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NO AUTHOR_ARTIST TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE COND DESCRIPTION
2158 Jobb, Dean
Calculated Risk Greed, Politics, and the Westray Tragedy Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 1994 $14.00 Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hard Cover Dustjacket has a bit of wrinkling on corners and is a bit soiled. Page edges soiled. Inside fairly clean and tight. The story of the Westray coal mine explosion of 1992, where 26 miners died tragically.
4256 Looker, Janet
Disaster Canada Lynx Images Inc Toronto, Ontario, Ca 2001 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft Cover Bottom corner of book is bumped. Lots of information and black and white photos.
4347 Kimber, Stephen
Flight 111 The Tragedy of the Swissair Crash The Stories of Courage, Loss, and the Search for Answers Seal Books McLelland and Stewart Toronto 1999 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Mass Market Paperbac A nice clean copy.
31 Marshall, Logan
The Great American Calamity L.T. Myers 1913 First Edition $11.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hard Cover "The True Story of .." "... By Flood, Fire and Tornado" Pictorial map cover is bumped and worn. A front leaf looks like it may be missing, just before the title page, where it is split down the inside hinge. Light foxing. Many photographs throughout.
1297 Robinson, Ernest Fraser
The Halifax Disaster December 6, 1917 Vanwell Publishing Limited St. Catharines, On. 1997 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Pictorial card covers are creased around edges. Spine is creased. Inside is fairly clean. Lots of photographs.
2038 Hurricane Juan the Story of a Storm The Chronicle- Herald & Nimbus Publishing Halifax 2003 $9.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft Cover A pictorial look at a devastating hurricane that hit Halifax, Nova Scotia in September 2003 and at the people who helped put the city back together. Inside clean.
4030 Terry, Patricia Stoddart
Colbeck, James
Lost Mariners of Shelburne County Volume II Commemorated on Memorials at Woods Harbour Shag Harbour Cape Sable Island Nova Scotia or in Accounts of Marine Disasters from 1789-1990 Stoneycroft Publishing Yarmouth, NS, Canada $35.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft Cover Lots of genealogical information.
776 Monnon, Mary Ann
Miracles and Mysteries: The Halifax Explosion December 6, 1917 Lancelot Press Hantsport, N.S. 1992 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft Cover Front cover faded or discoloured. Page edges discoloured. Inside tight and clean.
1730 Wright, H. Millard ( Compiler )
The Other Halifax Explosion Bedford Magazine July 18-20 1945 Self Published $24.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft Cover Covers clean. Inside is fairly clean, previous owner has underlined certain parts of the text but this does not obscure text. Previous owner's name and sticker on title page. Slightly smoky odour. An interesting history of an explosion which happened at a Halifax, Nova Scotia ammmunitions storage depot in 1945. An event which may have been catastrophic if not for the brave servicemen who extinguished the flames and carefully cleaned up the area.
4004 Kitz, Janet
Shattered City the Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery Nimbus Pub Ltd Halifax, Nova Scotia 1989 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Some minor creasing and soiling on covers. Inscribed by author to previous owner's. Inside clean.
4219 Everett, Marshall
Story of the Wreck of the Titanic Castle Books Edison, New Jersey 1998 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hard Cover Original title was: "Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic The Ocean's Greatest Disaster" First published in 1912. Clean inside and out.
2452 Kitz, Janet
Survivors Children of the Halifax Explosion Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax, Nova Scotia 1992 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Some sticker residue on back cover, otherwise a clean copy. " ... tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax Explosion."
4353 Jessop, Violet; Maxtone-Graham, John
Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters Sheridan House Inc Dobbs Ferry, New Yor 1997 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: Very Good, Hard Cover A nice clean copy.
1374 Mahar, James and Rowena
Too Many to Mourn One Family's Tragedy in the Halifax Explosion Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 1998 $15.00 Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book is clean and tight.
2197 Mahar, James and Rowena
Too Many to Mourn One Family's Tragedy in the Halifax Explosion Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 1998 $11.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback A look at one large family's loss in the Halifax Explosion. Book is clean and tight.
2115 McCormick, Christopher
The Westray Chronicles A Case Study in Corporate Crime Fernwood Publishing Halifax $13.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback A few creases on covers. A bit of yellowing and soiling on page edges. Previous owner's name in pen then scribbled over on title page. Otherwise clean.
2601 Comish, Shaun
The Westray Tragedy : A Miner's Story Fernwood Publishing Company, Limited Peterborough, ON, Ca 1993 $5.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Corners bumped a bit, slight curl on covers, otherwise a clean unmarked copy. The story of the Westray coal mine disaster as told by one of miners who attempted to rescue the 26 men who were trapped after a massive explosion on May 9th, 1992.
1603 Sutow, M. Pauline Murphy
Worse Than War: The Halifax Explosion Four East Publications Tantallon 1992 $7.00 Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Historical account of what was the worst man made explosion up untill the atomic bomb. Book is clean, very small amount of price sticker residue on back cover.

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