A short history and description of St. Mary's Church Sandbach, Cheshire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3517
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV996.9.3
- Call Number
- 942 MIN
- Author
- Minshull, John
- Place of Publication
- Sandbach, Cheshire
- Publisher
- St. Mary's Parochial Church Council
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Printer
- Eachus & Sons
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Sandbach (England)
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
Royal Doulton figures : produced at Burslem, c1890-1978
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0906262003
- Call Number
- 738.8 EYL
- Contributor
- Atterbury, Paul
- Place of Publication
- Stoke-on-Trent, [U.K.]
- Publisher
- Royal Doulton Tableware
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 432 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- "From / John DeForest / for BVM / Library", written in pencil on post-it note inserted in front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Porcelain--Collectors and collecting
- Porcelain figures--England--Burslem
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes index.
Steam driven toys
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary976
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Harley, Basil W.
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Call Number
- 688.7 HAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 688.7 HAR
- Author
- Harley, Basil W.
- Place of Publication
- [Burford, England]
- Publisher
- [B. W. Harley]
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mechanical toys
- Steam-engines
- Toys--Private collections--England
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
England, a place so named did not even officially
exist.
Claude Hill was 19 years of age when he left England to go to America
in 1879. He joined up with a friend of similar age and the two of them lived
for a time with the friend's uncle in the eastern part of the United States.
Later, young Hill made
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Elsie's Children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3558
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1877
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.2
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1877
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- W. Jolly and Sons
- Physical Description
- 340 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Family--Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
The fairground organ : its music, mechanism and history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1360
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Cockayne, Eric V.
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Call Number
- 789.7 COC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0715349856
- Call Number
- 789.7 COC
- Author
- Cockayne, Eric V.
- Contributor
- Leach, Ronald, Sir, 1907-
- Place of Publication
- England
- Publisher
- Newton Abbot, - David & Charles
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 239 p. : ill. (1 col), music ; 23 cm
- Inscription
- "Unknown source / via Maurice / Technical info / on Wurlitzers", written on post-it note inserted in front cover.
- "WITHDRAWN FROM / NEW WESTMINSTER / PUBLIC LIBRARY", stamped on inside front cover page and title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Musical instruments
- Organ (musical Instrument)
- Mechanical organs--History
- Mechanical musical instruments
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index.
The Penguin dictionary of building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary979
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scott, John S., 1915-
- Edition
- 2nd ed., reprinted with revisions
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Call Number
- 690 SCO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 014051015X
- 9780140510157
- Call Number
- 690 SCO
- Edition
- 2nd ed., reprinted with revisions
- Author
- Scott, John S., 1915-
- Contributor
- Bayliss, Clifford, 1912-1989
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, England
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 392 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "L. PITT-BROOKE", handwritten in ink on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Building
- Dictionaries