1. BIRD, Will R. A Century at Chignecto. The Key to Old Acadia. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1928. 18.5cm, 245p., wine cloth with black titles, a very good to fine copy 125.00
2. BIRD, Will R. And We Go On. Toronto. The Hunter-Rose Co., 1930. 12mo. 19.5cm, 343p., wine cloth, spine and cover titles stamped in black, internal library marks, otherwise a fine bright copy, scarce 250.00 One of the rarest of the Will Bird titles. A narrative telling of his service with the 42nd Battalion, C.E.F. in World War One. Re-written as "Ghosts Have Warm Hands" in the 1960's. (last copy was catalogue 182)
3. BIRD, Will R. Private Timothy Fergus Clancy. Ottawa. Graphic Publishers Limited. 1930. 12mo. 18.5cm, first edition, 325p., original brick brown cloth, gilt titles and decoration on the spine and upper cover, spine titles partly faded, a very good copy, one of the rarest books from The Graphic Publishers, Signed by Will R. Bird on the title page The three copies we have had previously were slightly dust worn and fade speckled. 750.00
4. BIRD, Will R. Thirteen Years After. The Story of the Old Front Revisited. Reprinted from Maclean's Magazine with additions. Toronto. Maclean Publishing Co. 1932. 24.5cm, first edition, [5],180,[1],p. with 104 illustrations, printed in double columns, original wine fabrikoid, a very good copy, Signed by the Will R. Bird, scarce 250.00 With two photograph s loosely inserted. Author's fourth book. "compilation of the authors journalistic analyses of the war". Toye. p70.
5. BIRD, Will R. The Communication Trench. Amherst, N.S. The Author. 1933. 12mo. 19cm, the first edition, 336p. wine cloth, black stamped titles and decorations on the spine and upper cover, a fine copy, Signed by the Author 400.00 The story of the North Novas in World War II, by a distinguished Canadian author and veteran. The appendix is a chronological history of the various names and changes in the regiment since its foundation in 1871. (Our last copy, catalogue 160)
6. BIRD, Will R. Maid of the Marshes. Amherst, Nova Scotia. Published by author. 1935. 22cm, first edition, 198p., original blue cloth, titles and borders stamped in yellow, a very good copy, Signed by Will R. Bird Bird's first novel. 75.00
7. BIRD, Will R. Maid of the Marshes. Amherst, Nova Scotia. Published by author. 1935. 22cm, first edition, 198p., original blue cloth, titles and borders stamped in yellow, a very good to fine copy 50.00
8. BIRD, Will R. Here Stays Good Yorkshire. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1945. 21cm, xiv,332p., red cloth, a fine copy in very good illustrated jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird 45.00
9. BIRD, Will R. Sunrise for Peter and Other Stories. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1946. 20.5cm, first edition, vii,223p., orange cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket, Signed by Will by R. Bird 30.00
10. BIRD, Will R. Judgment Glen. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1947. 21cm, the first edition, 315p., blue cloth, a good copy, Signed by Will R. Bird. 25.00
11. BIRD, Will R. The Passionate Pilgrim. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1949. 21.5cm, first edition, 324p., red cloth, fine in very good to fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 40.00
12. [BIRD, Will R.] Amherst Nova Scotia. Diam ond Jubilee 1889-1949. With a history of the town specially written by Will R. Bird. Np. Sentinnel Press. 1949. 25.5cm, no pagination, hundreds of photographs, map, small stain, a good to very good copy 40.00
13. BIRD, Will R. This is Nova Scotia. Toronto. The Ryerson Press.1950. 20cm, first edition, viii,299p., with 44 illustrations, mapped endpapers, blue cloth, white stamped titles, a fine 35.00
14. BIRD, Will R. So Much to Record. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1951. 21cm, first edition, 317p., wine cloth, a very good copy in very good jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird 25.00
15. BIRD, Will R. To Love & To Cherish. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1953. 19.5cm, first edition, 309p., cloth, free fly clipped, a very good copy in very good jacket, Inscribed by Will R.. Bird to Larry Saintsbury (see below; last entry) 40.00
16. BIRD, Will R. The Two Jacks. The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1954. 21.5cm, first edition, 209p. with 22 maps and illustrations, green cloth, jacket has some tape repairs, a very good copy in good jacket, Signed by the Author 250.00
17. BIRD, Will R. Done at Grand Pre. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1955. 19cm, first edition, xii,175p., with 15 plates and illustrations, green cloth, previous owners inscription, a fine copy very good jacket An account of the Acadian expulsion of 1755. 20.00
18. BIRD, Will R. The Shy Yorkshireman. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1955. 20.5cm, first edition, 253p., orange cloth with black titles, a very good to fine copy in very good jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird 35.00
19. BIRD, Will R. Off-Trail in Nova Scotia Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1956. 20.5cm, first edition, xiv,314p. With 27 plates and illustrations, mapped endpapers, index, blue cloth, fine in very good jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 35.00
20. BIRD, Will R. Tristram s Salvation. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1957. 20cm, first edition, 254p., orange cloth with black titles, a fine copy in fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 35.00
21. BIRD, Will R. (Edited by) Atlantic Anthology. Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. 1959. 22.5cm, the first edition, 510p., blue cloth, a very good to fine copy in very good to fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 45.00 A significant collection of writing in fiction, non- fiction and poetry describing and interpreting life in Canada's four Atlantic provinces.
22. BIRD, Will R. Despite the Distance. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1961. 20cm, first edition, 280p., cloth, fine in very good jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 40.00
23. BIRD, Will R. These are the Maritimes. Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1959. 19.5cm, first edition, 333p., illustrations from photographs, index, blue cloth, a very good copy in very good jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 40.00
24. BIRD, Will R. North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. Fredericton. Brunswick Press. 1963. 8vo., 23cm, 629p., colour frontis, 98 plates, illustrations and portraits, plus 10 folding maps, addenda slip, mapped endpapers, crested blue cloth, fine in fine jacket, Signed by the Author on title page 300.00 Unit history of the regiment from its formation in 1794 to 1958. It includes much on both great wars. Written by a noted Canadian novelist, Bird was a soldier in the Great War.
25. BIRD, Will R. An Earl Must Have A Wife. Toronto. Clarke, Irwin & Company. 1969. 20.5cm, first edition, 236p., wine cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 30.00
26. BIRD, Will R. Angel Cove. Toronto. Macmillan of Canada. 1972. 21cm, first edition, 236p., blue cloth, fine in fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird. 25.00
27. BIRD, Will R. The Misadventures of Rufus Burdy. Toronto. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. 1975. 21.5cm, 270p., brown cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket, Signed by Will R. Bird 25.00
28. BIRD, Will R. (Prepared by.. in consulation with D.C. Harvey). Historic Nova Scotia. Drawings by William E. Degarthe. Halifax. Minister of Industry and Publicity. n.d. 22cm, 115,[1]p. with plates illustrations from drawings, colour decorated stiff wraps, square backed, (perfect bound), very good to fine 50.00 This issue with Bird's name on the title page is very scarce. There were many issue of this title. See Nova Scotia... items......... below.
29. BIRD, Will R. No Retreating Footsteps. The Story of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Kentville, N.S. The Kentville Publishing Co. n.d. 8vo., 23cm, first edition, [x],398,[i]p., frontis portrait and 30 illustrations, 6 maps, mapped endpapers, original dark blue cloth, plain spine, gilt crest on the upper cover, near fine copy of the rare first edition, in a complete but tired jacket, Signed by the Author on the tilte page, scarce 750.00
30. [EPHEMERA] Will R. Bird: A Personal Collection by Larry Saintsbury. Typescript. 7 pages, and related correspondence with the Ottawa Book Collectors. / Gratus.
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