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elala3112Kingston: Creighton Printer 1868. First Edition. Including reports by A.Heatherington William Barnes and R.Bell and a folding map by W.C.Chewett & Co. Toronto. “From the reliable information which has been submitted in the foregoing pages it is obvious that gold mining in Nova Scotia has become a well established and profitable branch of industry and is now a safe field for the investment of capital. In Nova Scotia seven years of successful mining…afford the capitalist the best guarantee of what he may expect in the future…A high average yield being established beyond all doubt and there being an unlimited quantity of material to operate upon the production will be in direct proportion to the amount of labour employed…The gross yield is now about $600000 a year but there is nothing to prevent it becoming $6000000 per annum in ten years…â€. pp. 19-20 Not in Casey. 8vo. pp. 20. folding partly coloured lithographed map. library quarter cloth original printed wrs. bound in tears to wrs. library bookplate & 2 rubberstamps Kingston: Creighton, Printer, 1868 hardcover
1895512171895. Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia Statutes Canada. Nova Scotia. The Statutes of Nova Scotia 1865-67 1873-80 1882-84 1892-95. Halifax: Printed by Alpin Grant and other publishers 1865-67 1873-80 1992-84 1892-95. 18 books in all. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. lettering pieces to spines. Worn. A few boards detached backstrip lacking from one volume rear board from another internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines small stamps to title pages. $450. The first European settlement of Nova Scotia was founded in 1604 by the French who established the Acadia colony. A group of Scottish settlers arrived in 1621. Tensions between the French and English led to armed conflict. The British prevailed initially but they were later compelled by treaty to return to colony to France. Captured by the British during Queen Anne's War mainland Nova Scotia was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island were likewise ceded after the Seven Years' War in 1755. In 1848 Nova Scotia became the first colony in British North America and in the British Empire. Despite a great deal of local opposition was one of the founding provinces of the Canadian Confederation 1867. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 3:84-86. unknown
191959240Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1919-1936. Six vols. 8vo. v 1 4 675 1; vi 4 530; vi 474 pp.; 1 23; 1 18 1; 1 8 3 leaves. With 5 large folding colour maps numerous elevation plates photo plates. Three vols. uniformly bound in black publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped front covers & spine wear scuffing edgewear minor bumping to Newfoundland & Nova Scotia Pilots; Supplements w/self-printed softcovers minor chipping toning to fore-edges some predation still a good set w/ former stamps for NEGUS Nautical Instrument Makers and Supplies in New York. Fourth 7th & 6th editions stated of volumes 1st editions of Supplements of these very uncommon coast pilots and sailing guides to Canada’s Maritime Provincial waters. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions drawing upon British Admiralty Canadian and U.S. Navy sources. The index maps not only detail the available charts from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office but also the suggested sailing routes across the Atlantic. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
345021879-1883. Hardcover. oblong8vo 12x 19cm 129p. colour decorated title-page some colour illustrations blind-stamp decorated cloth a.e.g. covers & spine heavily worn internally good. Atl A young girl's personal autograph book with over one hundred entries with poems and quotes in typical 19th century romantic style. A quaint example of a popular Victorian pastime. 1879-1883 hardcover
33144Halifax. Printed at the Royal Gazette Office. 1832. Hardcover. folio 31cm pp.137-319; 6023pp. appendix in the original half sheepand marbled boards blind panel rules and borders on the boards uppercover label removed otherwise a fine copy. atl TPL 672. The Journalswere issued from 1794 to 1860. This volume contains the submissions of100 petitions and 98 bills. Included are proclamations and messages fromthe Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia Sir Peregrine Maitland. TheseJournals and Proceedings give great insight into the governing ofcolonial Nova Scotia. Halifax. Printed at the Royal Gazette Office. [1832] hardcover
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13778Halifax. Printed by J.H. Crosskill Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1847. Hardcover. folio. 30cm 2proclamation-536-729351appendixxxxiip. index bound in half contemporary tan calf crimson morocco label gilt titles marbled boards near fine This year apparently not in T.P.L. cf. T.P.L. 672. & 5511 for 1851. Halifax. Printed by J.H. Crosskill, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1847 hardcover
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130652Decorah Iowa: Anundsen Publishing Company/Willa's Creations no date 1st edition. hardcover 800. Fine no dust jacket. Red Buckram with Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Flawless copy. History of the Western Shore area of Lunenburg County including cemeteries industry and more. Genealogical section on the following families of that area: Adams-Fredericks Barkhouse Boehner Boutilier Cleveland DeLorey Demon Dorey Hamm Hatt Hiltz Joudrey Kaizer Keddy Hirtle McGinnis Mosher Myra Rafuse Richardson Sawler Shupe Swinemar Vaughan Young and Zwicker. Anundsen Publishing Company/Willa's Creations Hardcover
186816965Halifax N.S. 1868. Original printed wrappers stitched 61pp 3 blanks. Light wrapper soil several leaves with short blank margin tears. Good. Much on gold and coal mining. unknown
57379St. John & Halifax Steam Lith. Co. 1873. A lithographed image on a single sheet matted. Image size is about 7.5 x 11 inches; matte size is 10.25 x 14.25 inches. Wear to lower edge small corner torn from lower right not affecting image or text old stain to the right edge reaching into the image generally very good otherwise. Sometimes seen colored this copy is not though there does seem to be some residual blue to the sky. Text at the lower edge indicates "From a Photo. by N.D. Hammett. D. Buchannan Arch't." <br/><br/> St. John & Halifax Steam Lith. Co., [1873]. unknown
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39102Amherst. Printed by News-Sentinel Press Ltd. 1949. Soft cover. 25.5cm 88p. heavily illustrated with photo double-page map illustrated wraps fine. atl Much about the businesses institutions history and architecture of Amherst. (Amherst). Printed by News-Sentinel Press Ltd. 1949 unknown
187626531Halifax. Printed at Blackadar Bros. 1876 1876. Hardcover. 21.5cm 178p. full red roan presentation binding gilt titles on front edges worn spine endings chipped very good s2.9. Halifax. Printed at Blackadar Bros. 1876 hardcover
185028289Halifax. Richard Nugent Printer to the Assembly. 1850 1850. Hardcover. 4to 27cm proclamations 2 pp.415-611 appendix 315p. index 44p. bound in the original half sheep and marbled boards gilt spine titles fine. [Halifax]. Richard Nugent, Printer to the Assembly. 1850 hardcover
19316Qu‚bec. C. Darveau. 1895. 23cm. 269p. rebound in quarter contemporary dark blue morocco and marbled boards raised gilt decorated bands gilt titles pages uncut paper slightly toasted and fragile some edge wear at the top of the spine very good to fine. Atl. Gagnon I-2328. Dionne I-2551. Guilbeault 1186. Qu‚bec. C. Darveau. 1895 unknown
32387Halifax. The Institute. 1923. Hardcover. 21cm ix 196 xliii; 206 xxxiii pp. figures maps indexes bound in green cloth ex-institutional library with bookplate & spine accession numbers near fine . sgc Transactions include: Study of the Micmac Skull in the Provincial Museum of Nova Scotia Cameron; The Phenology of Nova Scotia MacKay; Accidental Occurrence of the Pygmy Sperm Whale on the Coast of Nova Scotia. Piers; Rock Ptarmigan in Nova Scotia.Piers; Recent Changes in Coast Line Kings County. Churchill; Digestibility of the White of Egg. Macdonald & Young. Halifax. The Institute. 1923 hardcover
34305Truro. DoaneBros. 1894. Soft cover. 20.5cm 96p. 2 portraits printed wraps taped spinelacking title-page fair. atl After much research the Committee ofPublication established the birth of Truro Nova Scotia as September13th 1760 based on Governor Belcher's Letter Book. Much information onthe early days of Truro including a 1770 census of the township. A veryscarce pamphlet. Truro. DoaneBros. 1894 unknown
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