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Image for Stone Lithographic Portrait of Sir Join A. Macdonald Canada's First Prime Minister

Stone Lithographic Portrait of Sir Join A. Macdonald Canada's First Prime Minister

By: N/A

Price: $475.00

Publisher: Toronto, Rolph, Smith & Co. Litho.: Circa 1875-1880

Inventory Number: 44846

Condition: There is a very small tear to the bottom corner with has been repaired otherwise in very good condition with clean bright colours

Printed on the bottom of the litho is 'Sir John A. Macdonald K.C.B., M.P.' View more info

Image for McAlpine's Halifax City Directory For 1887-88: Containing An Alphabetical Directory, Street Directory, and Directory of Dartmouth, With a Complete Business Directory of Halifax and Dartmouth, and an Appendix Giving Information

McAlpine's Halifax City Directory For 1887-88: Containing An Alphabetical Directory, Street Directory, and Directory of Dartmouth, With a Complete Business Directory of Halifax and Dartmouth, and an Appendix Giving Information

By: N/A

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Halifax, N. S., Published by David McAlpine: (1887)

Inventory Number: 45867

Condition: Edges worn, top of leather spine has a small piece missing, a few small pieces missing and front cover, covers soiled, interior in good condition with no missing pages. Top edge has 'H.McL' in pencil

An alphabetical list of citizens of Halifax, Dartmouth and smaller suburbs; classified business directory; street directory and general information. Index for Advertisers View more info

Image for MacKinlay's Map of the Province of Nova Scotia, Including the Island of Cape Breton. Compiled From Actual & recent Surveys

MacKinlay's Map of the Province of Nova Scotia, Including the Island of Cape Breton. Compiled From Actual & recent Surveys

By: N/A

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Halifax, N.S., Published by A. & W. MacKinlay: No date (1870s)

Inventory Number: 20287

Condition: Browning along folds with a few small pieces missing along the folds and corners. Also one small stain in the lower left corner

Engraved by C. Philip & Son, Liverpool and Drawn by W.A. Hendry View more info

Image for Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management A Guide To Cookery in All Branches. Daily Duties, Mistress & Servant, Hostess & Guest, Marketing, Trussing & Carving, Menu Making, Home Doctor, Sick Nursing, The Nursery, Home Lawyer

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management A Guide To Cookery in All Branches. Daily Duties, Mistress & Servant, Hostess & Guest, Marketing, Trussing & Carving, Menu Making, Home Doctor, Sick Nursing, The Nursery, Home Lawyer

By: Beeton, Mrs.

Price: $225.00

Publisher: London, Melbourne and Toronto, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.: 1912

Edition: New Edition, Revised, Enlarged, Brought Up to Date and Fully Illustrated

Inventory Number: 44885

Condition: Top & bottom of the spine has some wear and small nicks and tears, also wear to the corners, interior very good and original paste-downs

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Image for Regulations to Preserve Peace, and an Ordinance to Establish Police in the Town of St. Andrews. Passed January 20th, A.D., 1886. …George S. Grimmer, Sec'y Charlotte Co. St. Andrews, N.B., Feb. 3rd, 1886

Regulations to Preserve Peace, and an Ordinance to Establish Police in the Town of St. Andrews. Passed January 20th, A.D., 1886. …George S. Grimmer, Sec'y Charlotte Co. St. Andrews, N.B., Feb. 3rd, 1886

By: Broadside

Price: $150.00

Publisher: No publisher or place of publication: 1886

Inventory Number: 45828

Condition: Broadside has some toning due to the quality of paper and a small water stain to the top margin not into the text otherwise very good and incapacitated in mylar

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Image for Leasehold at Auction School Lands at Chamcook. A twenty-one years' lease from Nov. 1, 1895, of School Lot No. 1, containing eighty-one acres more or less, will be offered at Public Auction at the market Square in St. Andrews,

Leasehold at Auction School Lands at Chamcook. A twenty-one years' lease from Nov. 1, 1895, of School Lot No. 1, containing eighty-one acres more or less, will be offered at Public Auction at the market Square in St. Andrews,

By: Broadside

Price: $75.00

Publisher: No publisher or place of publication: 1895

Inventory Number: 45836

Chamcook is a community in New Brunswick and is situated in Saint Andrews, a parish of Charlotte County. It lies between the eastern bank of Chamcook Lake and the western edge of Passamaquoddy Bay. View more info

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The Mountain and the Valley (Signed)

By: Buckler, Ernest

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1952

Edition: First Edition

Inventory Number: 1739

Condition: Very good with 2 small stains from the removal of scotch tape on the top and bottom of the 1st. fly leaf

The story of Nova Scotian farm people; considered a classic of Canadian literature. Signed by the author on the 1st fly leaf View more info

Image for Ox Bells and Fireflies. A Memoir (Signed)

Ox Bells and Fireflies. A Memoir (Signed)

By: Buckler, Ernest

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: (1968)

Edition: First Edition

Inventory Number: 2120

Condition: Very good

Mr. Buckler describes this book as; ' a kind of fictional memoir Nova Scotian Village life in his childhood..' View more info

Image for A Compendious History of the Northern Part of the Province of New Brunswick and of the District of Gaspe, in Lower Canada.

A Compendious History of the Northern Part of the Province of New Brunswick and of the District of Gaspe, in Lower Canada.

By: Cooney, Robert.

Price: $800.00

Publisher: Halifax, N.S., 1832

Inventory Number: 44473

Condition: Covers are worn and the printed paper label is missing. Some light foxing to the preliminary leaves and a water mark to the bottom corner of the 1st. Leaf

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Image for The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders

The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders

By: Hayes, Lt. Col. Joseph

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Halifax, N.S., Royal Print & Litho Ltd.: 1920

Inventory Number: 2483

Condition: Sl.foxing to top title page, generally very good

Foreword by Lieut-General Sir Arthur W. Currie. Introduction by Lieut-Col. J.L. Ralston View more info

Image for Nerves and Personal Power. Some Principles of Psychology as Applied to Conduct and Health. With Introduction by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King (Signed by W. L. Mackenzie King)

Nerves and Personal Power. Some Principles of Psychology as Applied to Conduct and Health. With Introduction by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King (Signed by W. L. Mackenzie King)

By: King, D. MacDougall

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, Chicago, etc., Fleming H. Revell Company: 1922

Inventory Number: 45553

Condition: Edges are worn & the top & bottom of the spine are frayed, front inner hinge crack and the outer edges are slightly soiled

Signed presentation copy to the well known Nova Scotian artist Earl Bailly. To Earl Bailey(sic) with all good wishes from W.L. Mackenzie King, Laurier House Ottawa Dec. 26, 1924 View more info

Image for The Secret of Heroism. A memoir of Henry Albert Harper (Signed)

The Secret of Heroism. A memoir of Henry Albert Harper (Signed)

By: King, W.L. Mackenzie

Price: $325.00

Publisher: New York, Chicago, Toronto, etc., Fleming H. Revell Company: 1906

Edition: Second Edition

Inventory Number: 45551

Condition: The edges of the spine have some light wear and there is a very small nick to the edge of the spine. Corners are bumped, foxing to the frontis, title page and the last few pages. Front inner hinge crack.

Signed presentation copy to the well known Nova Scotian artist Earl Bailly. To Earl Bailey(sic) with his best wishes of his friend W.L. Mackenzie King, Laurier House Ottawa New Year 1929 View more info

Image for The History of New France (in 3 vols)

The History of New France (in 3 vols)

By: LesCarbot, Marc

Price: $975.00

Publisher: Toronto, The Champlain Society: 1907

Edition: #46 of a Ltd edition of 520

Inventory Number: 4745

Condition: Spine slightly sunned with sl. staining to boards ow very good. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down

With an English Translation, notes and Appendices by W.L. Grant and Introduction by H.P. Biggar. View more info

Image for Modesty Cove, N.S. [Shut-in Island St. Margaret's Bay]

Modesty Cove, N.S. [Shut-in Island St. Margaret's Bay]

By: MacAskill, W. R. (Photographer)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Halifax, NS, Canada, W. R. MacAskill: (1930s or 1940s)

Inscription: W. R. MacAskill (photographer)

Inventory Number: 44841

Condition: Photography in very good condition, the second mat has some light spotting

Title & signature in pencil on bottom of mat inside border lines and blind stamp to bottom right corner of 2nd mat which reads 'Property of Canadian national Railways.' View more info

Image for Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) A Record of Achievement

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) A Record of Achievement

By: McAvity, Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. In collaboration with the Offices and Men of the Regiment

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Toronto, Brigdens Limited: 1947

Inventory Number: 19998

Condition: Vg. Author's presentation copy signed and dated 23 Jun 48

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Image for Paradise Lost A Poem, in Twelve books (in 2 vols)

Paradise Lost A Poem, in Twelve books (in 2 vols)

By: Milton, John

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Printed for John Sharpe by C. Whittingham, Chiswick: 1816 & 1817

Inventory Number: 44794

Condition: Volume I has detached front board, wear to edges leather both volumes. Some dampstaining and foxing to endpapers

Engr. Title page reads 1816 as pub date,regular title page reads 1817 View more info

Image for Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. [with] Paradise Regain'd A Poem in Four Books. To Which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. A New Edition [both]With Notes of various Authors, By Thomas Newton. 4 volumes

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. [with] Paradise Regain'd A Poem in Four Books. To Which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. A New Edition [both]With Notes of various Authors, By Thomas Newton. 4 volumes

By: Milton, John

Price: $475.00

Publisher: London, 1773 & 1778

Edition: Paradise Lost is the 8th Edition 1778 & Paradise Regain'd a New Edition 1773

Inventory Number: 45065

Condition: All volumes has some shelf wear to edges and toning to the outer margins of the front and rear paste-down, and the 1st. and last leaves. Vol. III & IV have outer hinge cracks but the boards are still firm.

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