Bound with the First Nova Scotia Printing of the British North America Act

A History of Nova-Scotia, or Acadie ... [Bound with:] An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Together with the Act Authorising a loan for the Halifax and Quebec Railway. Published by order of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia.

Halifax: James Barnes, 1865-1867; Halifax: Compton & Co, 1867.

Price: $1,750.00


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First edition of Murdoch's history, bound with the first Halifax edition of the British North America Act. [Murdoch:] xv, [1], 543; xiv, 624; xxiii, 613pp. Several leaves of the table of contents bound out of order. [British North America Act:] 47, [1]pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound with the First Nova Scotia Printing of the British North America Act. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper covered board. [Murdoch:] Sabin 51433; TPL 1447. [British North America Act:] Lande S386.

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The 1867 British North America Act united the three separate territories of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single dominion called Canada.