34th Danish Canadian Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 21 - May 24, 2015
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 305.83981 DAN
- Contributor
- Kuhlman, Ed
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Federation of Danish Associations in Canada
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Contributor: "Editors of the Annual Heritage Book Vancouver 2015 Ed Kuhlman"
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A handbook of the analysis of sentences : with numerous illustrative examples, and a complete series of exercises for school and home work
A Manual of inorganic chemistry: Volume II, the metals
Antique Trader antiques & collectibles
A ride to Khiva : travels and adventures in central Asia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.51.1
- Call Number
- 915.8 BUR 1877
- Author
- Burnaby, Fred, 1842-1885
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 403 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
- 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.
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A to z guide to film terms
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.
BC/Yukon Command : military service recognition book, vol. x
The big six : historical thinking concepts
British Columbia history : the journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation, Fall 2011, vol. 44, no. 3
British Columbia history : the journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation, Fall 2012, vol. 45, no. 3
British Columbia history : the journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation, Spring 2012, vol. 45, no. 1
British Columbia history : the journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation, Winter 2012, vol. 45, no. 4
Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games : courtesy car map book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 796 BCS
- Publisher
- BC Seniors Games Society
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- [21] p. : 19 maps ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- BC Seniors Games
- Notes
- "Celebrating 25 years"
- "Used by Courtesy cars & Medical & Vips
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Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games : transportation volunteer handbook
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 796 BCS
- Publisher
- BC Seniors Games Society
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 28 p. : col. ill. ; 28cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- BC Seniors Games
- Notes
- "Celebrating 25 years"
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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
Canada's history, Aug-Sept 2010
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1920-9894
- Call Number
- 971.005 CAN Aug-Sept 2010
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Canada's History Society
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Formerly known as "The Beaver"
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Canadian series of school books : [third book of reading lessons]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.25
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [S.l]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1800
- Series
- Canadian series of school books
- Atlas series
- Physical Description
- 11-340 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "_____ Bird" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
Numbers and other illegible writing in pencil on front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers
- Readers--19th century
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education" --cover.
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The Casquet of literature
- 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
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Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii
Chop suey nation : the Legion Cafe and other stories from Canada's Chinese restaurants
Common bonds : a history of Greater Vancouver Community Credit Union
The dispensatory of the United States of America
The dramatic works of William Shakespeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed : with glossorial notes, his life, and a critique on his genius & writings
The drug book : from arsenic to Xanax, 250 milestones in the history of drugs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781402782640
- Call Number
- 615.109 GER
- Author
- Gerald, Michael C.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Sterling Pub
- Publication Date
- c2013
- Series
- Sterling Milestones series
- Physical Description
- 528 p : ill. (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemotherapy--History
- Pharmacology
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Summary : Throughout history, humans everywhere have searched for remedies to heal our bodies and minds. Covering everything from ancient herbs to cutting edge chemicals, this book in the hugely popular Milestones series looks at 250 of the most important moments in the development of life altering, life saving, and sometimes life endangering pharmaceuticals. Illustrated entries feature ancient drugs like alcohol, opium, and hemlock; the smallpox and the polio vaccines; homeopathic cures; and controversial medical treatments like ether, amphetamines, and Xanax while shining a light on the scientists, doctors, and companies who brought them to us.
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Elsie's Children
- 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.
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Elsie's womanhood
- 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.
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Eventide at Bethel, or, the night-dream of the desert : an Old Testament chapter in providence and grace
- 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.
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Feeding the family: 100 years of food and drink in Victoria
For good measure : the ways we say how much, how far, how heavy, how big, how old
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781596433441
- Call Number
- 530.8 ROB
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Robbins, Ken
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- [48 p.] : col. ill ; 22 x 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Weights and measures
- Measurement
- Time
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- "A Neal Porter book."
- "Published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press."
- Summary : Delves into the past to show where words such as pound, quart, feet, yard, mile, and other terms of measurement originated and why.
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Fragile and fanciful : the story of Nova Scotia glass
Froggy's little brother
- 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)
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Good words for 1870
- 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.
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Gospel choir : no. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.17
- Call Number
- 783.9 SAN
- Author
- Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908
- et al.
- Contributor
- McGranahan, James
- Stebbin, Geo. C.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- c1800
- Physical Description
- 160 p. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "Sept. 1895."
"Chas. E. Hock____"
"The Bal____"
"Cedarville, Ontario" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
"____ 127.101
____ 182.103
____ 112.133" [handwritten on front pastedown in red/orange pencil"
illegible scribbles on back pages
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Revivals--Hymns
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates : Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908.
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Have yourself a very vintage Christmas : crafts, decorating tips, and recipes, 1920s-1960s
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments
- 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.
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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
- 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.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "With the most approved marginal references, explanatory notes, selected from the most esteemed biblical writers." -- Title page
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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
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.12.7
- Call Number
- 220 BRI
- Author
- British and Foreign Bible Society
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1804
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "John Smith" [Handwritten in blue ink on front flyleaf]
"Plantagenet Division No 124
Sons of Temperance, April 2nd 1804" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Mrs E. McHallam" [Handwritten in blue ink on title page]
"70 sons + 60 daughters" [Handwritten in pencil on back flyleaf verso]
"Departurs are happening
Kind friends are leaving
And never percieving" [Handwritten in pencil on back flyleaf verso]
Calculations on front endpaper, front flyleaf, and back flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
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Hygienic physiology: with special reference to the use of alcoholic drinks and narcotics
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.113.4
- Call Number
- 612 STE
- Edition
- Enl. ed. with sel. rea.
- Author
- Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- c1884
- c1872
- Series
- Pathfinder physiology
- Printer
- A.S. Barnes & Co.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 276 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "XIII" written above "150" on inside front page in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physiology
- Hygiene
- Notes
- "Being a revised edition of the author's Fourteen Weeks in Human Physiology."
- "Edited for the use of Schools, in accordance with the recent Legislation upon Temperance Instruction."
- Includes index and a glossary.
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Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
Interior finishes & fittings for historic building conservation
Introduction a la connoissance de la nature, et a L'ecriture Sainte
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.11
- Call Number
- 248.82 TRI
- Author
- Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810
- Gros, C.
- 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.]
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Iron road west : an illustrated history of British Columbia's railways
Jewels of the Qila : the remarkable story of an Indo-Canadian family
Journeys of hope : challenging discrimination and building on Vancouver Chinatown's legacies
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780993659317
- Call Number
- 971.133 YU
- Author
- Yu, Henry, 1967-
- Contributor
- Ling, Sarah
- Shen, Szu
- Wong, Baldwin
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia, Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies
- Publication Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 116 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--Social conditions
- Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Race discrimination--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Race relations--History
- Notes
- Text in English and traditional Chinese
- Contributors: Editors: Sarah Ling, Szu Shen, Baldwin Wong
- Transaltor: Szu Shen
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The last suffragist standing : the life and times of Laura Marshall Jamieson
Man turned to stone : T'xwelátse
The mode in furs : a historical survey with 680 illustrations
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780486478722
- 0486478726
- Call Number
- 391.009 WIL
- Author
- Wilcox, R. Turner (Ruth Turner), 1888-1970
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xi, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fur--History
- Clothing and dress
- Notes
- "This Dover ed. is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1951, with the title The mode of furs : the history of furred costume of the world from the earliest times to the present."
- Includes bibliographical references
- Author's full name and dates: Wilcox, R. Turner (Ruth Turner), 1888-1970
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