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The book of wonders : gives plain and simple answers to the thousands of everyday questions that are asked and which all should be able to, but cannot answer, fully illustrated with hundreds of educational pictures which stimulate the mind and give a bird's eye view of the wonders of nature and the wonders produced by man.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1873
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.9
- Call Number
- 030 BOD
- Contributor
- Bodmer, Rudolph J., 1872
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Bureau of Industrial Education
- Publication Date
- 1916
- Printer
- L. H. Jenkins
- Physical Description
- 603 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "[Frank] B. Street - / Xmas 1917" - handwritten on front inside cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Curiosities and wonders
- Technology
- Natural history
- Notes
- 3 loose photographs contained in the pages
- Contributor's given name, date, and contribution : Bodmer, Rudolph John, 1872 (editor)
The everyday library for young people : volume iv : beast, bird and flower
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1785
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- 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.
Introduction a la connoissance de la nature, et a L'ecriture Sainte
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.11
- Call Number
- 248.82 TRI
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Whitaker
- Publication Date
- 1822
- Printer
- E. Skelton & Co.
- Physical Description
- viii, 184 p. ; 12 cm.
- Inscription
- inside cover: red paper printed label "T. HILL, Bookseller & Stationer, 18, UPPER KING STRRET, Bloomsbury Square" inside cover page: "Susan Vrerder"[handwritten in pencil] "A P Yatin" [handwritten in pencil] "[text obscured] June 13th 1827"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- Science
- Natural history
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- English title: Easy introduction to the knowledge of nature, and reading the Holy scriptures.
- "Traduite de la Treisieme Edition." [Translated from the Treisieme edition.]
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2742
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.113.15
- Call Number
- 919.8 HAR
- Edition
- New ed.
- Contributor
- Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902
- Place of Publication
- Guelph, Ont.
- Publisher
- J.W. Lyon
- Publication Date
- 1874
- Printer
- Clark W. Bryan & Co.
- Physical Description
- xx, [17]-811 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "A R Currie Pennant Sask March 9 / 1926" [handwritten in black ink on back of portrait of Dr. Hartwig] "John Byrne" [handwritten in pencil on p.513]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural history
- Polar regions--Discovery and exploration
- Tropics--Discovery and exploration
- Notes
- "Edited, with additional chapters, by Dr. A. H. Guernsey" --title page.
- "Two volumes in one" --title page.
- "Embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries" --title page.
- "The whole splendidly embellished with nearly two hundred beautiful illustrations, true to nature, from designs furnished by artists in the regions to which they relate" --title page.
- "New edition, with an account of Hall's last expedition, a summary of arctic explorations, and new maps of the arctic regions" --title page.
- "Sold only by subscription" --title page.
- Author's given name and dates: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880
- Editor's given name and dates: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902