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The modern world dictionary of the English language : an original work on a new principle which compiles for each word the highest authorities of all dictionaries on orthography, pronunciation, etymology, meaning, origin, development, and use, including a condensed explanation of over fifty thousand important subjects ; to which is added a compendium of historical, biographical, geographical, scientific, religious, and sociological names, and a complete survey of human achievement in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries ; with especial reference to invention, exploration, and the development of civilization through scientific research ; illustrated with many colored plates and drawings, volume four

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary160
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Publication Date
c1906
Call Number
423 COL vol. 4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.109.9
Call Number
423 COL vol. 4
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
P. F. Collier & Son
Publication Date
c1906
Physical Description
1299 p., 124 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
English language--Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes
Editors-in-chief: Robert Hunter and Charles Morris.
Includes supplement.
Sab-Zyt
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The modern world dictionary of the English language : an original work on a new principle which compiles for each word the highest authorities of all dictionaries on orthography, pronunciation, etymology, meaning, origin, development, and use, including a condensed explanation of over fifty thousand important subjects ; to which is added a compendium of historical, biographical, geographical, scientific, religious, and sociological names, and a complete survey of human achievement in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries ; with especial reference to invention, exploration, and the development of civilization through scientific research ; illustrated with many colored plates and drawings, volume one

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary161
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Publication Date
c1906
Call Number
423 COL vol. 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.109.10
Call Number
423 COL vol. 1
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
P. F. Collier & Son
Publication Date
c1906
Physical Description
xii, 1360 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
English language--Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes
Editors-in-chief: Robert Hunter and Charles Morris.
A-Croop
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The pocket Oxford dictionary of current English

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Fowler, F. G. (Francis George), 1870-1918
Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
Edition
4th ed.
Publication Date
1960
Call Number
423 OXF
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
X2794
Call Number
423 OXF
Edition
4th ed.
Author
Fowler, F. G. (Francis George), 1870-1918
Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
Place of Publication
Oxford, [Great Britain]
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
1960
Printer
University Press
Physical Description
950 p., [74 p.] ; 17 cm.
Inscription
Pocket / Oxford / Dictionary / If lost,.. S. Schofield / 4209 Maywood Street / Burnaby / HE 3-1478
Library Subject (LOC)
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Object History
8029 McPherson Ave address (formerly 1270 McPherson Ave) occupied by John W. and Margaret Schofield in 1955 BC Directory. His occupation is listed as "slsmn Barham & Sands".
Notes
"Complied by F.G. Fowler & H.W. Fowler." -- title page. "Revised by H.G. Le Mesurier and E. McIntosh." -- title page. "Oxford at the Claredon Press" -- title page.
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