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The American cyclopedia of the automobile or, Motor cars and motoring self-taught : a work of reference & self instruction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1816
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947
Root, Charles P.
Publication Date
c1909
Call Number
625.6 RUS v.6
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV983.48.12
Call Number
625.6 RUS v.6
Author
Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947
Root, Charles P.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Thompson & Thomas
Publication Date
c1909
Physical Description
336 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Automobiles
Automobiles--Design and construction
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes
Author's given name and dates as follows: Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947.
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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
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1904
Call Number
031 CAR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
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)
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Enquire within upon everything

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary462
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Edition
103rd ed.
Publication Date
1906
Call Number
031 ENQ 1906
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
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
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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
Author
Lemon, Don
Publication Date
1908
Call Number
032 LEM
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
Series
Saxon's everybody's series ; no. 1
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.
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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"
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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
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Publication Date
c1906
Call Number
423 COL vol. 4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.109.9
Call Number
423 COL vol. 4
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
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
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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 one

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary161
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
Publication Date
c1906
Call Number
423 COL vol. 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.109.10
Call Number
423 COL vol. 1
Author
Hunter, Robert, 1824-1897.
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922
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
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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.
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