Chignecto by Bird Will (6 results)
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, CanadaThe Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB)
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 30 pages. NB: this is a brief introduction, not the author's longer work on Chignecto published 2 years earlier. No inscriptions. 7.25 x 4.9 inches.
More imagesPublished by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: WOLFHOUND BOOKS, South Slocan, BC, CanadaWOLFHOUND BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Bumped corners and spine ends on Red Boards with black print. Boards are starting to separate from binding. Water stains to top of back board also affecting top of many leaves. Foxing and yellowing to leaves. (7).
More imagesPublished by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, CanadaCARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth hard covers, with black titles to front and spine. Some light bumping to corners, extremities. Edges and endpapers toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat - a sound and handsome copy. Frontispiece with tissue-guard, and two additional plates, complete as called for. Old bookseller's catalogue page (from Grant Woolmer Books, Montreal, 1990) featuring this volume, laid in. x,245pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…
Published by The Ryerson Press (1928), Toronto, 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, CanadaSchooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC)
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. x,245 Pp. Frontis & 2 photo illustrations Red cloth with blue titles to spine and front cover.
More imagesPublished by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, CanadaThe Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB)
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US$ 75.00
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x, 245 pages, frontispiece and the two plates called for. Remarkably, retaining the glassine wrapper. No inscriptions. 7.5 x 5.25 inches.
More imagesPublished by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, CanadaRaven & Gryphon Fine Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928. Bird was born in Northern Nova Scotia in 1891.He wrote Maritime Provinces histories and travel books, war and military history works and many historical novels. He served two years on the war front in WW I with the 42nd Battalion, Black Watch of Canada. He lost his youngest brother in WW I and his only son who fought with The North Nova Scotia Highlanders in WW II. Bird wrote the regimental history of the North Novas in 1955 - "No Retreating Footsteps. "A Century at Chignecto" was his very first book. This book, 235 pages, first edition is in near-fine condition. There are 3 photographs of historic sites. This is an important Nova Scotia work by one of the Provinces best known writers. A cornerstone work of any Bird collection.…
