The queen's London : a pictorial and descriptive record of the streets, buildings, parks and scenery of the great metropolis ; in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.48.5
- Call Number
- 914.21 CAS
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Publication Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. ; 24 x 32 cm.
- Object History
- Donor inherited object in the 1950's from the estates of her mother, Katherine Elizabeth (Smith) Douglas, and her maternal grandmother, Sarah Pugh (Richards) Smith.
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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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James Gilmour and his boys
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.72.3
- Call Number
- 266.92 LOV
- Edition
- London Missionary Society ed.
- Author
- Lovett, Richard, 1851-1904
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1894
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- 288 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "W191" [phrase crossed out and written in black ink at top of front pastedown]
Calculations handwritten on front pastedown in black ink
Label printed on front endpaper with the following filled in black ink
" 'Presented to' Maggie Watt...'for collecting the sum of' 1_/_ [1£/£]...'in connection with' Westhill E.U. Church
Sunday School"
"1 Mordun Crescent
Fettes College
Edinburgh
Easter ___
__________
___ a_ Shire" [handwritten in black ink on back side of front endpaper]
"Miss Margaret Wa [Watt]
Moss Side
Countess wells
Aberdeen
Loch Side
Skene
Easter Ord
Skene
The Manse
Petercutter
Post __ffe
Petercutter" [handwritten in black ink on back of portrait of James Gilmour]
"Miss J.A. Reid
No 2 Ward
Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen" [handwritten 4 times on back pastedown. 2 in pencil and 2 in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Missions--Mongolia
- Missionaries--Mongolia
- Christian biography--Mongolia
- Notes
- "With a map and many illustrations" --t.p.
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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
Alexander MacKay : missionary hero of Uganda
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.8
- Call Number
- 266.92 MEL
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Author
- Melrose, Andrew, 1860-1928
- Contributor
- Wilson, T. C.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Sunday School Union
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Series
- Splendid lives series
- Printer
- Morrison and Gibb Limited
- Physical Description
- 144 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village
S3 h" [handwritten in black ink on white label stuck to front pastedown. "S3 h" is crossed out]
"For Dear Philly
from
Mr. and Mrs. Minsh_ll [Minshull]
21st Dec 1894" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
"144 Pages
5/8" thick
C to C" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Missionaries--Uganda
- Missions--Uganda
- Biography
- Notes
- "By the author of 'The Story of Stanley'" --title page
- "Fifteenth thousand" --t.p.
- "Preface to second edition by the Rev. T.C. Wilson" --p.7
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The arithmetic of electricity: a manual of electrical calculations by arithmetical methods, including numerous rules, examples, and tables in the field of practical electrical engineering and experimenting
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.71
- Call Number
- 537.02 SLO
- Edition
- 3d ed., rev.
- Author
- Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1891
- Physical Description
- iii-viii; 138 p. : ill. , tables ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Chas. W. Davies"
- "43 Duke Street"
- "Halifax N.S."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electricity
- Electricity--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates : Sloane, T. O’Conor (Thomas O’Conor), 1851-1940.
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A text-book of Euclid's Elements for the use of schools
A text-book of Euclid's Elements for the use of schools: books I-III
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.10.4
- Call Number
- 516.2 HAL 1907
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Euclid
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1907
- c1894
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- v-xii; 267 p. : diagr. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Charles Henry R. Pillar"
"Victoria High School 1917"
"Class Room 28 Preliminary 3"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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A text-book of heat
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.25
- Call Number
- 536 STE 1897
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Stewart, R. W. (Robert Wallace), 1858-1910
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Clive
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Series
- The Tutorial Physics, volume II
- Printer
- University Correspondence College Press
- Physical Description
- 328 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Charles W. Wright" "1901" "S17", crossed-out "S16"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Heat
- Heat--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Stewart, R. W. (Robert Wallace), 1858-1910.
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A text-book of materia medica, therapeutics, and pharmacology
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.31
- Call Number
- 615 BUT
- Edition
- 5th ed., thor. rev. and rewritten
- Author
- Butler, George F. (George Frank), 1857-1921
- Jelliffe, Smith Ely, 1866-1945
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- c1896
- Printer
- W.B. Saunders Co.
- Physical Description
- 694 p. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Property of E.H. Funk" [handwritten in ink]
inside front page: "David Tannerbaum"[ink stamp] "Med.'08"
"McGill University Montreal"
"4.00"[handwritten in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Materia medica
- Therapeutics
- Pharmacology
- Notes
- "Fifth edition, Thoroughly Revised and Rewritten and Adapted to the Eighth Revision (1905) of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia."
- Includes indexes.
- 16 pages of advertisements following last index.
- Author's given name and dates: Butler, George F. (George Frank), 1857-1921.
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A text-book of sound
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.26
- Call Number
- 534 CAT
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Catchpool, Edmund
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Clive
- Publication Date
- 1894
- Series
- The Tutorial Physics, volume I
- Printer
- University Tutorial Press (University Correspondence College Press)
- Physical Description
- vii-viii, 209 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Charles Wright" "1901" "S17", crossed-out "S16"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Sound--Textbooks
- Sound
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With numerous diagrams and examples".
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Beric the Briton : a story of the Roman invasion
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.18
- Call Number
- 823.8 HEN
- Author
- Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Publication Date
- c1893
- Printer
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Physical Description
- 384 p. : ill. (one col.)
- Inscription
- "To John", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper
"To Leslie", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"10", in blue pen on front endpaper
"Heritage Village", handwritten in black pen on label inside front cover
"S3 r", in black pen on label inside front cover, crossed out in pencil
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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The book of poultry : with practical schedules for judging constructed from actual analysis of the best modern decisions
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.27
- Call Number
- 636.5 WRI
- Edition
- New pop ed., thor rev.
- Author
- Wright, Lewis, 1838-1905
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Printer
- Cassell and Company, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- iv-viii, 591 p. : illus., ports. ; 27 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mr. Mackenzie BC Lunn 1940"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poultry
- Poultry--Breeding
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Both sides the border : a tale of Hotspur and Glendower
Both sides the border : a tale of Hotspur and Glendower
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.140.7
- Contributor
- Peacock, Ralph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Physical Description
- 384, 32 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "By Conduct Courage", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
"82-", in pencil on front endpaper
"nL 4/ 1.25", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Breakdowns at sea : and how to repair them
Bright blossoms : from "The poet's garden"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.49.4
- Call Number
- 821.8 MAC
- Contributor
- Mack, Robert Ellice
- Place of Publication
- New York
- London
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Ernest Nister
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Printer
- Ernest Nister
- Physical Description
- [20] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Epigraph page:
"Phyllis Davey. July 20th 1921." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "selected and arranged by Robert Ellice Mack"
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The British pharmacopoeia 1898
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.84.24
- Call Number
- 615.11 GEN 1899
- Author
- General Medical Council (Great Britain)
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- Spottiswoode and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1899
- Printer
- Spottiswoode and Co.
- Physical Description
- xxxii, 535 p. : 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "R. Ventress
Chemist & Druggist
Duncans, - V.I., B.C." [Sticker on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacopoeias--Great Britain
- Pharmacopoeias
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Published under the direction of the general council of medical education and registration of the United Kingdom pursuant to the acts xxi & xxii Victoria cap. xc (1858) and xxv & xxvi Victoria cap. xci (1862)" -- Title page
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