Search Results: Local History - New Brunswick from Homeward Bound Books

Woodstock, N.B.: Self Published By the Author. Near Fine. 1982. Fourth Printing. Softcover. 147 p. 20 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and very light rub mark. Inside pages are faintly yellow, but I think this is the original paper colour. Appears unread. Stories of growing up in New Brunswick. Signed by the author on the title page. .

Chatham, New Brunswick: Town of Chatham. Very Good. 1975. Softcover. 332 p. 21 cm. Sound and square with orange card stock covers. The spine is faded and the bottom of the spine has some paper loss and is bumped. There is some light soil overall. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A local history for the town of Chatham, New Brunswick; including, its founding, economics, churches, education, sports, business, and more. .

Sackville, New Brunswick: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. 52 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to edges and corner tips. Spine slightly darkened. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .

City of Moncton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. ©1965. Hardcover. 445 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Tiny corner crease to front endpaper and two preliminary pages. Inscription on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has some wear to the spine ends and edges, including a chip, some tiny tears and creases. There are drip marks on the spine ends. Rubbed, with some scratches. A history of the city of Moncton, New Brunswick covering the first 110 years since it was incorporated. Map illustrated endpapers. This copy has an inscription gifting the book to Sir James Pitman from the City and local Board of School Trustees in 1969. Pitman was a British businessman, civil servant, publisher, politician and spelling reformer, and the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman of shorthand fame. Pitman was closely involved in the theory of teaching children to write the English language. .

City of Moncton. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. ©1965. Hardcover. 445 p. 23.5 cm. Sound but slightly cocked binding in cloth-covered boards. Light wear to the corner tips. Some staining along the edges. Business card taped to front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has heavy edge wear, including chips, tears, and creases and has been taped repaired on the reverse side. Shelf rubbed. A history of the city of Moncton, New Brunswick covering the first 110 years since it was incorporated. Map illustrated endpapers. .

Sussex, New Brunswick: Self Published By the Author. Very Good-. Softcover. 0969249101 . 320 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Rubbed along the edges. Some wear to corners. A little foxing to the front cover and small stain on rear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Scoudouc, New Brunswick: Self Published By the Author. Very Good. Card Covers. 0969173407 . 112 p. 22 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A bit of edge wear and one corner crease. Tiny marker streak on bottom of text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked, with the exception of the author's inscription. A history of 19th century Westmoreland County, New Brunswick, based on journalistic reporting of political issues of the time. Numbered and inscribed by the author to a previous owner. .

Newtonville, Ontario: Self Published By the Author. Fair. 1978. Gateway Publishing. Plastic comb binding. 126 p. 23 cm. Bound in a plastic comb binding, with blue card covers. Covers are stained, darkened and worn along the edges. Faint price on the title page. Inside pages have some staining and rippling but are still perfectly legible. The history of Methodist, now United, Church of Dorchester, New Brunswick. .

Fredericton: New Ireland Press. Very Good. ©1992. Softcover. 0920483488 . 28 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Light wear to the corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Anecdotal reminiscences of the author's time in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Inscribed to a previous owner by the author on the title page. .

Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company. Good. 1980. Softcover. 0919303447 . 221 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Spine faded. Ex-library copy, with all the usual markings. A little soil to front cover. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, overall, with exception of stamps on endpapers, a gift inscription on the back of the front endpaper, and some notes to the last two blank pages. Biographical information about twenty female United Empire Loyalist settlers in New Brunswick. Ex-Library .

Fredericton: New Ireland Press. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0920483372 . 137 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Bottom front corner slightly bumped. Light shelf rubbing. Previous owner's name (or possibly someone related to the book) on the title page. An examination of the lives of English speaking settlers in New Brunswick before the Loyalists arrived. Illustrated with a section of colour portraits and landscapes and black and white in-text photographs. .

The City of Moncton. Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. 0969463421 . 498 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Some rub wear to the edges, corners and spine ends. Corner tips lightly bumped. A few tiny soil spots. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The second volume of a detailed history of the city of Moncton, New Brunswick. This volume covers one hundred years from the end of the nineteenth century through 1990. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good. 1993. Softcover. 0802077706 . 266 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Some wear to the corners, less so along the edges. Previous owner's name blackened out and highlighting and margin notes throughout the text. An academic work about the tensions between Loyal Orange Lodge Protestants and Irish-Catholics in New Brunswick in the 1840's. Details the Orange-Green disturbance of 1847. .

Durham Bridge, New Brunswick: Penniac Books. Very Good+. 1997. Third Printing. Softcover. 096996482X . 93 p. 23 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. A little wear to the corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. A collection of anecdotal stories, both folklore and historical, about the province of New Brunswick. Illustrated in black and white. Inscribed to a previous owner by the author on the title page. .