nimbus Publishing
Price: $52.73
Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, 2008, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2008
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 164635
ISBN: 1551096951
Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)
----------softcover, a Near Fine example, feels unread, 264 pages, b&w photos, ---"In 1895, The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was Twenty-five years before the Negro Baseball Leauges in the United States, and twenty-two years before the birth of the National Hockey League. The Colored League would emerge as a premier force in Canadian hockey and supply the resilience necessary to preserve a unique culture which exists to this day. Unfortunately their contributions were conveniently ignored, or simply stolen, as white teams and hockey officia... View more info
By: Fry, James / Community History Group of Kings Historical Society
Price: $30.29
Publisher: Nova Scotia, No Place ( Nova Scotia ):L Community History Group of Kings Historical Society, No Date -Circa 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 163430
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/// View more info
Price: $11.81
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 149371
ISBN: 1550022709
Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )
-----------trade paperback, a solid Very Good+ copy with a bit of light wear, 189 pages, b&w photos, illustrations and maps, ---"Francis Simcoe was the eldest son of John Graves Simcoe and Elizabeth Gwillim. his father is celebrated as the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada; his mother for her Canadian diary and watercolour sketches. Francis was one year old when his family arrived at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) in 1792, and almost six when they returned to England. ---Letters written by his mother, sisters, and himself reveal his childhood at Eton. At sixteen, he was an ensign in... View more info
By: Gainor, Chris
Price: $13.13
Publisher: Canada, Canada: Folklore Press, 2007, 1st edition, First Printing: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 151898
ISBN: 1894864689
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... View more info
By: Galatiuk, Paul
Price: $98.93
Publisher: Manitoba, No Place ( Likely Manitoba ): No Publisher / Self Published / Paul Galatiuk, 2005, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2005
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 157868
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 View more info
Price: $36.89
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 2013, 1st edition, First Printing: 2013
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 162912
ISBN: 1459709373
Condition: Fine (see description)
----------hardcover, a Fine example, in a Fine dustjacket, 533 pages, b&w photos, ---"Soldier, spy, politician, bestselling thriller writer, and governor general of Canada — John Buchan was a man of many seasons and talents. --An accomplished Scottish journalist, soldier, head of intelligence, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan (1875-1940) is best known for penning thrillers such as The Thirty-Nine Steps. However, as Canada’s 15th governor general (1935-40), Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, played a significant leadership role as a statesman and diplomat. --Buchan was the first govern... View more info
Price: $13.13
Publisher: St John, New Brunswick, Saint John, NB: The New Brunswick Museum, 1945, 1st Revised and Enlarged First 1st Printing: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Not Signed
Seller ID: 149197
Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )
-----------trade paperback size stapled softcover, about 6.5 x 9.75 inches, a Very Good+ copy, some light wear to covers, 125 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Preface; maps and Illustrations; William Francis Ganong; 'The Meaning of the day'; STE CROIX ISLAND: Introduction; Geography; Geology and natural History; Names; Maps; Literature; History (The Acadian Period, 1604 - 1632; The Utopian Medallion; The Boundary Discussions, 1796 - 1799; The Modern period, 1799 - 1902; The Future of the Island ); Appendix, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic phot... View more info
