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William Inglis Morse. Gravestones of Acadie and other Essays on Local history, Genealogy and Parish Records of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. A. Smith & Co, London, 1929.

Price: US$253.41 + shipping

Description: A lovely limited edition copy of this work on the local history of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, with illustrations throughout. A limited edition copy. Five hundred copies of this book were printed, with this copy being number 349.In lovely binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed to the front pastedown.Gravestones of Acadie and other Essays on Local history, Genealogy and Parish Records of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia by William Inglis Morse, with photographs by the author, is an attempt to explain certain details relating to the local history of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.With twenty five illustrations.Collated, complete. In quarter calf binding with cloth covered boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed to the front pastedown.Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

MORSE, William Inglis. Gravestones of Acadie. A. Smith, London, 1929.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: With photographs by the author. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full leather stamped in gilt and blind with raised bands and a front cover design incorporating the author's initials from a design on the title page. All edges gilt. The colophon states "Designed by W.B. Dalton and W.H. Amery with the assistance of the Artistic Typography Class of The Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London. Printed under the direction of H.G. Wicks by A. Smith & Co., 30 Sangley Road, London, S.E.6." One of 500 copies, although it appears that most were bound in quarter leather and only the first 30 (50?) were bound in full leather. Apparently each of the leatherbound copies had a different design, and some were bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and others by Douglas Cockerel. A trifle scratched on the rear cover, but still fine in a near fine slipcase. A very attractive copy. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.

MORSE, William Inglis. Gravestones of Acadie, and other Essays on Local History, Genealogy and Parish Records of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. London. A. Smith & Co. 1929. 4to, 1929.

Price: US$3790.69 + shipping

Description: 28cm, 110p., with 25 illustrations, limited to 500 copies, this being #75, printed on rag paper, in fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, in full dark brown crushed morocco, black and blind ruled raised bands, gilt decorations & gilt decorated borders in the panels, gilt titles, elaborate gilt and black borders in panels on the boards including gilt titles and decorations, inner gilt and blind ruled dentelles, gilt rules on the edges of the boards, William Morris patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, in clamshell padded slipcase, a fine example of this famous bindery. (cdn) William Inglis Morse,(1874-1952), was born in Paradise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Professionally he was an Episcopalian minister and was well regarded in circles. He was a prolific chronicler of early Nova-Scotian history, particularly that of the French and Acadian populations. He was also known as one of Nova Scotia's most enthusiastic bibliophiles. Most of his collection found a home at Harvard, though a considerable portion was donated as well to Acadia University, Dalhousie University and University of King's College.

Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada