The Odd Book

When the emperor finally decides to put some pants on: the Aristocrats of Underwear (advert in the 1946 Grand Pre Cook Book). And, likely unrelated, Charles Macdonald's copy of Pride's Fancy.

Also just in: a stack of local community cookbooks, including five editions of the Grand Pre Cook Book > 300 copies of the 1946 first edition {1st photo} were issued; by the 4th edition of 1951 3000 copies were called for and a total of 10,000 copies had been printed.

Another uncommon piece. NS Department of Lands and Forests, 1954, 12 pages; illustrated by deGarthe.

A local rarity:

Lonely planet travel guides for 2020.

In a 1926 programme for Halifax's Majestic Theatre:

Some neat inscriptions in otherwise unremarkable books, including this superbly penned Christmas one. And three libraries: the Quaker library in Barrington NS giving direction as to handling; and Blandford MA with a (presumably cumulative) detailed condition report.

For your browsing pleasure: open Canada Day regular hours.

A hearty ~ CHEERS ~ to the folks graduating from Horton today.

Happy to be back in the saddle. New volumes from Gaspereau Press Printers & Publishers dropped off yesterday; and lots of fresh finds including Joe Stevens' comprehensive GP collection, a shelf each of Kerouac, P.K. Dick, 2 shelves of Tolkien.... Open regular hours.

Canadian Historian and Wolfville born and raised customer of The Odd Book was recently awarded The Garneau Medal for her contribution to Canadian historical research. Shirley is the kind of person you might meet browsing at The Odd Book

Open regular hours.

Sifting through heaps of uncatalogued ephemera, among which this third issue of Bear River's interestingly named newspaper The Telephone; 24 March 1897.There's a Middleton ad for bicycles, apparently a month before any had been to town. A later issue of the paper [April 21, 1897] noted: The bicycle made its appearance on our streets at Easter. Two were ridden by young men from Digby. {Easter Sunday that year was April 18th} {quoted by Mike Parker in Frontier Town: Bear River, Nova Scotia : a Snapshot in Time}.