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- Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth, 1848- 1
- Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 10
- Chambers, William, 1800-1883 10
- Cody, Henry John, 1868-1951 3
- Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940 28
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861- 1
- Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897. 2
- Lemon, Don 1
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943 41
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard 1
- Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 2
- Root, Charles P. 1
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.57
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v.7 1865
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1865
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 7 of 10.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. viii
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.58
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v.8 1866
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1866
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 8 of 10.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. x
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary86
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.60
- Call Number
- 032 CHA vol. x
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1868
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 821 p. : ill., maps (some col.); 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 10 of 10.
The complete library of universal knowledge : ten great books in one volume : the culmination of centuries of human effort showing the newest conditions of industry, commerce, invention, science, art, literature, philosophy, etc., etc. : including also self-instruction in bookkeeping, computation, correspondence, points of law and legal forms, penmanship and shorthand supplemented by review questions for students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1467
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3697.1
- Call Number
- 031 CAR
- Contributor
- Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth, 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- C.F. Beezley
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 702 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contains: Modern inventions and discoveries--Wonders of industrial progress--A Vivid array of facts concerning diferent nations--A Thousand things worth knowing--Solid food for sound minds--Facts for the curious--Self-instruction in bookkeeping--Commercial arithmetic and ready reckoner--Law without a lawyer--Self instruction in letter writing--Spelling and punctuation--Self instruction in modern writing--Self instruction in short-hand writing--One hundred ways to make money
- review questions for students are in the back
- Contributor's given name and contribution: Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth (editor)
Enquire within upon everything
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary462
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.18.3
- Call Number
- 031 ENQ 1906
- Edition
- 103rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Madgwick, Houlston and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- "Enlarged and Thoroughly Revised" -from title page
- "Enlarged edition / revised to date" -from the spine
- Publisher formally known as Houlston and Sons
Enquire within upon everything
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1610
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 110th ed. enl. and rev.
- Publication Date
- 1913
- Call Number
- 031 ENQ 1913
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4007.1
- Call Number
- 031 ENQ 1913
- Edition
- 110th ed. enl. and rev.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- xv, 46 p.: ill.
- Inscription
- "With love & best wishes / for a happy birthday / from E. Kaupp / Jan 6th 1918" -- handwritten in ink on a sticker on front cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Everybody's pocket cyclopaedia of things worth knowing; things difficult to remember; and table of references
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary159
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.4.1
- Call Number
- 032 LEM
- Author
- Lemon, Don
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Madgwick Houlston
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 242 p. : ill., maps, 14 cm.
- Inscription
- Title page: "MWatson 51 Nimms St Middle Park Melb Victoria" [written in pencil] other handwritten notes in pencil, words are indiscernible.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Includes index.
The home library of entertainment instruction and amusement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1700
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Call Number
- 032 MEE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.12.4
- Call Number
- 032 MEE
- Author
- Meek, Thomas Sheppard
- Place of Publication
- St. Louis
- Publisher
- N.D. Thompson Pub. Co
- Publication Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 544 p. [80] leaves of plates ; front., ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper" "Mr. Shei__" [written in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Readers and speakers--1870-
- Notes
- Contents: Book I. Fireside gems from our popular poets -- Book II. The model speaker and reciter -- Book III. Games, amusements and sports -- Book IV. The songs we love to sing -- Book V. The home book of etiquette -- Book VI. Wonderful and remarkable things and facts -- Book VII. Biography anecdote of the great
- "richly embellished with over 100 duograph and half-tone engravings"
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
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.109.9
- Call Number
- 423 COL vol. 4
- 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
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
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.109.10
- Call Number
- 423 COL vol. 1
- 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
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume eight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1779
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.8
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.8
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 648 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 4521-5168.
- volume 8 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume five
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.5
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.5
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 624 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 2657-3280.
- volume 5 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume four
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.4
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.4
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 656 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 2001-2656.
- volume 4 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume nine
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.9
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.9
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 632 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 5169-5800.
- volume 9 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume one
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1772
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.1
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.1
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 672 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- volume 1 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume seven
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.7
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.7
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 632 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 3889-4520.
- volume 7 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume six
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.6
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.6
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 609 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 3280-3888.
- volume 6 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator : volume ten
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.10
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.10
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 672 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 5801-6315.
- includes index of entire 10-volume set.
- volume 10 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume three
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.3
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.3
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 664 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 1337-2000.
- volume 3 of 10.
New Harmsworth self-educator, volume two
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1773
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.2
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.2
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Place of Publication
- London
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 664 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- edited by Arthur Mee.
- pages numbered 673-1336.
- volume 2 of 10.