British birds' eggs and nests, popularly described
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.26
- Call Number
- 590 ATK
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Atkinson, J. C. (John Christopher), 1814-1900
- Contributor
- Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- G. Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, 245 p. : 12 leaves of plates, col.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birds
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates:
Atkinson, J. C. (John Christopher), 1814-1900
- Contributior's given name, dates, and contribution:
Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904 (illustrator)
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The British Empire (and Japan) : its features resources, commerce, industries and scenery, together with the physical and economic conditions of the world ; a modern atlas ...
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5826.1
- Call Number
- 912 BIS OS
- Author
- Bisiker, W. (William)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Geographical
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 81 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 44 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--Colonies--Maps
- Japan--Maps
- Notes
- "The British Empire (and Japan) : its features resources, commerce, industries and scenery, together with the physical and economic conditions of the world ; a modern atlas having 213 maps and 272 illustrations, numerous tables and diagrams with text concerning the illustrations, commercial products, statistics, histories, etc." --title page.
- Author's given name: Bisiker, W. (William)
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The British Nation : a history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.1
- Call Number
- 942 WRO
- Author
- Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Morang & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Series
- Morang's modern text-books
- Inscription
- "Marguerite Hodder"--End paper, written in ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--History
- Notes
- Index included
- "Twentieth century text-books."--Library of Congress.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for the use in high schools and collegiate institutes of Ontario, and by the Advisary Board for the use in Manitoba."
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British pharmacopoeia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.84.25
- Call Number
- 615.11 GEN 1867
- Author
- General Medical Council (Great Britain)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Spottiswoode & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1867
- Printer
- Spottiswoode & Co.
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 434 p. : 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "N. W. Minthorne
Druggist & Bookseller
Fenelon Falls" [Stamped in blue ink on front flyleaf]
"E. B. Borland
Orland
Ont
1873" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Sno S ____dy
B
30/11/95" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Sno S ___dy
Bolcaygeon
Feb. 14th 1895" [Handwritten in pencil on pre-title page]
Calculations on back flyleaf and endpaper.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacopoeias--Great Britain
- Pharmacopoeias
- Great Britain
- Notes
- "Published under the direction of the General Council of medical education and registration of the United Kingdom pursuant to the Medical Act, 1858" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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The Brownie primer
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.757.1
- Call Number
- 372.4 BAN
- Author
- Banta, N. Moore (Nathaniel Moore), 1867-
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago]
- Publisher
- A. Flanagan
- Publication Date
- c1905
- Series
- American primers ; no. 502.
- Physical Description
- 97 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Text handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf reads: "To Jean From Uncle Wallace / Jan 1920".
Text handwritten in pencil on back pastedown reads: "Jean Charters".
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Primary)
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates : Banta, N. Moore (Nathaniel Moore), 1867-
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Business letter writing and follow-up systems : for use in schools, offices, and as a general reference book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.38
- Call Number
- 380 WAR
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Author
- Warner, E. (Edgar)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Commercial Text Book Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 148 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "McTavish Business College, Ltd.
Edmonton, ALTA.
Student's
Name" [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf]
"Lothe E. Mixter" [Handwritten in black ink beside student's name on front flyleaf]
"90" [Handwritten on front flyleaf]
"Five rules for syllabication [underlined]
I Never divide except at syllables
2 Two consonants coming together are
generally separated as: - num-ber [underlined] col-lect [underlined]
3 Two vowels are separated unless they
form a diphthong as: pe-er [underlined]
4 A dervivative or a compound word
is divided so as to throw the parts into separate syllables as:
Div. im-pede [underlined] com. some-where [underlined]
5 The suffix con [underlined] never forms
a separate syllable. It takes
the S [underlined] or T [underlined] of the original
word with it and is
pronounced shun [underlined]" [Handwritten in pencil on back end paper, underlined]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Commercial correspondence
- Commercial correspondence--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's full name is Warner, E. (Edgar).
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The Business man's library, volume 1 : credits and collections ; the work and scope of the credit department - the organization necessary for judging credits - commercial agencies, how they may best be used - credit and collection methods for the wholesale, retail and manufacturing house - foreign credits and collections - systems for all needs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.1
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.1
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 1 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 2 : business correspondence ; how to write letters that get business - sell goods - win customers - cover territories salesmen cannot reach - turn inquiries into orders - collect debts - settle disputes - build businesses
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.2
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.2
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 221 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 2 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 3 : cost of production ; practical principles of costs - methods and systems for cost computation - how to determine each factor of cost - the part that material and labor play - the great problem of burden, how it is best handled - how to estimate depreciation, selling expense and profit - five complete systems
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.3
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.3
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 3 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 4 : book on selling ; what makes up the science of salesmanship - training and handling salesmen - specific methods for selling different lines - how to sell by mail, through the wholesaler and through the retailer - selling campaigns for all lines - systems for the salesman, sales manager and store
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.4
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.4
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vi, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 4 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 5 : book on buying ; how to buy right goods at the right prices - how the buyer works - retail buying - supply purchasing - buying for the factory - correspondence for the buying department - systems for all needs, ranging from the simplest to the most complicated - a combined buying and production order system
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.5
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.5
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 216 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 6 : organizing a factory ; how businesses are organized - what the duties of the departments are - how factory accounts are kept - how costs are determined - keeping records of labor, stores and finished product - howl abor costs are reduced - keeping the executive in touch with details
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.6
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.6
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 6 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 7 : book on advertising ; how to advertise a product - the principles of practical publicity for manufacturer and merchant - the tools and methods, mediums and means of the advertiser - how to plan an advertising campaign - how to write copy - how to select mediums - how to keep track of returns - how to judge results
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.7
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.7
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v, 165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 7 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 8 : employer and employee ; how to select, hire, train and retain employees - building up an efficient working force - the best methods of paying employees - the problems of the employee - how to secure and hold a position - how the employee may fit himself for promotion - working up through the ranks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.8
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.8
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- iv, 219 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 8 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 9 : personality in business ; the part which personal force plays in modern industrial and commerical life - how personality can be developed in a business - how the head of the house can impress his individuality on all its activities - what personality can accomplish with employees and with patrons - personality in various branches of business activity
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.9
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.9
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vii, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Do
W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 9 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 10 : accounting and office methods ; theorganization and functions of the various departments of an office - modern accounting systems - how reports may be made to show the executive all details - reports on the condition of a business - how to arrange an office for greatest efficiency - the cost of office work
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.10
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.10
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v,138 p., 45 p., : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 10 of 10.
- Includes index
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Business & social forms : natural slant writing books, no. 9
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.70.4
- Call Number
- 372.634 GAG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Limited
- Publication Date
- c1902
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Doris M Mann" [handwritten in ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Penmanship
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Buster Brown the busy body
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.50.10
- Call Number
- 741.5 OUT
- Author
- Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The New York Herald Co.
- Publication Date
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (multiple pagings) : col. ill. : 29 x 41 cm.
- Inscription
- "Walter Galloway
Bookstore
100 _______ St. E.
Vancouver, B.C." [Stamped in black ink on cover verso and title page]
"George Herbert Savage" [Handwritten in pencil on title page]
"George Herbert Savage
6976 Culloden St.
Vancouver B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso]
"From Auntie Maggie
Christmas 1919" [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States
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By the Trent
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.12.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 OLD
- Edition
- Special
- Author
- Oldham, E.S.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Scottish Temperance League
- Publication Date
- 1864
- Series
- Leader Series of Popular Reward Books
- Physical Description
- 423, [5] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "A.R. Rumohs / 4444 Slocan St / Vanc'r BC.", handwritten in blue pen on front endpaper
"B K.S.A. 5/84 5 oc", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Caesar's Helvetian war : adapted for the use of beginners
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.15
- Call Number
- 878 WEL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Welch, W. (William)
- Duffield, C. G. (Charles George)
- Contributor
- Ashmore, Sidney G. (Sidney Gillespie), 1852-1911
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Series
- Elementary Classics
- Physical Description
- xiv, 112 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- "Annie Graham Hill
High School, Vanc.
Jan 10th /10" [handwritten in black ink on front endpapers]
various notations written throughout book
handwritten notes and envelope tucked into back of book (enclosures removed and stored in ephemera by accession number)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gaul--History--58 B.C.-511 A.D.
- Europe--History
- Object History
- Annie Hill was the daughter of A.E. (Arthur Edmond) Hill (BV985.6129.1). Other family members include Charles W. Hill, Frederic T. Hill (her brother), and M.R. Hill. BVM also has papers belonging to her uncle, Albert James Hill (HV977.93.*). Arthur and Albert were both surveyors.
- Notes
- Authors' given names: Welch, W. (William)
Duffield, C. G. (Charles George)
- Contributor's given name and dates: Ashmore, Sidney Gillespie, 1852-1911.
- "With notes, exercises, and vocabularies." -- title page.
- "Rev. and enl., for use in American schools, by Sidney G. Ashmore." -- title page.
- Text in Latin, preface and notes in English.
- Includes index.
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