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- Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth, 1848- 1
- Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 10
- Chambers, William, 1800-1883 10
- Cody, Henry John, 1868-1951 32
- Foster, Ellsworth D. 10
- Hagar, George J. (George Jotham), 1847-1921 8
- Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949 1
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861- 8
- Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897. 2
- Lemon, Don 1
- Locke, George H. (George Herbert), 1870-1937 10
- Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940 1
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary83
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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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary84
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- 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
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- 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
Everybody's pocket cyclopaedia of things worth knowing; things difficult to remember; and table of references
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary159
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- 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 everyday library for young people : volume ii: marvels of industry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1783
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.12
- Call Number
- 031 MEE v.2
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill., col. front. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Wm Knight" "629-24th Ave N.W." "Calgary" [written in blue ink] Back endpaper: "Wm Knight" "629-24th Ave N.W." "Calgary" [written in blue ink] Title page: "P. 104." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Industry and science
- Notes
- Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "The world's work and progress in science, commerce, and industry" --t.p.
- Volume 2 of 4.
The everyday library for young people : volume i : travels here and there
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1782
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.11
- Call Number
- 031 MEE v.1
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 336 p. ; ill., col. front. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Travel
- Notes
- Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "Random journeys in many lands" --t.p.
- Volume 1 of 4.
The everyday library for young people : volume iv : beast, bird and flower
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1785
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.14
- Call Number
- 031 MEE v.4
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill., col. front. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Natural history
- Notes
- Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "Novel and interesting accounts of animal, bird and plant life" --t.p.
- Volume 4 of 4.
Harmsworth's wireless encyclopedia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5691
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV999.32.7
- Call Number
- 537 JOH
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Harmsworth Encyclopedias
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1889-1984 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Radio
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Includes index.
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The home library of entertainment instruction and amusement
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- 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
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- 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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary161
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- 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
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume i
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3406
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.1
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.1
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Kellie" [written and underlined in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and dates: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- Volume 1 of 8
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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume ii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3407
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.2
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.2
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 577-1152.
- Volume 2 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3408
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.3
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.3
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 1153-1728
- Volume 3 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3409
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.4
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.4
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 1729-2304.
- Volume 4 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume v
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3410
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.5
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.5
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- page 2305-2880
- Volume 5 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume vi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3411
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.6
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.6
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576, 143 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 2881-3260
- includes index for volumes 1-6.
- Volume 6 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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Practical home and school methods of study and instruction in the fundamental elements of education with outlines and page references based on The New Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia, volume vii
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- Burnaby Village Museum
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- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.7
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.7
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- "Under the Direction of Bernhart P. Holst" -- t.p.
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- Volume 7 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
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