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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
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
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
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
