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Nova Scotia New
Brunswick Quebec
Two Bennington-Born Explorers and Makers of Modern Canada. $28.75
John Spargo (inscription by the author)
Bradford, Vermont: Green Mountain Press, 1950, First Edition,
Table of contents: Daniel Williams Harmon, Simon Fraser, the Harmon Family,
Provenance of Illustrations, Authorities, Acknowledgements
135 pages 6x9 hardbound, good condition, some fading of covers.
Nova Scotia
Highland Settler - A Portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia
$18.95
Charles Dunn
Wreck Cove, Cape Breton Island: Breton Books 1991
is a true portrait, an elegant and accessible introduction to an extraordinary people--the
Scottish Gaels of Cape Breton Island and Eastern Nova Scotia. A story of immigration,
rural settlement and the later dispersion to the industrial world.
182 pages, softbound, (new book) A Portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia
Old Sidney, Cape Breton, Sketches of the Town and its People in Days Gone By
$36.00
J. G. Mackinnon
Bellevilee, Ontario: Mika Publishing: 1973 reprint of 1918 edition
Table of contents:
Names, Past and Present, First on Sydney Harbor, Sydney's first settler, Meloney's
Cow--Cow Bay, John Meloney, junior, A Seat of Government, A garrison town, The Black
Watch, "Mine or nobodys", An Indian scare, Our true ghost story, The Ingoville
farm, The French willows, Old time justice, Judge Marshall, The Flahaven murder, The
Washing-Brook, Garrison Society, Temperance, Old Sydney Schools, The Bad Scholar, Old
Buildings, The fairy child
Newspapers, A Sydney novelist, A little poem, Powder and pills, Lord Dufferin's visit, Old
time elections, The Fire Brigade, Our first band, The cornet band, Town and city, The old
17th, Second sight, Micmac legends, Looking backwards
143 pages, hardbound, very good condition, small scratch on front cover
History of the County of Annapolis including Old Port Royal
and Acadia ... Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and
Their Families. $99.95
W.A. Calnek & A.W. Savary
Toronto, William Briggs, 1897 gilt cloth cover & spine,
Table of contents: 1604-1613, 1613-1686, 1686-1705, 1705-1710, 1710-1732, 1732-1742,
1742-1746, 1746-1756, The seizure and dispersion of the Arcadians reviewed and
reconsidered, The Township of Annapolis 1755-1775, Township of Annapolis, concluded, The
Township of Granville, The Township of Wilmot, The Township of Clements. Later
Settlements, History of the County at Large, continued, Religion and the Churches in the
County, List of public officers - Census statistics - the Apple trade, Biographical
memoirs, Biographical and genealogical sketches, Additions and corrections.
660., hardbound, illustrated, frontispiece folding map, 17 full page illustrations, index,
corners bumped, light wear to edges, less than ½ tear on bottom edge of spine,
hinge on inside front cover is cracking.
Frank J. Pothier
Sentinel Printing Ltd. 1957.
(from the introduction)
In these few pages the author has attempted to present
a synopsis of the intimate life of the Arcadians of South-western Nova
Scotia-their beliefs, customs, aptitudes and adaptability to changing
conditions.
Much has been written about the Arcadians concerning
their deportation and exile, but very little attempt has been made to
present them in their everyday lives.
By 1771 a group of Arcadians were settled in Yarmouth
County. Around this time Louis Meuse, Louis Bourque, Pierre
Meuse and Pierre Surette were granted some eleven hundred acres of land
which comprised Ste. Anne (now Ste. Anne du Ruisseau and Eel Brook) and
Quinan. This land is inhabited by their descendants who have kept the same
traditions and customs....
73 pages, 4.5 x 6" pamphlet, good condition.
Essays in Cape Breton History $9.50
Edited by B. D. Tennyson
Windsor, NS: Lancelot Press, 1973
Table
of Contents:
Emigration from South Uist to Cape Breton by Rosemary Hutchinson
Sydney's debt to John Despard: Administrator of Cape Breton 1800-1807 by
Robert J. Morgan
John George Bourinot: M.H.A. and Senator by B. D. Tennyson
Cape Breton in the 1920's; a community besieged by Don MacGillivray
67 pages, 8x5 softbound, fair condition, covers stained, spine has some
tears on it.
New Brunswick
In Days Past - St.
Andrews, N. B. 1896 $4.50
St. Stephen, N.B.
Pictures of St. Andrews of yesteryear.
16 pages, 8x6 softbound, very good condition
A History of Moncton, New Brunswick - Town
& City 1855-1965 $24.95
Lloyd A. Machum
New Brunswick: City of Moncton 1965
(from the end flaps) "Moncton was first incorporated as a town in 1855. This
book, written in connection with the celebration of 75 years as a City, covers the 110
years since the first incorporation. In 1855, The Bend was a small but bustling village of
about 800 persons, thriving on the economy of shipbuilding and sea trade. It was the
enthusiasm of the businessmen of that time that led to the application for incorporation.
The book first describes the shipbuilding era and the men and businesses connected with it
and the shipping trade.
Moncton's first incorporation was Inspired by over-optimism and was a little premature,
and with the decline in shipbuilding the town's charter lapsed in 1862. However, the
railway was already being built before the shipbuilding had begun to decline, and the
second stage of Moncton's prosperity based on the railroad is described, including the
second incorporation as a town in 1875.
The rapid growth of Moncton following the location of the I.C.R. shops here is accounted
for with a description of the industries that followed the Corning of the railway and the
men and institutions and organizations most concerned with Moncton's growth in the last
decades of the nineteenth century.
An attempt has been made to cover all aspects of Moncton's history. Two chapters have been
devoted to sports and three to Moncton's part in the two wars. The coming of the
automobile and the airplane and their effect on life in Moncton have been described.
Schools, governments, lodges, clubs, churches and other organizations have not been
overlooked. Two chapters are given to the depression of the 1930's and the period of
recovery.
The later chapters deal with the phenomenal growth of the City in the last three decades,
both physically and economically, and of the persons, enterprises, organizations and
institutions responsible as Moncton's favourable location which has stood it in good stead
in the shipping and railway eras contributes to its development as the distribution centre
of the Atlantic Provinces. Above all, the book is the history of people, and the
activities of as many people as possible have been included."
447 pages, hardbound dust jacket, wear on corners of DJ , top edges of DJ and 1/2 inch
piece missing on front bottom corner, owners name inside on end paper.
The Diverting History of a Loyalist Town - St. Andrews, New
Brunswick $35.00
Grace Helen Mowat
St. Andrews, N.B. Charlotte County Cottage Craft.1937, second
edition
Table of contents: French Period, The Loyalists, For King and Country, The
Penobscot Loyalists, The Arrival, The Indians, Early Years, The Boundary
Line, The Churches, The Year of Pease, War Again, The Succeeding Race,
Social Life, Border Troubles, The Coming of the Railway, The Fenian Raid,
After Confederation, In this Our Day, A List of the Grantees of St.
Andrews.
146 pages, 6x9 softbound, good condition with worn dust jacket, end flap
on dj has separated.
Quebec
Leacock's Montreal $25.00
Stephen Leacock
McClelland & Stew 1963 H.C. revised ed.
Table of contents: Hochelaga, Place Royale, Ville Marie de Montreal, A Half Century of
Struggle, The Old French Regime, The Capitulation of Montreal, The American Occupation,
Lower Canada 1791-1841, Montreal, Capital of Canada, The Seaport of the New Dominion,
Montreal in the 20th Century, The Port of Montreal, French and English, McGill university,
Come up on the Mountain, L'Envoi: The Problem of a Great City, Index.
332 pages, hardbound, dj ragged along top edge, and corners, good condition.
Old
Westmount, Québec the Story of Westmount and Pictures and Words-And
Historical Album from Indian Times to 1920.
[Québec]. $19.95
The Old Westmount Club of Westmount High School; 1967.
INDEX:
Historical Map of the Island of Montreal Showing the Positions of Forts,
Redoubts, and Missionary Chapels, with the Dates of Their Construction,
Early Records, Westmount’s Earliest Inhabitants, First French Families,
Westmount and Les Messieurs de St. Sulpice, First English Families,
Monklands, Metcalf Terrace, Westmount and Other Old Estates, Growing
Westmount, Municipality and Constituency, Population of Westmount, Early
Administration, The City Hall, Police and Fire Departments, The Electric
Plant, Victoria Jubilee Park, Westmount Protestant Schools, Roman Catholic
Schools, Other Schools, The Churches of Westmount, Early Commercial
Establishments, Roads and Transportation, Communications, Recreation,
Westmount and the Armed Forces of World War I, Do You Know?
88 pages; softbound; well illus. b/w photos and etchings; good condition,
moderate shelf wear.
Prince Edward Island
Our Island Story $6.50
Carrie Edward Holman
Prince Edward Island 15th edition 1991
Broadcasts given over CFCY Charlottetown in the winter of 1948 of short vignettes of P.E.I
history.
120 page 5x6½ softbound, good condition