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Published by Oceanside, Pouch Cove, 1996
ISBN 10: 0968064000ISBN 13: 9780968064009
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. The offer of these 84 pages - includes a BIBLIOGRAPHY - mentions the ties that writers Harold Horwood and E.J. Pratt have to her community. Gaspar Corte Real is believed to have landed in the area from Portugal in 1501. A few b/w images assist text. LEARN about : Geeze, hobby-horse, janny , kraken, cutover lots and the Thorburn Line. Fold-out MAP at back. Cond : Paper wrapper is wrap-around Notman photo from 1908 of the houses and fish flakes scattered all around the harbour. Very light edge wear. No marks, creases, nor tears. Minimal soiling. Great reference for Canada's oldest settlement. Quote (p. 22) : " By the 1830- 40, forged iron nails came into wider use, eventually followed about 1900 -1940 by wire nails. Again, about 1930 - 40 water driven sawmills up the St. Lawrence, and along the New Brunswick and Maine coasts started turning out sawn lumber, at low cost. I am told such lumber would be ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.
Published by Oceanside Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0968064000ISBN 13: 9780968064009
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. pp.84 plus pull out map clean tight copy with slight corner wear and some hinge rubbing/creasing.