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| A Handbook on Beads by W. G. N. van der Sleen http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Beads-van-der-Sleen.html |
| Mapping
the Frontier - Charles Wilson's Diary of the Survey
of the 49th Parallel, 1858 to 1862 - While
Secretary of the British Boundary Commission. Edited and with an
introduction by George F. G. Stanley. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Mapping.html |
| Descendants of Redmond
Peter Fahey and Cecelia Haverty and John Sweeney and Mary Dineen
1810-1984 by Verne Raymond Spear http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Fahey.html |
| Journey
Through Labrador: A Land
Where Hospitality Reigns Supreme by Bernie
Howgate. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Howgate.html |
| 13 bound volumes
of National Geographics http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-NationalGeographic.html |
| Directory
of Graduates 1890-1965 of McGill University, Montreal.This
book is a compilation of graduates of McGill University who were living
in 1965. A very hard to find book. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-McGill-grad.html |
| Looking Back At
Tomorrow - Twelve Decades of Insights from the Atlantic. Selected and edited by
Louise Desaulniers (1978). Paperback. 276 pages. Used book in fair to satisfactory condition with usual, wear to covers etc. Book # 804. $9.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping.Contact Ruby |
| The Maid of
Mirabelle - A Romance of Lorraine. By Eliot H. Robinson. Copyright 1920 First Impression, June 1920 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Maid-Mirabelle.html |
| Ships along the seaway
by Skip Gillham. Ex Library. Good condition. Every type of ship
that travels the seaway with descriptions and 40 illustrations.
First edition 1971. 52 pages. Soft cover. Book 730 $14.95 Canadian currency. Shipping $8.00 contact Ruby |
| A Funny Way to Run A
Country - Further Memoirs of a Political Voyeur - Charles
Lynch "is full of exuberant, witty, and deliciously insightful stories
of the politicians who have governed Canada in the last half century."
Very
interesting! Copyright 1986. Appears to be a first edition. 217
pages. Hard cover with a very good condition dust jacket. Book
# 728 $12.95 Canadian Currency $8.00 shipping in North America contact Ruby |
| Canada in Us Now - The first Anthology of Black Poetry and Prose in Canada. Edited by Harold Head. Ex Library. Good Condition. Paperback. Book 727 contact Ruby |
| Revolt In The West -
The Story of the Riel Rebellion by
Edward McCourt. Illustrated by Jack Ferguson. One from the series,
"Great Stories of Canada". Hard cover. 159 pages. Good condition.
First printing was 1958. This is a 1966 reprint. Book # 770,
$9.95 contact
Ruby |
| Legends of Prince
Edward Island - F H MacArthur 7th edition 1976. Slight Stain on cover. Sticker gum mark. Book 726 $14.95 Canadian currency contact Ruby |
| Canada's Fighting
Pilots by Edmund Cosgrove http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Fighting-Pilots.html |
| The People's Journal.
Edited by John Saunders. Volume IV. Published in London, People's
Journal Office, 69 Fleet Street. MDCCCXLVIII (1848)
More info at http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-People's-Journal.html |
| The
Magic Fiddler and other Legends of French Canada Text by Claude Aubrey. Graphics by Saul Field. Translated from the French by Alice E Kane. First Published 1968. This is the Paperbound edition 1974. Ex library in good condition. Book 722. $29.95 Canadian Currency. contact Ruby |
| Indian
Stories from James Bay. Compiled by Lillian Small. Ex Library with tape to reinforce hinges - Otherwise very good condition Book 721 $59.95 Canadian currency contact Ruby |
The Maritimer and Other Poems Published 1941 X Library |
Catalogue of S E Overton Co # 114 |
| End of the
Religious Controversy in a Friendly Correspondence between Religious
Society of Protestants and a Catholic Divine. In Three Parts.
By the Right Rev.
John Milner D.D. Published New York: Edward Dunigan &
Brother, 151 Fulton Street. Date published 1853.
Binding is tight. Water stains within book. Considering this to
be a nearly 150 year old book, the interior is in reasonable condition
with yellowing. Appears to be first edition. (Ask questions) Book
# 1000 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Controversy.html |
| Stories and Tales by Hans
Christian Andersen. Illustrated by M L Stone and V. Pedersen
- Author's Edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and
Company. - The Riverside Press,
Cambridge. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870
by Hurd and Houghton, In the Office of
the Libraries of Congress, at Washington. Riverside,
Cambridge: Sterrotyped and Printed by H O Houghton and Company.
529 pages. On green cover states 'ANDERSEN'S WORKS". 15
illustrations. Book had been inscribed: Ada L. McIntyre. A
present in New York from Collin Livingstone Esq. May, 1888 Book # 1001 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Andersen.html |
| The Catholic History
of North America. Five Discourses
to which are added two discourses on the relations of Ireland and
America by Thomas D'Arcy McGee. Boston" Patrick Donahoe 1855. Water stains to book but a
very readable copy with cover attached. If interested, Ask
Questions. Appears
to be first edition. Book # 1002 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Catholic-History.html |
| England in 1841: Being
a series of letters written to friends in Germany, During a
residence in London and excursions into the
provinces by Frederick Von Raumer. Translated from German by H Evans
Lloyd. Volume One. Published London" John Lee, 440, Strand -
MDCCCXLII (1842)
Appears to be first edition. Fair condition. Cover fully
attached and all pages are attached. If interested, Ask Questions.
Previous Owner's name "John Strang,
Wolfville 1865". Book # 1003 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-England-1841.html |
| History
of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States
1529-1854 by John Gilmary Shea. New York: Edward Dunigan
& Brother. 1855. Appears to be first edition. Water stains
in book but
a readable copy. Cover is attached and so are pages. Book # 1004 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Catholic-Missions.html |
| Marcy's
Sciopticon Manual. Title page missing.
In the Introduction there is a page that states "Preface to Sixth
Edition". The second part of the book is titled "Marcy's Sciopticon
Catalogue"`of 80 pages. Green
cover with gold lettering. Book is in good condition. If
interested, Ask Questions. Even includes the price list of the colored
magic slides. A VERY RARE BOOK
possibly 1870's. Book # 1005 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Sciopticon.html |
| Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore by William Parker Greenough , examines the people, life, language, beliefs and songs. The author, who wrote on Quebecois folklore under the pseudonym, G. de Montauban, is considered one of the few systematic explorers of Canadian folklore. Originally published in1897. Coles Canadiana Collection published 1971. Illustrated by Walter C Greenough. New York, George H-Richmond - 14 illustrations. Former library book. Fair to satisfactory condition. Book # 750 $14.95 contact Ruby |
| A History of
Newfoundland from the English, Colonial, and Foreign Records
by D W Prowse. With a Prefatory Note by Edmund Gosse.
With thirty-four collotypes, over three hundred text illustrations, and
numerous maps. Originally published in 1895. Facsimile
edition printed by Mika Studio in 1972. More
than seven hundred pages with a fold-out map. Interior of book
is in good condition. Spine and part of
cover could use a bit of cleaning. Former owner's name on first page
and on the page edges. Ask Questions. Book # 1006 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Prowse.html |
| Royal Doulton
Figures Collectors’ Book # 4 revised 1955. Published
by the Royal Doulton Potteries. Doulton & Co. Limited - Burslem -
Stoke - On -Trent, England. Produced by Cross-Courtenay Ltd,
Manchester. Printed in England. 68 pages. Soft cover. Fully illustrated
in colour - more than 150. Book # 617 $39.95 Canadian currency.
Shipping $6.00 within North America http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Royal-Dalton.html |
| History of The Variations of the
Protestant Churches by James Benign Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux.
Volume One - translated from the Last
French Edition. New York: Published by D & J Sadlier, 58 Gold
Street. 1845. Book is in
poor condition. Former owner's name -"Patrick Reynolds, Younge (Youngs)
Cove" is on first page. Book # 1007 $ 69.95 Canadian currency Shipping $ 7.00 within North America http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Church-Variations.html |
| Sea
Stories - The Log of the Skipper's Wife by James W. Balano of Bucksport, Maine. 1979
. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Skipper.html |
| White
Niggers of America
by Piere Vallieres. Gives understanding of the background of the
crisis in Quebec and the FLQ. Paperback. 281 pages. Formerly in a
library. Condition is good with usual soiling and nicks from handling.
An interesting book- first published in 1971.
Fifth printing 1973 Book 752. $14.95 Contact Ruby |
| The New More Friends and Neighbours by William S Gray, A Sterl Artley and May Hill Arbuthnot. W J Gage and Company Limited, Toronto (Canada). A teacher who wanted to make the book last longer covered the outside covers with a browm mactac - I have not attempted to remove it. Interior is in reasonably good condition for a school book used by young children. Book # 643 Contact Ruby |
| Acadia - Robert
Le Blant - Seminal Researcher and Historian of
Early New France. A Commented Bibliography by M A MacDonald.
Published in 1986 by the New Brunswick Museum. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-leBlant.html |
| Pioneering
in Western Canada:
A Story of the Baptists by Rev. C.C.Mclaurin.
Published
by
the author, 1939 Calgary, Alberta. 402
pages. "Dedicated the noble band of Baptist Home Missionaries of
the four western provinces, who in English, German, Swedish, Norwegian,
Danish, Hungarian, Czecho-Slovakian, Russian, Ukranian and Cree
languages have carried their message . Book # 648. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Western-Baptists.html |
| The Second Ben Wicks Treasury. Copyright 1987. Used book in satisfactory condition. Book # 651 $12.95 Canadian Currency. $10.00 Shipping within North America. Contact Ruby |
| The Hijacking of the P. E. I. (Prince Edward
Island) Ferry by Jeffrey Holmes. Book # 598. $14.95 Canadian Currency.
$6.00 Shipping within North America Contact Ruby |
|
Maritime Country Diary -The Travellers'
Guide
to Country Fairs & Towns - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince
Edward Island by Susan Perry & Joe McKendy.
Book #759
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| Who's Who in Canada, 1960-61, an Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time. Edited by B M Greene. 48th Year of Issue. Published by International Press Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Many photos. Cover is breaking from spine - possibly due to thickness of book - but still attached. Some staining on cover. Condition fair to good. 1502 pages Book # 652. $14.95 Canadian Currency (Heavy book) Contact Ruby |
| The Ad~ven~tur~ous Billy and Betty. Dedicated to the Children of America by Van Camp's. Copyright 1923. Stamped on inside of cover is former owner's name "Susan I Atulippe, Tracadie Beach, NB". This little booklet is filled with charming children's illustrations and very collectible for its product connection to Van Camp's. Illustration of Van Camp's products on last page with a message to write to company. Booklet is in poor condition but a very readable copy of interesting children's story of the 1920s era. Book # 653. $14.95 Canadian currency. $6.00 Shipping within North America. Contact Ruby |
| Volkswagon
Small Wonder - The Amazing
Story of the Volkswagon by Walter Henry Nelson.
Copyright 1967. Paperback edition. 288 pages. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-VW.html |
| Pressed Flowers
from the Holy Land Gathered and Pressed in
Palestine by Harvey B. Greene. Published and sold by Harvey B.
Greene, Lowell, Mass, 1896. Gift inscription, “For Miss
Harkins from Mrs. Berryman” Sep / 07, 78 Charlotte St., St. John.”
Near the bottom left, “Goodbye”. Book # 232 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Pressed-Flowers.html |
| Just Folks - Edgar A Guest.
Published by the
Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago. Copyright 1917 by The Reilly &
Britton Co. Printed in the United States of America. 192 pages.
Book has become unglued from spine. Book
is in fair condition. Gold Lettering on green boards. Book
# 267. $14.95 Canadian Currency. $5.00 Shipping within North America Contact Ruby |
| Collected Verse of Edgar A. Guest.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago.Copyright 1934. Twentieth
printing.937 pages. Maroon cloth
covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. Fair
condition. Book # 268 $15.95 Canadian currency. Heavy book - shipping will depend on destinatioin Contact Ruby |
| BUT NOT IN CANADA
- Walter Stewart. Smug Canadian Myths Shattered by Harsh Reality. 285
pages. Hard cover. Former library book. Very good condition with
dust jacket in plastic. Book 749. $24.95. $24.95 Contact Ruby |
| Mastering Effective English - Revised J C Tressler & Claude E. Lewis. Copyright Canada 1937, 1950, The Copp Clark Co. Limited. 597 pages. Used in high schools of New Brunswick in the 1950's. Excellent for home schooling. Book # 269. $14.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping. Contact Ruby |
| World Renowned Hymns - A collection of Hymns that have stirred many nations and of new hymns that promise to become famous for Evangelistic meetings, prayer meetings . . . edited by R A Torrey (Probably Reuben Archer Torrey (1856-1928)). Copyright 1909. Published by Montrose Christian Literature Society, Montrose, Pennsylvania. Mention is made in the Preface of the help given by H H McGranahan, Mrs May Whittle Moody, Goerge C Stebbins and John R Clements. Book is in poor condition but all pages seem to be attached. The name 'Hattie Weir" has been written on first page. I think this is a hard to find book. Book # 270. $29.95 Canadian Currency. Shipping within North America $8.00. Contact Ruby |
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Brief Biographies from Canadian History. Published by the Educational Publishing Company, Toronto. 4 “ x 6 “ - 86 pages. Brown paper covers. No date of publication but probably prior to 1930. Price on the cover of book is 25 cents. Samuel de Champlain, Marguerite De Roberval, La Tour - very interesting history publication. First person - Marco Polo and last person Sir Arthur Currie. Book is in fair condition. Book 288. $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book. The New Brunswick Readers - First Primer. Prescribed by the Board of Education for New Brunswick. 32 pages with last page unattached. Green soft cover. No date of publication is given but I assume prior to 1900. Book is in poor condition but very readable. Interesting illustrations. Book 290 Contact Ruby School Text Book. The New Brunswick Readers - Second Primer. Prescribed by the Board of Education for New Brunswick. 64 pages. Blue soft cover. Published in 1899. Fair condition. Book 291 Contact Ruby School Text Book. Public School History of England (by W J Robertson) and Canada (by G U Hay). Prescribed by the Education Department of New Brunswick. Published by Copp Clark Co. Copyright 1892. No way of knowing if this is a reprint. Coloured map of England and Wales. 5 “ x 7 “ 296 pages. A school text that has seen lots of handling by students. Condition poor to fair but very readable. Book 292. $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book. New Brunswick Drawing Course - Graded Practice Books - Revised for use in the Schools of the Province of New Brunswick by H H Hagerman, D. Sc - Normal School, Fredericton. Book 5 (for Fifth Year Students). No date of publication but I would assume circa 1930. Cover worn and stained. Interior is in satisfactory condition. Book # 293 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book. New Elementary Grammar - D J Goggin. Including by Elementary Composition, New Brunswick by W J Alexander. Previous owner was 11 years old when using this book in 1929. Copyright 1908 - Revised Edition - no date given. Gage’s New Educational Series. 240 pages. Authorized for use in schools of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. Book 294 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book. Country Life Reader by O J Stevenson. 1928. 418 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Published by The MacMillan Company, Toronto. No grade level is given but I would think about grade seven. Lots of information on life in the rural areas. Book 295. $14.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - The Music Hour Book Two (Upper grades) by McConathy, Miessner, Birge and Bray. Illustrated by Shirley Kite. W J Gage, Toronto. Authorized for schools of Alberta, New Brunswick and Ontario. 180 pages. No date of publication but possibly late 1940s. Water stains to edges of pages, otherwise satisfactory condition. Book 296 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - New Brunswick Readers - The Fourth Reader. Prescribed by the Board of Education for use in the Schools of New Brunswick. Published by C. Flood & Sons, St. John, N.B. Copyright 1900. Book is inscribed as being used by Cora A Sherwood - Sept 5, 1900 at P N S (Provincial Normal School) Fredericton. (Provincial Normal School was the Teacher Training Institution for New Brunswick) Lots of underlining and notes by the student who used this book. Book shows lots of handling wear. Very readable copy for a text book that is more than one hundred years old. 320 pages. Book 297 $19.95 Contact Ruby School Text Book - The Canadian Reader - Book II. Authorized for Use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Published by W J Gage / T Nelson in 1932. Exceptionally good condition for a school text of this age. 160 pages. Book 298 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - The Canadian Readers - Book V. Authorized for Use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Published by W J Gage / T Nelson in 1928. Exceptionally good condition for a school text of this age. 416 pages. Copyrighted in Canada in 1922. Former owner’s name in book. Book is in satisfactory condition. This book was possibly used in the Provincial Normal School of New Brunswick in Fredericton. (Provincial Normal School was the Teacher Training Institution for New Brunswick) Book 299 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - The New MORE STREETS AND ROADS by William S Gray, A Sterl Artley and Mary Hill Arbuthnot. W J Gage and Company. No publication date but student’s name has 1972 after it. 317 pages. Book is in good condition. Book 300 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - Our New Brunswick Story by Jessie I Lawson and Jean MacCallum Sweet. Authorized for use in the schools of New Brunswick. No date of publication but students’ names have 192 and 1964. In my opinion the “BEST” school history for the grade 5 & 6 student level or adults interested in reading the ‘basic’ history of New Brunswick. An excellent source for home schooling. Book 301. $39.95 Canadian plus shipping Contact Ruby Children’s Book: The Indians Knew by Tillie S Pine. Pictures by Ezra Jack Keats. Scholastic Book. 32 pages - possibly a couple missing. Copyright 1957. Cover missing. Poor condition. Probably a grade three level reading. Very interesting child’s book. Book 302 $6.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby Children’s - The Golden Book of Indian Stamps by Sonia Bleeker. Pictures by Walter Kumme. Golden Press. Fourth Printing 1972. Copyrighted in 1954. Cover and stamps are missing from this 48 page book filled with information the Indians. Bark Canoes, Dugouts, Longhouse, Buffalo Skin Game, Seminole Chickees, Lacrosse and more. Poor condition. Book 303 $5.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - TEACHER’s MANUAL to Word Mastery Speller for Canadian Schools with a Diagnosis of Common Types of Spelling Errors and Suggested Corrective Procedures plus Word List of spelling words for grades 1 to 8. A great book for home schooling or for giving tutoring. Book was copyrighted in 1953. Book 304 Contact Ruby Introduction to Literature - W J Gage & Co., Toronto. Inscribed “George Soper, Sussex Grammar School”. Book was selected and edited by G Fred McNally. Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Alberta and New Brunswick. W J Gage 1938. Copyright 1924. 416 pages. In reasonably good condition for a school textbook. Interesting article on the United Empire Loyalists by Duncan Campbell Scot. Book 318. $19.95 Canadian Contact Ruby Science & Agriculture for New Brunswick Schools. Grade 8. By F E MacDiarmid and M B Moore of the Provincial Normal School, Fredericton and I N Fanjoy of the Saint John Vocational School. Published by Copp Clark 1942. Chapters such as: Botany, Beautification. The Life of Trees and Forests, Air, Weather and Climate, Soil, Bacteria, Fatmaing - A Vocation, and Domestic Animals. Cover is still attached by hinge but loosened from spine. Underlinings and markings. Poor to fair condition. 206 pages. Book 319 $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby Canadian Modern Accounting by A F Sprott and Frank G Short, C.A. Theory of Bookkeeping. An Introduction to Canadian Modern Accounting Part I. Eight printing.Inscribed. “Constance O’Brien, 187 Adelaide Street, Saint John, NB. Stamp of Modern Business College, St. John, N.B. Toronto. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (Canada) Ltd. 1937. 238 pages. Book is in satisfactory condition with some wear to cover and an ink stain. Interior in good condition. Book 320. 15.95 Canadian currency Contact Ruby Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock . Copyright 1911. Ithaca - New York, Comstock Publishing 1935. 942 pages. Many illustrations. Shows shelf and handling wear. Book # 671. $14.95 Canadian -plus shipping- Not available but a hard cover copy in good condition at http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Nature-Study.html The Prime Ministers - William Ronald - Toronto Exile Editions, 1983 First Edition Original Trade Wraps. Good condition. The Canadian painter William Ronald, a member of the Group of Eleven, painted portraits of each of the first 16 prime ministers of Canada. This book contains the portraits and reflections by the artist. Each of the 16 Canadian prime ministers’ portrait is each unique filled with mystery, anger, humour and admiration. Signed by author on the title page " To Art best wishes - Ronald 85" Book # 672. $19.95 Canadian plus shipping. Contact Ruby School Text Book -Cours Primaire de francais. - F C A Jeanneret & Helen B St. John. An oral approach to French for Canadian Schools. Copp Clark. Coyright 1945 Canada. Book is in very poor condition but readable. Probably used in Grade 9 or 10. Book # 684 $5.50 Canadian Currency. $4.40 US. Plus Shipping Contact Ruby COMSTOCK, J. L. , M.D. - A SYSTEM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY in which the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, magnetism, steam engine, electro-magnetism, electrotype, photography, and daguerreotype to whic are added questions for examinations of pupils designed for the use of schools and academies. Illustrated by 300 engravings. One hundred and Seventy-Fifth edition. Revised and enlarged. New York: Pratt, Woodford, Farmer, and Brace. No 4 Courtlandt-Street. 1854. Book is in poor condition but still a serviceable copy for those who wish to learn more on the above mentioned topics. Leather cover (Probably brown calf). 408 pages. Poor condition. Book # 688. $69.95 Canadian Currency. Plus shipping Contact Ruby School Text Book - Our Heritage (Reader) Ryerson Press. 31st Printing 1963. Markings by student. Fair condition - cover pulling away from spine. Still a very serviceable book with interesting stories. Probably a Grade Six reading level. 531 pages. Great for Home Schooling. Book 694. $8.95 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. Contact Ruby School Text Book - My Backyard History by David Weitzman and illustrated by James Robertson. Copyright 1975. Soft Cover. 125 pages. Probably a grade five reading level. A most interesting book - of teaching value to the home schooling parent. Excellent condition - as new. Book 695. $19.95 Canadian. Contact Ruby School Text Book - New Brunswick - The Story of Our Province by George MacBeath and Dorothy Chamberlain. W J Gage. 1965. Lots of marking by former student. A very serviceable book. Formerly used in the schools of New Brunswick - Grade 5 level of reading. Book is in poor to fair condition. Book 697. $8.95 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. Contact Ruby Enchanted Banff and Lake Louise. Frontier Guide - Book # 10. Most interesting info. Pictures of Tom Wilson, Rev R T Rundle, McCabe & McCardell's Hut, Joes Smith 1932, Banff Spring Hotel - 1900, Lake Louise Chalet 1890, Abbot's Rescue Party 1896, Ernest Feuz, Bert Pittaway. 64 pages. Stapled saddle stitching. Probably published in the 1960's. Book # 712. $19.95 Canadian. Plus shipping. Contact Ruby Introduction to Geometry by A W Siddons & K S Snell. 1963. First edition 1939. Clear explanations. Great for tutoring or home schooling help. Book is in as new condition. 166 pages. Book 714. $9.95 Canadian. Plus shipping. Contact Ruby Hammonds Family Reference WORLD ATLAS - New Revised Edition Copyright MCMLX 1940. 255 pages. Hard cover with tear on spine. Interior in good condition. Book # 717. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. Contact Ruby Historic Newfoudland and Labrador by L E F English. First printing 1955 - this is 12th printing in 1967. Published by the Tourism Branch of the Department of Development of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. 63 pages. Sections on Newfoundland Sayings, Folklore, words and their meanings such as “bavin” means wood shavings to light fires, Folk Songs, Weather Lore, Folk Medicines, Figures of Speech, Towns, Cities and lots more. Good condition - shows handling wear. Book 754 $17.95 Canadian plus shipping. Contact Ruby Very good condition. Book 306 $19.95 Canadian. $15.95 US plus shipping. Contact Ruby Cut on back cover. Covers show rubbing and handling. Book 1018 $9.95 Canadian plus shipping. Contact Ruby Canadians of Long Ago by Kenneth E. Kidd. Brief description of the prinicpal aboriginal groups across Canada as they existed just previous to the coming of the Europeans outling food habits, clothes, habitations and social customs. Hard cover. 174 pages. Copyright 1951. Reprinted May 1963. Formerly in the Library of Springfield School in 1966. Probably a grade 5 reading level. Book 1020. $8.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. Contact Ruby |
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Connor, Ralph: Torches Through the Bush. Appears to be first edition 1934. An entertaining story of the pioneers from Scotland who carved their farms and homes out of the bush of Eastern Ontario. Inscription to previous owner is dated Dec 27, 1935.
Connor, Ralph: The Foreigner, A Tale of Saskatchewan. Appears to be first edition. Copyright 1909. Book is in poor condition. Cover has been taped to spine. Previous owner’s name. 384 pages. contact Ruby http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Connor.html
Connor, Ralph: THE DOCTOR - A Tale of the Rockies The Westminster Co. Appears to be first edition. Copyright 1906.. The detached cover is a lone cowboy riding his horse. The book is in poor condition but readable. Former owner's name "J D Wetmore". contact Ruby http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Connor.html
Connor, Ralph: The Girl From Glengarry. Copyright 1933 and I assume first edition. Fading on spine otherwise book is in good condition. Previous owner’s name. 312 pages. contact Ruby http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Connor.html
Connor, Ralph: The Man From Glengarry. A Tale of Ottawa. The Westminster Company Limited MCMI. Olive green cloth boards with title in gold leaf and picture of a log-roller on a river. 473 pages. A great adventure story of Canada on the Ottawa River. Poor condition. Pages appear tight and all attached. Copyright 1901 and I assume a first edition. The previous owner's name "Jennie Harrison". Plus Shipping. contact Ruby http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Connor.html
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VEGA Car manual- Clinton’s Repair and Tune-Up Guide VEGA 1971-77 Book # 1023. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Vega.html
Religion - Your Tomorrows Can Be Different From Your Yesterdays by H. Norman Wright. 1995.$9.95 Canadian - Book 287 plus shipping. contact Ruby
Roberts: Charles G. D. Roberts - More Animal Stories. First edition was 1922. Reprint in 1928. The Fishers of the Air, Mustela of the Lone Hand, Mishi, The Winged Scourge of the Dark, The Little Homeless one and the Sun-Gazers. 4.5 “ x 6 “ with blue boards. Previous owner’s name inscribed inside front cover. This book was used by a student who made notes on some of the pages otherwise in satisfactory condition. Book 289. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
An Outline of American History compiled by the United States Information Services to provide a concise and convenient form to trace some of the currents of thought and development in the nation’s growth. 160 pages. Soft cover. Good condition. Book 305
$19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
Cody - Fighting Stars by H. A. Cody. Copyright 1927 by George H Doran Company.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - The Meaning Of Friendship
The Canterbury Company; Chicago; 1909 Appears to be first edition. Lettered by by W.A. Dwiggins. Introductory Note by Edwin Osgood Grover. Cameo portrait of Stevenson on frontis. Cover hinge is broken but book is still tight. 12 poems. Cover is two-tone brown about 7 x 5. Book 308 $39.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
MOSES - Grandma Moses - 25 Masterpieces. Published in 1997. Biographical information. Beautiful coloured illustrations with detailed information - suitable for framing. 10 x 14 book. Book is in as new condition. Book 309 $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
The Household Physician for the use of Families, Planters, Seamen, Travellers being a Brief Description in Plain Language of all the Diseases of Men, Women and Children with the Newest and most approve Methods of Curing Them . Published Boston, Ira Bradley and Company, San Francisco. 1871. Copyrighted 1859, 1863 and 1870. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-physician-household.html
The CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE Vol XXXIII December 1886 No. 2. P
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Farewell To Nova Scotia by Jeffrey Holmes. The hilarity begins when a nuclear explosion separates Nova Scotia from the main land. First printing 1974, second printing 1977. 211 pages. Soft pictorial cover. Good condition. Book 312 $24.95 Canadian plus shipping. contact Ruby
His Majesty’s Yankees by Thomas H Raddall. A novel of Nova Scotia in the days of the Revolution. Published by Doubleday & Co Ltd, Garden City, New York. No date of publication. Dust Cover with minor tears and yellowing. Book is tight. Yellowing. - poor to average condition. Book 313. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
Arundel by Kenneth Roberts. A novel of the stirring days of the Revolution’s earlist phases when Benedict Arnold drove his army of untrained colonials northward through the Maine Wilderness toward the walls of Quebec. First publshed in 1929. A 1956 edition - when it was revised, replated and reprinted. Book has dust jacket which is soiled. Book is tight - shows yellowing. Poor to average condition. Book 314. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
The Proud Young Thing by Helen Topping Miller. A Romantic Novel of eighteenth century Charleston. Book Club edition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Appears to be a 1952 first edition. Poor to fair condition. Book 315. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
Charmed Circle - Susan Ertz. Appears to be a 1956 first edition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Book shows yellowing in fair to average condition. Book 316. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping.
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The Warrior - Frank G Slaughter. A novel of Osceola and the Seminole War of 1835. Dust jacket fair. Yellowing in book. Fair to average condition. Appears to be a first edition published in 1956. Book 317. $19.95 Canadian. plus shipping. contact Ruby
Canadian Modern Accounting by A F Sprott and Frank G Short, C.A. Theory of Bookkeeping. An Introduction to Canadian Modern Accounting Part I. Eight printing.Inscribed. “Constance O’Brien, 187 Adelaide Street, Saint John, NB. Stamp of Modern Business College, St. John, N.B. Toronto. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (Canada) Ltd. 1937. 238 pages. Book is in satisfactory condition with some wear to cover and an ink stain. Interior in good condition. Book 320. $ 15.95 Canadian currency plus shipping. contact Ruby
MACLEAN’S magazine. January 18, 1958. Canada’s National Magazine. Topics: How Can You Tell If Your Child Is Accident Prone. Barry Morse: The Barrymore of Canadian TV. The Next Problem - Who Owns Space - Sidney Katz. Cover: Franklin Arbuckle - Winter twilight at Oxbow, Saskatchewan. Magazine in fair condition. 56 pages. Book 321. 15.95 Canadian currency plus shipping.
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INGENUE Magazine - For Sophisticated Teens - 17 issues of the Ingenue magazines from 1964 and 1965. A great look at Retro fashions. Teens will be fascinated as will the folk who remember the mid 1960's. Magazines show signs of handling which could be expected for 40 year-old magazines. # 324. 18 issues for $39.95 Canadian plus shipping.
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CHATELAINE Magazine - Dec 1964, June 1967, Jan 1966, Feb 1965, July 1965, June 1965, April 1965, May 1965, Nov 1965 article on the “Mystery of the Queen’s Canadian relatives” April 1967. 10 issues which show lots of handling but very readable. # 325. $29.95 Canadian plus shipping.
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American Girl Magazine - For All Girls. Published monthly by Girl Scouts of the USA. Jan 1963, March 1965, Nov 1964, May 1965, June 1965. The 5 issues show handling but very readable. # 326 $24.95 Canadian plus shipping.
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Young Ambassador Magazine - a magazine designed for youth. Every issue features articles and stories that help young people find scriptural solutions to their problems. The Good News Broadcasting Association Published in Lincoln, Nebr., 12th and M Streets by Back to the Bible Publishers. 9 issues of 1963. 10 issues of 1963. 2 issues of 1964. # 327 $49.95 Canadian - plus shipping.
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DELL - HairDo magazine. February 1965. September 1965. October1965. # 328. $9.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping.
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Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon - A translation by W H Blake. Toronto: Macmillian. First published in 1921. This is a1929 edition. Two-tone green cover. Tear on spine. Some underlining in book. Former owner’s name on last page. Tear on spine. Cover stained. Interior tight. Fair condition. # 329. $9.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping.
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Lost In The Wilds of Canada - Nelson’s Travel Series. No date of publication. T Nelson and Sons. 227 pages. Coloured plate “It was an awful moment”. Book is in poor condition. # 330. $9.95 Canadian Currency - plus shipping.
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The Home Library of Entertainment Instruction and Amusement. Embraces seven instructive books in one volume. By Thomas Sheppard Meek. Richly embellished with over 100 duograph and half-tone engravings. Green decorative cover. 544 pages plus illustrations. Good condition for a one hundred year old book. # 331. $39.95 Canadian plus shipping.
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The Old Fashioned Revival Hour and the Broadcasters by J Elwin Wright.. Photo of Mr and Mrs Charles Fuller. Copyright 1940. Third printing 1940. Book # 668. $9.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping.
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Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock . Copyright 1911. Ithaca - New York, Comstock Publishing 1935. 942 pages. Many illustrations. Shows shelf and handling wear. Book # 671. $14.95 Canadian plus shipping. Heavy Book
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The Prime Ministers - William Ronald - Toronto Exile Editions, 1983 First Edition Original Trade Wraps. Good condition. The Canadian painter William Ronald, a member of the Group of Eleven, painted portraits of each of the first 16 prime ministers of Canada. This book contains the portraits and reflections by the artist. Each of the 16 Canadian prime ministers’ portrait is each unique filled with mystery, anger, humour and admiration. Signed by author on the title page " To Art best wishes - Ronald 85" Book # 672. $19.95 Canadian plus shipping
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Hannah Fowler by Janice Holt Giles. Kentucky Wilderness 200 years ago. 219 pages. Copyright 1956. Appears to be first edition. Pictorial dust cover in fair condition with soiling Book shows lots of yellowing but a very readable account of life with Hannah Moore and her husband Tice Fowler. Houghton Mifflin & Co. Book 674. $19.95 Canadian Currency plus shipping. contact Ruby
Karnow, Stanley - Vietnam - A History: The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War - A Companion to the PBS Television Series. The Viking Press, New York, 1983 Appears to be a first edition. Illustrated paper dust jacket. 750 pages. Very god condition. Book # 675. #12.50 Canadian Currency - Plus Shipping. Heavy book.
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CARON ROGER - BINGO! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot
TORONTO: Methuen, 1985 Hard Cover. A fascinating look at the 1971 riot at Canada's archaic Kingston Penitentiary.The author who has spent 24 years of his life behind bars gives a first hand account of events and causes leading up to the riot. 216 pages. Good condition with a good dust jacket. Book 676. $14.95 Canadian Currency Plus Shipping
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Murphy, Steve - Live at 5 - The Story Behind Its Success. Copyright 2002. Book in almost as new condition. Meet the people who have been involved with this ATV News Broadcast as well as the stories they have covered. If you have watched LIVE AT 5 on ATV since its inception in 1982, this is one book you will want to add to your bookshelf. Book 678. Canadian Currency $19.95. Plus shipping.
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Martin, David - The Road to Ballyshannon. St. Martin's Press, New York. Hard cover. Ex Library copy in good condition Cover shows some wear. First US Edition copyright 1981. 7¾" - 9¾" 156 pages. December 1922. Ireland is at war with itself, friend against friend and brother against brother in the Civil War. As the lines are drawn up for the bloodiest century of Ireland's history a dedicated Republican and a younger freedom fighter escape from captivity and begin the long road to freedom - to Ballyshannon in County Donegal. Book 680.
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Chandler-Willis, Lynn - THE PREACHER'S SON A True Story of Murder in North Carolina.
Paper back 2003. Very Good condition. 288 pages. Pleasant Garden, North Carolina seemed like a God-fearing community where simple dreams came true. For Patricia Blakley it was church on Sundays and a loving family. Her prayers were answered in Ted Kimble, a fellow Christian and son of a local preacher. Then one afternoon, Patricia's charred body was found among the remains of her burned-out home. But it wasn't an out-of-control fire that killed sweet Patricia Kimble. It was a bullet to the back of the skull. Book 681. $6.50 Canadian. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Tom Chaplin, Narrow Boats. London: Whittet Books, 1989 As New - Very Fine Condition. "The classic history of the narrow boat." Parts of this book were previously published in 1978. Green cloth with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has coloured photograph of narrow boat. Illustrated thoughout with numerous b/w and coloured photographs of boats and boating people. 233 pages.
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Fiddleheads Instead - Karen Love. A bilingual book of recipes written by a New Brunswicker with fiddlehead recipes. Published in 1983. 9 x 6. Soft cover with staple stitching. Book # 683 http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Karen-Love.html
Trees - A Collection of Poems by Lois Jane White. Published about 1984 as inscription states "To Shawn, Best Regards, Lois Jane White, May 1984" The author has dedicated the book to the memory of her father, A Dyson Doherty. The author has connections to Milford, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. 61 pages. Staple stitching with cardboard cover.
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COMSTOCK, J. L. , M.D. - A SYSTEM OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY in which the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, magnetism, steam engine, electro-magnetism, electrotype, photography, and daguerreotype to whic are added questions for examinations of pupils designed for the use of schools and academies. Illustrated by 300 engravings. One hundred and Seventy-Fifth edition. Revised and enlarged. New York: Pratt, Woodford, Farmer, and Brace. No 4 Courtlandt-Street. 1854. Book is in poor condition but still a serviceable copy for those who wish to learn more on the above mentioned topics. Leather cover (Probably brown calf). Poor condition. 408 pages.
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Hamilton, Dora Jan - .That was the LIFE - The upstairs downstairs behind-the-doors story of America's favourite magazine. Copyright 1977 appears to be first edition. Soft cover. 320 pages. Good condition for a used book with usual nicks to cover from handling. Book 691. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Alcott, Louisa May - Eight Cousins or The Aunt - Hill. Illustrated by Robert Doremus. Whitman Publishing. Copyright MCMLV 1955. Fair condition. Hard cover with an original price of 59 cents. Book 692. $8.95 Canadian Currency. Plus shipping. contact Ruby
Porter- Eleanor H - Miss Billy-Married. Copyright 1914. Tenth impression 1918. Fair condition.
Book 693. $8.95 Canadian Currency. Plus shipping.contact Ruby
Morgan, Geoffrey - The View From Prospect. Collins, St James's Place, London, 1972 First edition. Hard Cover. Good condition. Book 698. $12.50 Canadian Currency. . Plus Shipping.
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Ross, Alexander - The Booming Fifties - 1950-1960. Canada's Illustrated Heitage. 125 pages. Book 696. Fair to Satisfactory condition. Hard Cover. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping.
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Great Canadian Sport Stories - A Century of Competition. By Trent Frayne & Peter Gzowski. Fair to Good condition. 125 pages. Hard cover. A very interesting book for the Sport Fan. Book 699
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Martinerie, Andree - A Life's Full Summer - Sensitively written with an acute awareness of the tensions between generations but also of timeless ties. A novel for women, though set in a foreign scene, the problems of women advancing middle age are essentially the same. Collins, London, 1970. First published in France. Book 700. $12.50 Canadian Currency. . Plus Shipping.
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The Unknown Country - Canada and Her People by Bruce Hutchison. Published by Longmans, Green & Co Toronto Coypright 1942. Fourth Impression. "This book is an attempt to give the stranger a general glimpse of the surface of Canada and something of the substance, the people, the problems, the history, and the future beneath the surface. The author states that it is not a student's book but the facts of canadian life. Illustrated with twenty-four pages of black & white photographs. 385 pages. The author dedicates the book, "To my father, who became a Canadian and found his happiness tending the earth of Canada". One loose page. Hard covered. Fair to satisfactory condition but a very serviceable copy for those who want to learn of Canada. Book 701. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping.
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The Legend of the Isle by R A Parsons. Inscription to former owner in 1974. First edition. Dedicated to the memory of Rev Henry Gordon, Itinerant Missionary to Labrador 1915-1925 and John Lewis Paton, 1st President of Memorial Iniversity College. Book of poems. 77 pages. Used book in good condition - including pictorial dust jacket. Book 702. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping.
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SIX WAR YEARS 1939-1945. Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad by Barry Broadfoot. Copyright 1974 - second printing. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Broadfoot.html
SIX WAR YEARS 1939-1945. Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad by Barry Broadfoot. Copyright 1974 - second printing. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Broadfoot.html
The Pioneer Years 1895 -1914 by Barry Broadfoot. Memories of Settlers Who opened the (Canadian) West. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Broadfoot.html
My Own Years by Barry Broadfoot - Recollections of People Places & Peregrinations. " http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Broadfoot.html
Aldridge, James: Signed with their Honour - Novel about pilots in action in the WW II set in the Greece of 1941 with a Royal Air Force Pilot encountering the Italian and German invasions, and then the retreat to Athens from Janina. Written by a journalist who participated in the events of the period. Book is in fair condition. Tight. Hard cover. 391 pages. Dedicated to Squadron Leader "Pat" Pattle and T S Hickey. Book # 705. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Sea-Fisheries of Eastern Canada. Commission of Conservation - Canada. Hon Clifford Sifton, Chairman. James White, Secretary. Being the Proceedings of a Meeting of the Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-Bearing Animals of Conservation, held in Ottawa, June 4-5, 1912. Hard Cover 212 pages. Book is in poor condition. Book # 706. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping.
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How Mr Dog Got Even by Albert Begelow Paine. First 15 pages missing as may be others. Former owner, "Blair N Jonah, Xmas 1921". VERY poor condition, cover detached, pages loose.
Book # 707. $4.00 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Gardening in the Okanagan. The book for local gardeners. Editors A J Hansen, F B Stewart. Second Enlarged Edition. 1978. 198 pages. Soft pictorial cover. Satisfactory condition for a used book.
Book # 708. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
The Man Who Got Even With God - From Texas Cowboy to Trappist Monk! by M Raymond O.C.S.O. The life of An American Trappist. 170 pages. Hard cover - pages have been exposed to dampness. Leaching of colour from cover. Tattered paper Dust Jacket with a picture of Brother Joachim. Copyright 1941 by the Abbey of Gethsemani. Ninth printing. Book is in poor condition but very readable. Book 709. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
The Atlantic Year Book 1974 - The Indespensable Reference Book for the Atlantic Provinces (Canada). Soft cover 416 page. Used book in Satisfactory condition. Lots of detailed information for the researcher. Book # 710. $24.95 Canadian. Plus shipping. contact Ruby
Murder - Vengeance of the Black Donnellys by Thomas P Kelley. Paper back. 1975. In 1880 in aonely farmhouse near Lucan, Ontario (Canada) one of the bloodiest massacres in Canadian history occurred when five members of the hated Donnelly family were brutally murdered. As she was being clubbed to death, old Johannah Donnelly shrieked at her killers that every one of them would die a violent death. Stories are still told which tell that every member of the raiders did, in fact, meet a tragic end. Used book in fair condition. Book 711.
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Enchanted Banff and Lake Louise. Frontier Guide - Book # 10. Most interesting info. Pictures of Tom Wilson, Rev R T Rundle, McCabe & McCardell's Hut, Joes Smith 1932, Banff Spring Hotel - 1900, Lake Louise Chalet 1890, Abbot's Rescue Party 1896, Ernest Feuz, Bert Pittaway. 64 pages. Stapled saddle stitching. Probably published in the 1960's. Book # 712. $19.95 Canadian. Plus shipping. contact Ruby
The Roosevelts - American Aristocrats by Allen Churchill. Paperback.1965. This fascinating profile of the Roosevelts traces the history of the family from Claes Martenszen van Rosenvelt who arrived in New Amsterdam in the 1640's uo through Theodore, Franklin, Eleanor and their numerous colourful kinfolk. Good condition. Book 713. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
A Very Double Life - The Private World of Mackenzie King by C P Stacey. Soft cover.256 pages.1977. Used book in fair condition. Book # 715. $8.95 Canadian Currency. Plus shipping. contact Ruby
Statistical Year Book of Quebec 1934. 489 pages. Lots of information. Book 716. Good condition for a nearly 70 year-old used book. $19.95 Canadian. Plus shipping. contact Ruby
Hammonds Family Reference WORLD ATLAS - New Revised Edition Copyright MCMLX 1940. 255 pages. Hard cover with tear on spine. Interior in good condition. Book # 717. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
The Authentic Life of William McKinley - Together with a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt. Copyright 1901. Alexander K McClure & Charles Morris. Appears to be first edition. Profusely Illustrated with Reproductions from Original Photographs. 503 pages.
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The Supremacy of Peter or Did Christ Establish a Primacy in the Church? by Moses Eastman Kellogg. Copyright 1897 - Appears to be a first edition. 290 pages. Book is tight with covers attached securely. Consider to be in fair condition yet very readable for a 106 year old book. Appears to also be a scarce book to find.
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Published Boston James R. Osgood and Company in 1876. 297 pages Decorated dark blue original cloth with beveled boards and gilt decorated cartouche on spine and front cover. Published in 1876. Note by author is 1857. A complete collection of the author's poetical writings. Former owner's name inscribed, "A James Wetmore, Dec 28, 1878, Saint John, N.B." Covers are in fair condition and attached to book. Interior of book shows yellowing and some water stains. A very readable copy. Book 1010. $39.95 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Queen Victoria - Her Reign and Diamond Jubilee. By Prof Chas Morris. Elegantly illustrated. Edewood publishing. Copright 1897. Appears to be a first edition. 412 pages. Spine cover is missing. Covers attached. Book is reasonably tight. Interior in satisfactory condition. Book 1011. $29.95 Canadian Currency.
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A Million Facts - CONKLIN'S Handy Manual of Useful information and Atlas of the World. 50 full page maps stated on the cover - Very interesting. Copyright 1891. Chicago: Laird & Lee. Pocket size. Soft red cover. 3 x 5. 442 pages. Covers attached but breaking from spine. Interior is in good condition for a book that is more than 100 years old. A very informative book that covers many topicc such as antidotes to poisons, Important Events in the Civil War, Qualifications for voting in each state in the US, Weather Wisdom. Book 1012. $89.95 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping. contact Ruby
Commercial Arithmetic - (In gold on cover is Saint John Business College. S Kerr & Son) by S S Packard and Byron Horton. Copyright 1887 and appears to be a first edition. 360 pages. Previous owner's name, "W A Reynolds, Millstream, Kings Co, N.B., Dec 15/08". Book is in good condition. Spine title is "The New Packard Commercial Arithmetic".
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Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 with illustrations and Maps.
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The Book of Canadian Acievement by Helen Palk. Copyright 1951 appears to be first edition. 306 pages. Hard cover. Paper Dust jacket is tattered. Interior is in good condition. First page before title has been removed. A most interesting book on the Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to the cultutal and economic development of the western world. R Stanley Weir, Gilbert La Bine, Fed Banting, Frank L Skinner and others. Book 1017. $12.50 Canadian Currency. Plus Shipping.
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Canadians of Long Ago by Kenneth E. Kidd. Brief description of the prinicpal aboriginal groups across Canada as they existed just previous to the coming of the Europeans outling food habits, clothes, habitations and social customs.
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Quebec - HOW TO SEE IT The Tourist's Guide. Copyright 1933. Appears to be a first edition. Levis, Quebec City, Montmorency Falls, Ste. Anne de Beaupre. Gaspe Peninsula and Indian Lorette including Quebec city and Gaspe PeninsulaMaps.
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Romantic Vancouver Island - Victoria Yesterday and Today by Dorothy Abraham. A story of a bride's pioneer life on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. 1969 edition. 120 pages. Soft cover - perfect bound.
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Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper. Experiences and Observations of E N Woodcock, the noted Hunter and Trapper, as written by himself and published in H T T from 1903 to 1913. http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Trapper.html
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WHAT SHE COULD AND OPPORTUNITIES A SEQUEL By the author ofThe Wide Wide
WorldLondonFrederick Warne and CoBedford Street, StrandPrinted by
Ballantyne, Hanson & Co Edinburg and London.Novel, good shape, 348 pages,
decorative green and gold color cover,browning from age - previous owner's
name with date of Jan 1900 on frontblank page.
$30.00 Canadian plus shipping. Contact abrown@nbnet.nb.ca
THE IRON HORSE OR LIFE ON THE LINE. A Tale of the Grand National Trunk
Railway By R M Ballantyne With illustrations London James Nisbet & Co.,
Limited, 21 Berners Street (All Rights Reserved)In the Preface to the book,
it has the author's name R. M. Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1871.Book in really
good shape, red cover with great illustrations/ background, describing the
early days of railways in the United Kingdom , bit browningfrom age..
Previous owners have signature in front of book, dated 1900 and1910..
$30.00 Canadian plus shipping. Contact abrown@nbnet.nb.ca
DONALBLANE OF DARIEN By J. MacDonald OxleyIllustrated by W Rainey,
R.I.TorontoThe Musson Book Company, LimitedCanada SeriesHard cover novel in
good shape, 138 pages with illustrations, browning withage, slight ripping
on front three pages, does not affect text.
$10.00 Canadian plus shipping. Contact abrown@nbnet.nb.ca
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