| Thomas Chandler Haliburton — An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia. |
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An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia. |
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Halifax: Joseph Howe, 1829., 1829. 2 volumes, 8vo., (8 4/8 x 5 1/8 inches). Half-title in volume 2 only. Engraved frontispiece in volume 2 (top edge renewed and backed with Japanese tissue), 6 engraved plates and plans, large folding engraved map of Nova Scotia (short tears and repair on verso near the gutter) and two other maps, including one folding, 3 folding letterpress tables (some occasional pale spotting). Modern half brown morocco, marbled boards, gilt. Provenance: With the bookplate of Clayton W. McCall (1891-1973) local Canadian historian on the front paste-down of each volume; with the small library label of Wolfgang A. Herz, on the front pastedown, his sale "Important Voyages and Travels", 9th December 2009, lot 217. First edition, with a variant imprint in volume one and with 4 preliminary leaves not 7 leaves as called for in Staton & Tremaine and Sabin. However, "some copies which vary from this collation in the preliminary leaves, seem to be perfect" (Sabin). Haliburton's publishing career began "anonymously with "A General Description of Nova Scotia" (1823), followed by the ambitious "Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia", published by Joseph Howe in 1829. "The General Description " encouraged immigrants but the "Historical and Statistical Account" described a colony in an advanced state of cultivation without any need for newcomers" (DNB). An account of Nova Scotia from 1497-1828. Haliburton was born and raised in Nova Scotia, became a lawyer and judge there, but settled in England later in life and achieved literary fame as a popular writer of humorous satires under the pseudonym "Sam Slick". Sabin 29687; Staton & Tremaine 1542. |
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