A history and geography of British Columbia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.24
- Call Number
- 971.1 LAW 1914
- Author
- Lawson, Maria, 1852-1945
- Young, Rosalind Watson, 1874-1962
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Series
- Dominion series.
- Physical Description
- 156 p.: ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Edna Barton
Sir James Douglas School
Victoria B.C." [handwritten on front pastedown and opposing page in pencil]
Note enclosed regarding ownership of book
"Edna Barton
1457 Homely St. Victoria B. C." [handwritten on page opposing back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- British Columbia--Description and travel
- Notes
- "History --by Maria Lawson" --t.p.
- "Geography --by Rosalind Watson Young" --t.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia" --t.p.
- 3 copies of alternate version published by W.J. Gage & Company, Limited ,1906
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Book of rates no. 3 : for the use and guidance of fire underwriters in British Columbia Canada
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.122.34
- Call Number
- 352.3 MAI
- Author
- Mainland Fire Underwriters' Association of BC
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Mainland Fire Underwriters' Association of BC
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 69 p. : 18 cm
- Inscription
- "W227" [writen on front endpaper and front flyleaf, crossed out]
"This book is the property of the"
"Mainland Fire Underwriters'"
"Association of British Columbia,"
"and is loaned to" [typed in black ink, plaque glued to front endpaper]
"Henry O Guhr Esq." [handwritten in black ink, signed on dotted line on plaque]
"for personal use only." [typed in black ink, part of plaque]
"New Westminster"
"Philadelphia Underwriters" [handwritten in black ink on bottom of plaque]
"Sl_ _ah"
"6" [handwritten in pencil on back flyleaf, inside a handwritten box]
[some writing throughout]
[illegible writing on cover in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fires
- Fire insurance
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British Columbia first reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.25
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Limited
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- 146 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Free Text-Book
The Property of" [printed label on front pastedown with the following filled in]
"Eric Coe" [handwritten in pencil]
"Division v" [roman numeral handwritten in black ink]
"Number of Book 22" [number handwritten in black ink]
"Date of issue to pupil
Day 4
Month 8
Year 18" [numbers handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" -title page
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British Columbia : first reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.752.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- 146 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Isabel Crabb / [School:] of hard knocks / [Division:] 81 4/13 / [Number of book:] 1 1/2 3/4 / 3 8 1916" [handwritten on textbook label inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" -title page
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British Columbia : first reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.753.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- 146 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ernest Crabb / Marpole School" [handwritten on textbook label inside front cover]
"Ernest Bruce Crabb / Marpole, B.C. / Canada." [handwritten inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" -title page
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British Columbia : first reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.23.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- 146 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Nora Fothergill / Gilmore Ave / [Division:] XI" [handwritten on textbook label inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" -title page
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British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 1
British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.29.21
- Call Number
- 971.1 HOW v.2
- Author
- Howay, F.W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- The S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- xiv,, 727 p. : ill. : 27 cm.
- Inscription
- "S-10 c" [Handwritten and crossed out in blue ink on pre title page]
"S-12 c" [Handwritten and crossed out in black ink on pre title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- British Columbia
- British Columbia--Bibliography
- Biography
- Notes
- "Volume II" -- title page
- Includes index.
- Other three volumes by: E. O. S. Scholefield (Ethelbert Olaf Stuart), 1875-1919
- Author's full name and dates: Howay, F. W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943
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British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 3
British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 4
British Columbia fruit : its qualities and uses
The British Columbia high school English grammar
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3740.1
- Call Number
- 425 LAN
- Author
- Lang, S. E. (Sidney Edward), 1864-1950
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Physical Description
- ix, 272 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "SLANG" [S handwritten in pencil added to LANG on front cover]
"Handle with care" [handwritten in pencil on text block fore edge]
"E.L. Keyes" [handwritten in pencil on text block foot edge]
"D.C.H School" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
"1917
E.L. Keyes
231 Keary St.
New Westminster" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
Torn advertisement for "Bulldog Sole Leather" found between p. 250-251
underlining throughout book and note written on page after p. 272 and back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Grammar--1870-1949
- English language--Textbooks
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the province of British Columbia" -title page
- Author's given name and dates: Lang, S. E. (Sidney Edward), 1864-1950
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The British Columbia public school English grammar
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3730.1
- Call Number
- 425 LAN
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- The Copp Clark Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- x, 186 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Free Text-Book / the property of / school / division / number of book / ~~ By order of the Education department of B.C." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
"Ernest Keyes / Dawson / School Division VI" -- handwritten in pen on sticker.
Various handwritting through signature.
Various drawing throught signature.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Grammar
- English language--Composition and exercises
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the Province of British Columbia."
- Includes index.
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British Columbia readers : a beginner's reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.10.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- iv, 5-64 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Clements School / September 1919" [stamp on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
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British Columbia readers : a fourth reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3251
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- vii, 9-296 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Free Text-Book
The Property of" [printed label with following filled in]
"Margarite Dyke" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
Notes written in black ink and underlining in pencil throughout book.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" --title page
- Copy 1 of 2
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British Columbia readers : a third reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.2530.1
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- vii, 9-272 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia" --title page
- Copy 1 of 4
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British Columbia : second reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.26
- Call Number
- 428.2 WJG 1915 Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Limited
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- The British Columbia readers
- Physical Description
- v, 224 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Free Text-Book
The Property of" [printed label on front pastedown with the following filled in]
"Eric Coe" [handwritten in black ink]
"School Kingsway West" [school name handwritten in black ink]
"Division 5" [number handwritten in black ink]
"Number of Book 14" [number handwritten in pencil]
"Date of issue to pupil
Year 1919" [number handwritten in black ink]
Drawing of tree with ladders? attached to each side hand drawn in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Prescribed for use in the schools of British Columbia"--title page.
- Copy 1 of 2
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The Cariboo trail : a chronicle of the gold-fields of British Columbia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.106.18
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.23
- Author
- Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936
- Contributor
- Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Brook & Company
- Publication Date
- 1916
- Series
- Chronicles of Canada, 23
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- viii, 115 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map, ports. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Gold mines and mining--British Columbia
- Cariboo (B.C. : Regional district)--Gold discoveries
- Notes
- "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"
- "In thirty-two volumes"
- "Part VI Pioneers of the North and West"
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Author's given names and dates: Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina), 1871-1936
- Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
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Excursions in northern British Columbia and Yukon Territory and along the North Pacific Coast : excursions C8 and C9; no.10
Forests of British Columbia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.29.9
- ISBN
- 0665824300
- Call Number
- 634.9 WHI
- Author
- Whitford, Harry Nichols
- Craig, Roland D.
- Contributor
- Leavitt, Clyde
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, Ont.
- Publisher
- Commission of Conservation -- Canada
- Publication Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- viii, 409 p. : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "cop. 3
T
634.9 qc21f
Forests of British Columbia
218306" [Handwritten in black ink in cursive on verso of front cover]
"B" [Handwritten in pencil on verso of front cover and on first page]
Card pocket affixed to verso of front cover with two loan cards inside.
Loan slip affixed to first page.
"VANCOUVER B.C. PUBLIC LIBRARY" punched into title page of book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Forests and forestry--British Columbia
- Notes
- "under the direction of Clyde Leavitt"
- Includes bibliographical references and an index
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