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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
- 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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary161
- 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
Webster's self-pronouncing vest pocket dictionary, 51,200 words : containing also rules for spelling, punctuation, use of captials, etc. ; tables of weights and measures ; parliamentary law, postal information, revenue law of 1898, national bankruptcy law ; pointers in proofreading, etc., etc., etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2527
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Edition
- latest ed.
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.24
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Edition
- latest ed.
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Thompson & Thomas
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 194 p. ; 14 x 6 cm
- Inscription
- scribbles in pencil handwritten on front pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Cover: Latest edition. Most complete.