WHERE TO STAY IN NOVA SCOTIA 1951. Halifax, N.S.: The Nova Scotia Bureau of Information 1951. Illustrated Wraps. Presumed First. 55 pp. + Index. Yellow covers have orange title block on front, design of suitcases, golf clubs, creel, tennis racquet and sand pail. Double-page center map with all locations listed in guide. A listing by location of tourist accomodations. Staple binding tight, all pages clean. Nostalgia at its best -- cottage with boat on a lake for $30.00/week!. Very Good Plus
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De Poncins, Gontran, with Lewis Galantiere. KABLOONA. De Poncins, Gontran. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1941. Blue Cloth. 369 pp. Color Ills. & b/w photos. Denim-blue cover backed with similar textured white cloth, blue title block on spine. Cover only lightly worn, but soiled. Corners bumped. Eps are blue/cream maps of Canada. Unnoticable ink p.o. signature upper edge front paste-down. Text block is clean and tight. Account of the association between self-directed French explorer and the Canadian Indians (Eskimos) who still lived in remote regions in a lifestyle that was thousands of years old. A fascinating story of the primitive society he found. With author's ills. and 30 pp. b/w photos. Very Good
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Grant, George Monro (Editor), L.O. O'Brien (Supervisor). PICTURESQUE CANADA (2 Volumes). Toronto, Canada: Belden Bros. 1882. Full-Leather. First Edition. Subtitle, "The Country As It Was And Is. With over five hundred engravings on Wood." Vol. 1, 440 pp. Vol. II, 440 pp. Covers and spine are of textured black leather. Gilt rules on covers set off the corners and spine, which are of finer-grain black leather. Front covers have the title and a spray of maple leaves in blind-stamped, bright gilt. Spines have five raised bands with blind-stamped motifs, blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering and rules. Covers and spine are slightly aged, soiled, shelf- and edge-worn. Spine ends and corners are bumped and worn. Corners are worn to the boards. Spines are scuffed and hinges are slightly worn. All edges bright gilt. Off-white eps have a moire pattern. The title page of both volumes has the same large engraving of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. Vol. I frontis engraving, with protective tissue, is titled "Quebec." The major topics contained in Vol. I are: Quebec, French Canadian life and character, Montreal. Ottawa, lumbering, the Upper Lakes, Manitoba, Red River, Hudson's Bay, the Mennonites, Winnipeg, the Rocky Mountains, Niagra and Toronto. Page 2-3 is almost completely torn out. Vol. II frontis engraving, with protective tissue, is entitled "View from the Dundas Mountain." There is an exposed expanse of inner hinge where this illustration is bound. Interiors are very slightly aged, but clean, crisp and tight. The numerous, often full-page, engravings which illustrate both texts are often highly detailed and charmingly evocative of a bygone era. Ephemera: a full-page reproduction, on heavy stock with embossed rules, of the poem "This Canada of Ours.". Very Good / No Jacket
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Parkman, Jr., Francis. History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the War of the North American Tribes Against the Colonies After the Conquest of Canada. Boston, MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown 1851. Hard Cover. First Edition. 630 pp. Brown cloth, blind embossed boards with bumping to corners; rebacked with a sympathetic brown cloth, original spine label re-attached, new gray endpapers. Previous owner's name in pencil on title page, light pencil underlining throughout. 4 maps, 2 double-page with light foxing. Very Good / No Jacket
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