The Chinese : portrait of a people
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Fraser, John, 1944-
- Publication Date
- 1980
- Call Number
- 951.057 FRA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.28
- ISBN
- 0002168170
- Call Number
- 951.057 FRA
- Author
- Fraser, John, 1944-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Collins
- Publication Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 463 p. : photographs : 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- China--Social conditions
- China--Description and travel
- China--Politics and government--1976-
- China
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Fraser, John, 1944-
The end of the European era, 1890 to the present
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary867
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Call Number
- 940.5 GIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0393954404
- 9780393954401
- Call Number
- 940.5 GIL
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Physical Description
- xv, 556 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Europe--Politics and government--20th century
- World politics--20th century
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 520-531) and index.
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
interviews,
offered leads o n contemporaries, sent informative periodicals a n d clippings, tracked d o w n
photographs — then awaited the birthing of Pioneer Tales w i t h rare h u m o r a n d patience.
The publisher of Pioneer Tales gratefully acknowledges the generous
contribution from the government
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
A book of general science
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1543
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3840.1
- Call Number
- 500 HIL
- Author
- Hilton, M. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- xiii, 399 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION / THE GOVERNMENT OF / THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA / TEXT BOOK BRANCH" - printed on pink sticker affixed to inside of front cover. "My Creed / I believe in Canada. / I love her as my home. / I honour her institutions. / I rejoice in the abundance of her achievements. / I have unbounded confidence in the ability / of her people to excel in whatsoever / they undertake. / I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a / leader among world nations. / To her I pledge my loyalty. / To the promotion of her best interests I / pledge my support. / To her products I pledge my patronage. / And to the cause of her producers I pledge / my devotion. " - printed on paper affixed to inside of front cover. "Joyce Crawhurst" - handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover. "Joyce Crawhurst, / Agassiz High / School, / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "Joyce Crawhurst / Harrison Hot Springs / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "Joyce Crawhust. / A. H. S." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "p. 6 to" - handwritten in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Science
- Notes
- "Authorzied by the Ministers of Education for Alberta and British Columbia."
- Includes index.
- Notes and sketch on back pages and inside of back cover.
An official handbook of information relating to the Dominion of Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2780
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.34
- Call Number
- 971 CAN
- Contributor
- Canada. Department of Agriculture
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Canada. Department of Agriculture
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- iv, 94 p. : ill., coat of arms, map ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- Numbers and equations written in pencil on front and back covers.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--Description and travel
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Notes
- "Published with the approval of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Government of Canada (Department of Agriculture)" --t.p.
Composition through reading : the direct method of teaching English, book 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2832
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pickles, Frederick
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 428.2 PIC 1930
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.89.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 PIC 1930
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Pickles, Frederick
- Place of Publication
- London
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Printer
- Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- xx, 295 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Department of Education The Government of The Privince of British Columbia" Text-Book Branch" [sticker on front pastdown] "Ronald D. King" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Composition and exercises
- English literature
- Readers (Secondary)
- Textbooks
- Notes
- Author's full name is Pickles, Frederick
- "Authorised for use in the schools of British Columbia"--t.p.
Prescription department sales analysis in selected drug stores; part of the national drug store survey, no. 16
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5916
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.116
- Call Number
- 615.4 DEL
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing Office
- Publication Date
- 1932
- Series
- Domestic commerce series
- Physical Description
- iii-iv, 37 p. : tables ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside title page: crossed-out "F 88e" [handwritten in ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy
- Prescription writing
- Notes
- "U. S. Department of Commerce. R. P. Lamont, secretary. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Frederick M. Feiker, director."
- "Domestic commerce series, No. 61".
War in South Africa and the dark continent : from savagery to civilization
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Harding, William
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Call Number
- 968.2 HAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.30.6
- Call Number
- 968.2 HAR
- Author
- Harding, William
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Dominion
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Physical Description
- 11-550 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- South African War, 1899-1902
- South Africa--History
- Notes
- "The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers. Embracing the explorations and settlements, wars and conquests, peoples and governments, resources and produces, of this the least known, yet by nature endowed as the richest and most wonderful of continents, and a detailed history of the causes and events of the British-Boer War" --T.p.XXX "Superbly illustrated with half-tone engravings made from photographs taken expressly for this book" --T.p. Author's given name and dates: Harding, William Harry, 1941-
Wrigley's British Columbia directory 1930, volume 40
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary443
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Schetky, George L.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 384.6 WRI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.1.69
- Call Number
- 384.6 WRI
- Author
- Schetky, George L.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2218 p. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Directories
- British Columbia
- Notes
- "embracing an alphabetically arranged list of cities, towns, post offices and railway stations in British Columbia, with a description of each ; an alphabetically arranged list of business houses, private citizens, civic, provincial and dominion governments, churches, public and private schools, secret and benevolent organizations, associations, etc., also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Vancouver and Victoria, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory of British Columbia,"