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ATLANTIC PROVINCES HISTORY CATALOGUE 130 Schooner Books Ltd. 5378 Inglis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 1J5 Email [email protected] (902)-423-8419 Acadia 1. Arsenault, Bona. Histoire Des Acadiens. Le Conseil de la vie francaise en Amerique, Quebec, 1994. Purple cloth with maps on endpapers. Pp.331. 8vo. 9 x 6 inches (22.7 x 15.2 cm). Index. Bibliography. Some highlighting to the first 100 pages, condition generally good. Text in French. $25.00 2. Daigle, Jean (edited by). Acadia of the Maritimes Thematic Studies From the Beginning to the Present. Chaire d'etudes acadiennes, Universite de Moncton, Moncton, 1995. Glossy Hardcovers. Pp.895. Half-Title. 8vo. 9.25 x 7.25inches(23 x18cm). Index. Bibliography. Replete with maps, figures, illustrations and tables. Very good. $25.00 Over thirty researchers have joined forces to present within these 20 chapters a rich display of the different facets of Acadian life in the Maritimes (from the back cover) 3. Morse, William Inglis (Collected and edited by). Acadiensia Nova (1598 - 1779) In Two Volumes. Bernard Quaritch, London, 1935. Limited edition of 375 numbered copies. Hardcover in green buckram, gilt titles to spines with dust jackets. Pp.xxx,222; x,170. Half-Title. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches (22.2 x 14.5 cm). Maps (many folding) charts, and illustrations. Both volumes very good. Both dust jackets have wear & chipping to edges and slightly soiled. $100.00 The sub-title of this volume details the particular interest this work may have for the ardent historiographer: - New and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, etc.) The actors: Sir William Alexander, Jacques De Meulles Gargas, Vincent De Saccardy Marquis De La Roche, Delaba and J.F.W.des Barres. Schooner Books Ltd. Atlantic Provinces History Catalogue 130 New Brunswick 4. Barnett, Cleadie B. & Sewell, Elizabeth S. Loyalist Families. The Fredericton Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Fredericton, N.B. (1983). Card covers. Pp.70. Quarto. 11 x 8.25 inches (28 x 21 cm). Index. Very good. A Loyalist Bi-Centennial Project (1983-1983) for The Fredericton Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada Lists the loyalist’s families of New Brunswick. $25.00 5. Bormke, Dianne & Aiton, Linda. Up Country Memories Pictures and stories about how it used to be along the Lower St. John River. Bayfield Services Ltd. Grand Bay, N.B. 1998. Card covers. Pp.(iv),130. Oblong. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 28 cm). Map and numerous b&w. photo illus. Very good. Signed by both authors on the title page. $40.00 6. Bormke, Dianne & Aiton, Linda. More Up Country Memories More Pictures and stories about how it used to be along the Lower St. John River. Bayfield Services Ltd. Grand Bay, N.B. (2000). Card covers. Pp.(iv),1460. Oblong. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 28 cm). Numerous b&w. photo illus. Very good with previous owner's name on the title page. $25.00 7. Crosby Molasses Co. Saint John. Crosby Molasses "Tasty Recipes" Cook Book. Crosby Molasses Co. Limited, St. John, New Brunswick, No date (1940's). Card covers. Pp.47,(1). 12mo. 6.25 x 5 inches (15.9 x 12.5 cm). B&w. photo illus. of the Crosby molasses manufacturing plants in Barbados and St. John. Colour photo of Crosby's products on back cover. Very good. Not in Driver. $20.00 2 Email [email protected] 902-423-8419 www.SchoonerBooks.com Schooner Books Ltd. Atlantic Provinces History Catalogue 130 8. Donnelly, F.K. (Editor for Volume VI). Family and Household In Mid- Nineteenth Century New Brunswick Social Science Monograph Series Volume VI. Division of Social Science University of New Brunswick at Saint John's, NB, Saint John, 1986. Card covers with plastic binding. Pp.vi,106. Quarto. 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 21.6 cm). Bibliography. 2 sketch maps in front. Very good. $25.00 9. Eastern Provinces Guide. Saint John, and the Province of New Brunswick. A Hand Book for Travellers, Tourists, and Business Men. Published by Jno. R. Hamilton, St. John, N.B. September 1888. Printed paper covers. (Starts at page 9)-88,(24). 12mo. 6 x 4.5 inches (15.2 x 11.5 cm). B&w. illus. and illustrated ads, maps with a large fold out map in the front titled 'Atlantic Outline Map, Showing the Railways & Steamboat Routes in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island'. Covers have toning along edges and the top & bottom of the spine has small tears. Previous owner's name in red ink on the front cover. Interior very good. The last 24 pages are "The Eastern Provinces Railroads, Steamboats and Stage Lines. A $275.00 travellers' Guide to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Containing their Time Tables of all Railroad and Steamboat Lines in the Maritime Provinces; Distances and Fares from Saint John; Stage Connections. Etc. Summer and Fall Arrangements, 1883. Published and Copyrighted nu John R. Hamilton, Saint John, N.B. "(with index) 10. Jack, I. Allen. (Editor). Biographical Review. This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches Of Leading Citizens Of The Province Of New Brunswick. Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, 1900. Full leather with gilt to spine & cover, marbled endpapers & gilt edges. Pp.598,(2). Half-Title. Quarto. 11.5 x 9.75 inches (29.2 x 24.8 cm). 84 fine photographic portraits. Edges of leather covers & spine have some loss of the gilt borders, and extreme wear to top and bottom of spine frayed, interior is very good. The binding is still tight with is unusual for a book of this size and weight. This is the definitive source for 19th century N.B. biography with high quality photo portraiture. $125.00 3 Email [email protected] 902-423-8419 www.SchoonerBooks.com Schooner Books Ltd. Atlantic Provinces History Catalogue 130 11. McCullagh, Harold. A Century of Caring The Story of the New Brunswick Protestant Orphans' Home. Print'N Press, St. Stephen, N.B. 1986. Card covers. Pp.(v),154. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches (21.6 x 14 cm). B&w. photo illus. Previous owner's stamp to front end-paper. Very good. Signed by Author. $45.00 12. New Brunswick: Canada's Unspoiled Province by the Sea. Bureau of Information & Tourist Travel, Fredericton, N B, 1932. Coloured card covers folded once and stapled. Pp.(20). 8vo. 9.25 x 5.75 inches (23.5 x 14.5 cm). Numerous b&w. photo illustrations and maps, with 2 pages of colour illus. Very good with a small piece of the back top corner cut off. $25.00 13. New Brunswick: Canada's Unspoiled Province by the Sea. The Summer Playground of North America Hunting Fishing Bathing Golf Scenery Boating. Bureau of Information & Tourist Travel, Fredericton, N B, 1935. Coloured card covers folded once and stapled. Pp.28. 8vo. 9.5 x 6 inches (24 x 15.2 cm). Numerous b&w. photo illustrations and maps. with 2 pages of colour illus. The beautiful coloured covers have a "B" signature. Very good with a three-page printer's instructions for this publication attached to the inside of the front cover. $25.00 14. New Brunswick Genealogical Society-Saint John Branch members (compiled & edited by). Arrivals 99 Our First Families in New Brunswick. Saint John Branch, New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Saint John, 1999. Card covers with plastic ring binding. Pp.409. Quarto. 11 x 9 inches (28 x 22.7 cm). Minor highlighting otherwise very good. Foreword by David Fraser, President Saint John Branch. $45.00 4 Email [email protected] 902-423-8419 www.SchoonerBooks.com Schooner Books Ltd. Atlantic Provinces History Catalogue 130 15. Nowlan, Alden. Inklings. The League of Canadian Poets, Toronto, No Date (1978?). Single sheet which folds out to 8 pages. Photo portrait of Alden Nowlan by Horst Ehricht on the back page. Very good. The League of Canadian Poets Chapbook Series. Contains five poems. $25.00 16. Perley, M(oses) H(enry). Reports on the Sea and River Fisheries of New Brunswick. J. Simpson, Printer to The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Fredericton, N. B. 1852. Second Edition. 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Pp.xvi,294. 8vo. 9 x 6 inches (22.7 x 15.2 cm). Damp staining and foxing throughout. Leather spine and edges chipped and worn. Some underlining to text. $275.00 Moses Henry Perley (1804-1862) was born at Maugerville, N.B. He was educated primarily at St. John, N.B. studied law, and was called to the Bar in 1830. "He was a man of many parts and shone in other spheres than the law." Perley was appointed as emigrant agent for the province and, in 1855, was appointed a fishery commissioner to enforce the Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty. He died after an illness on board the HMS Desperate near Labrador while engaged in duties associated with this post. 17. Saint John Branch, N.B.G.S.(compiled by). Generations 10 A Collection of the First Ten Issues of the Newsletters of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society for the Period June 1979 to December 1981. New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Fredericton, NB, 1989. Card covers with plastic coil binding. Pp.186. Quarto. 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm). Some highlighting, generally good.10th Anniversary Project. $55.00 18. The Sunbeam Record of the First Baptist Church Monthly [2 issues] June & July 1887. Published by Rev. W. B. Hinson, Moncton, N.B. 1887. Small newspaper format. Both 8 pages.