"Special Collection" found 41 records

Inscription: A Ride to Khiva / Fred Burnaby / Map of the Imperial Border of Russia with China & the Routes from it into the interior of the Chinese Empire Map of Turkistan and adjacent territory showing Russian boundaries

Library Subject (LOC): Khiva (Uzbekistan)--Description and travel; Asia--Description and travel

Object History: Purchased from E-Bay.

A treatise on arithmetic

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901

Edition: 18th ed.

Publication Date: 1877

Call Number: 513 SMI 1877 Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV986.53.37

Call Number: 513 SMI 1877 Copy 1

Edition: 18th ed.

Author: Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co.

Publication Date: 1877

Series: W. J. Gage & Co.'s mathematical series

Physical Description: v-vi; 347 p. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Mse Mpstudent" "June 20/1914" "North Vancouver"

Library Subject (LOC): Arithmetic--Study and teaching; Arithmetic--Textbooks; Mathematics--Historical texts; Mathematics--Textbooks

Notes: "Adapted to Canadian Schools by Thomas Kirkland and William Scott."; Author's given name and dates : Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901.

Battles for the union : comprising descriptions of many of the most stubbornly contested battles in the war of great rebellion, together with incidents and reminiscences of the camp, the march and the skirmish line. Embracing a record of the privations, heroic deeds, and glorious triumphs of the soldiers of the republic.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905

Publication Date: 1875

Call Number: 973.73 GLA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.140.16

Call Number: 973.73 GLA

Author: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905

Place of Publication: Hartford, Conn.

Publisher: Dustin, Gilman & Co.

Publication Date: 1875

Physical Description: xix, 21-407 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military campaigns; United States

Buds & blossoms

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1852-55

Call Number: 823.08 BUD

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.49.3

Call Number: 823.08 BUD

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Groombridge and Sons

Publication Date: c1852-55

Physical Description: 1 volume : ill ; 12 cm.

Inscription: "Ethel Puttick / The Ferns / Woodsland Rd / Hanocks", handwritten in black ink inside front cover

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--19th century; Juvenile fiction

The Casquet of literature

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1875

Call Number: 820.8 GIB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.168.1

Call Number: 820.8 GIB

Contributor: Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: Blackie

Publication Date: 1875

Physical Description: viii, 380 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper middle section: "H.W. Tyson" "Victoria" "B.C." [handwritten in black ink] Back endpaper middle section: "Nellie Tyson" "Victoria B.C." [handwritten in black ink]

Library Subject (LOC): English literature; American literature

Notes: edited by Charles Gibbon

Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871; Chambers, William, 1800-1883

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1877

Call Number: 032 CHA v. 7 1877

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.15.85

Call Number: 032 CHA v. 7 1877

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871; Chambers, William, 1800-1883

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: W. & R. Chambers, Limited

Publication Date: 1877

Physical Description: 828 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1853

Call Number: 220 WIL v.1 OS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.74.6

Call Number: 220 WIL v.1 OS

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839

Contributor: Patton, William, 1798-1879

Place of Publication: Hartford

Publisher: Case, Tiffany and Company

Publication Date: 1853

Printer: Case, Tiffany and Co.

Physical Description: 736 p. : ill., maps : 28 cm.

Inscription: "SEWELL S. & SUSAN REMICK" in gold letters on front cover.

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. New Testament; Bible. Old Testament

Notes: "edited by Rev. William Patton; Volume 1 of 2

The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1853

Call Number: 220 WIL v.2 OS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.74.7

Call Number: 220 WIL v.2 OS

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839

Contributor: Patton, William, 1798-1879

Place of Publication: Hartford

Publisher: Case, Tiffany and Company

Publication Date: 1853

Printer: Case, Tiffany and Co.

Physical Description: 736 p. : ill., maps : 28 cm.

Inscription: "SEWELL S. & SUSAN REMICK" in gold letters on front cover. Inscribed in pencil inside rear end paper "Susan Remick Susan Remick" and some aritimetic calcualtions.

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. New Testament; Bible. Old Testament

Notes: "edited by Rev. William Patton; Volume 2 of 2

The cricket field: or, the history and science of cricket

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Pycroft, James, 1813-1895

Publication Date: 1851

Call Number: 796.358 PYC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.38

Call Number: 796.358 PYC

Author: Pycroft, James, 1813-1895

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans

Publication Date: 1851

Printer: Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street Square

Physical Description: xvi, 242 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Cricket; Sports

Notes: "Dedicated to the members of the North Devon Cricket Club, by their sincere friend, the author."

Elsie's Children

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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.

Elsie's womanhood

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909

Publication Date: c1875

Call Number: 813.4 FIN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV997.45.21

Call Number: 813.4 FIN

Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.

Publication Date: c1875

Series: The Elsie books

Printer: W. Jolly & Sons

Physical Description: 406 p. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "2nd book" [handwritten on front pastedown in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Christian life; Family--Fiction; Juvenile fiction

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Object History: This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. 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.

Eventide at Bethel, or, the night-dream of the desert : an Old Testament chapter in providence and grace

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895

Publication Date: 1878

Call Number: 242 MAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.169.38

Call Number: 242 MAC

Author: Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.

Publication Date: 1878

Physical Description: xiii, 277 p. : ill ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Heritage Village", crossed out "B136 n" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front) with tag.

Library Subject (LOC): Jacob (Biblical patriarch)

Notes: Includes index.

Field-book for railroad engineer. Circular and parabolic curves, turnouts, vertical curves, levelling, computing earth-work, transition curves on new lines and applied to existing lines, together with tables of radii, ordinates, long chords, logarithms, logarithmic and natural sines, tangents, etc., and a metric curve table.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Henck, John B.

Edition: 2nd rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1898; c1854

Call Number: 625 HEN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV984.58.37

Call Number: 625 HEN

Edition: 2nd rev. ed.

Author: Henck, John B.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.

Publication Date: 1898; c1854

Physical Description: xv; 164 p. : diagr. ; 14 cm.

Inscription: "Presented by W.H.T. Twigg BCLS May 17 1934"

Library Subject (LOC): Railroad engineering

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: Author's given name and dates: Henck, John B. (John Benjamin), 1816-1903.

Froggy's little brother

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brenda

Publication Date: c1875

Call Number: 823.8 BRE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.230.24

Call Number: 823.8 BRE

Author: Brenda

Contributor: Cheshire, William

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John F. Shaw And Co.

Publication Date: c1875

Physical Description: 199, [14] p. : ill.

Inscription: "Aberdeen School Board. / CONTINUATION EVENING CLASSES." printed on label "A", handwritten, then "Prize / AWARDED TO", printed "Kate Moir / Causeway End", handwritten "School, / for EXCELLENCE in", printed "the general work of the class. / Helen A. May", handwritten "Teacher.", printed "Thomas Hector", stamped signature "Clerk of the Board", printed "24th March", handwritten "1899", "18" printed, "99" handwritten

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--19th century

Notes: Pseudonym for Georgina Castle Smith (nee Meyrick).; Cheshire, W. (illustrator)

Good words for 1870

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1870

Call Number: 828.8 MAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.122.1

Call Number: 828.8 MAC

Contributor: Macleod, Norman, 1812-1872; Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915; et al.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Strahan & Co.

Publication Date: 1870

Physical Description: 870, 52 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: Front endcover: "W194" [written in blue ink, crossed out in black ink]

Library Subject (LOC): Religion; English literature; Literature--Collections; Periodicals

Subjects: Religions

Notes: A compilation of the monthly issues of Good Words magazine in 1870.; edited by Normal Macleod; illustrated by Arthur Hughes, G.J. Pinwell, F.A. Fraser, J. Mahoney, Francis Walker, and others; Includes index.

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1877

Call Number: 220.5 RIV

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.58.38

Call Number: 220.5 RIV

Place of Publication: London

Publication Date: 1877

Physical Description: (unpaged) : ill (col.) ; 14 cm.

Inscription: "Mary Ann Gladwin / A Reward From The Wesleyan [?] Sabbath School / --oo-ke -en / Aug 12th / 1877" -- handwritten in ink on the first page "WM/41" -- handwritten in pencil on the sencond page; "Elizabeth Wamsley / Born November / the 7th 1983" --handwritten in ink on endpaper (back). "Samuel William Wamsley of -- -- to May. -- -- the 15th of Oct. in the Year 1882" -- handwritten in coloured pencil on the last page

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. New Testament; Bible. Old Testament

Notes: "Newcomb bookseller Boston" -- Stickered under the cover.; "Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command." -- title page; "Appointed to be read in Churches." -- title page; Includes index.

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851

Publication Date: 1874

Call Number: 220 COB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.40.22

Call Number: 220 COB

Author: Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: R. & A. Suttaby

Publication Date: 1874

Printer: Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works

Physical Description: 1 v. (multiple pagings) ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "John Pots Leur + Blan han d. S Vetnia" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Margaret Sutherland Feb 14, 1874 London Philippians 1-6th verse" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf] "Tapper Stationer, Bookseller, Engraver, & Printer 40 Westbourne Grove, W." [Sticker on back endpaper] Prayer handwritten on front flyleaf verso and next page, Feb 12, 1874] Notes on last few pages.