Papers on health
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3713.1
- Call Number
- 614 KIR
- Edition
- 14th ed.
- Author
- Kirk, John, 1813-1886
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Thomas D. Morison
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Series
- Papers on health
- Kirk's papers on health
- Physical Description
- viii, 252 p. , 14 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Wm Galt/1887" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Public health
- Notes
- Contains series guide and publisher's catalog. Truncates at page 14. Original number of pages is unknown.
- "First series".
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The practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease, giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, women and children and most approved methods of treatment, with plain instructions for the care of the sick ; full and accurate directions for treating wounds, injuries, poisons, free from technical terms and phrases ...
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.10
- Call Number
- 610.03 LYM
- Author
- Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
- Fenger, Christian, 1840-1902
- Belfield, W. T. (William T.)
- Place of Publication
- Guelph
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Physical Description
- ix-xx, 1142 p. : ill. , col. plates ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Some illustrations are in pop-up form.
- "...and written in plain English, by men who have had great experience, and are acknowledged authorities in their various Departments."
- "Also a concise account of the human body, hygiene and rules of health."
- "Embellished and illustrated by numerous plates of a superb character, coloured after nature, and other fine engravings."
- "With valuable information on draining, drowning emergencies, etc., as furnished by the Ontario Board of Health (copied with permission)."
Authors' given name and dates (if available) :
Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904.
Belfield, W. T. (William T.)
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The practice of pharmacy : a treatise on the modes of making and dispensing official, unofficial, and extemporaneous preparations, with descriptions of medicinal substances, their properties, uses, and doses; intended as a hand-book for pharmacists and physicians and a text-book for students.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.24
- Call Number
- 615.4 REM 1888
- Author
- Remington, Joseph P. (Joseph Price), 1847-1918
- Place of Publication
- Philidelphia
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 1080 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: illustrated, printed nameplate "Incorruptible
Hill Norfolk
Eng."
"Egerton Boyd Hill"
small paper label, blue and white, designed to look like a book:
"Williamson
& Co
S King St West
Toronto"
inside front page: "E B Hill [handwritten script in ink]
O.C.P."
"Toronto
Ont"
inside back page: "98" [handwritten in pencil]
"137.7 DIST"
"801"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With nearly five hundred illustrations."
- Author's given name and dates: Remington, Joseph P. (Joseph Price), 1847-1918.
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The practice of pharmacy : a treatise on the modes of making and dispensing official, unofficial, and extemporaneous preparations, with descriptions of medicinal substances, their properties, uses, and doses; intended as a hand-book for pharmacists and physicians and a text-book for students.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.148.51
- Call Number
- 615.4 REM 1892
- Edition
- 2nd ed., enl. and thor. rev.
- Author
- Remington, Joseph P. (Joseph Price), 1847-1918
- Place of Publication
- Philidelphia
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1889
- Physical Description
- iii-xxviii, 1266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front page: "Langley & Co. Victoria" [purple ink stamp]
"OCT 26 1892"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index. Missing last 2 pages, ends at page 1262.
- "With over six hundred illustrations."
- Remington, Joseph P. (Joseph Price), 1847-1918.
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Preparatory French reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.20
- Call Number
- 448.6 SUP
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Author
- Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1890
- c1888
- Series
- Heath's Modern Language Series
- Physical Description
- 236 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front end paper:
S16 [in ink and crossed out in pencil]
"Class 4" [handwritten in ink]
"Robert Cummings"
"3210 2nd Avenue"
"Vancouver BC"
"Canada" [handwritten in pencil]
Back end paper:
"1.00" [top left corner, printed in pencil]
"THE BOOK SHOP"
"C.S. Forsythe & Co."
" Booksellers & Stationers"
Vancouver, B.C." [blue stamp with gold lettering, bottom left corner]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Readers
- French language
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935.
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Price paid : the fight for First Nations survival
The Punjabis in British Columbia : location, labour, First Nations, and multiculturalism
Reflections on conservation, 2011
Remember when, 1920 : a nostalgic look back in time
The Roman army : the greatest war machine of the ancient world
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781849081627
- Call Number
- 355.00937 MCN
- Author
- McNab, Chris, 1970-
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Publisher
- Osprey Pub
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 280 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.), col. plans ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Rome--Army
- Rome--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Rules of etiquette and home culture or, What to do and how to do it
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.16
- Call Number
- 395 HOU
- Edition
- 24th ed. , rev. and ext.
- Author
- Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
- Beck, James
- Woodburn, James Albert, 1856-1943
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Rand McNally & Company
- Publication Date
- 1890
- c1889
- c1884
- Physical Description
- 421 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Etiquette
- Manners and customs
- United States--Social life and customs
- Notes
- "by Professor Walter R. Houghton, A.M., Professor James K. Beck, A.B., Professor James A Woodburn, A.B., Professor Horace R. Hoffman, A.B., A.B. Philpott, A.B., F.E. Lyster, A.M., and Mrs. M.R. Houston".
- Author's given name and dates: Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
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Safety, certainty, and enjoyment : if a believer, why not sure of salvation?, if saved, why not happy?
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.107
- Call Number
- 234 WHB
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. H. Broom
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- 62 p. ; 12 cm.
- Inscription
- "B. Lunn 3 Church Lane Basingstoke H----" -- Handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
"Bernard Charles Lunn from his father Dec.2 1894 / Basingstoke H----" -- Handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
"B. Lunn 3 Church Lane Basingstoke H----" -- Handwritten in ink on endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Salvation
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
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The short rule arithmetic and accountant's referee : illustrated ... : the whole designed as a self-instructor
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3838.2
- Call Number
- 511 DAV
- Author
- David, Wm. K. (William King)
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Wm. K. David
- Publication Date
- 1902
- c1889
- c1896
- Physical Description
- 88 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. L. Keyes" - handwritten in ink on preface page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ready-reckoners
- Business mathematics
- 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.
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Sir Gibbie
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.69
- Call Number
- 823.8 MAC
- Author
- Macdonald, George, 1824-1905
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett, Publishers
- Publication Date
- c1880
- Series
- Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- 390, [6] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W51", in blue pen inside front cover and on back of front endpaper; crossed out inside front cover
"Blanche Webb / Christmas 1886=", handwritten in black ink on pre-title page
"J I.W.", handwritten in pencil on pre-title page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
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Studies in the scriptures, series 1 : the plan of the ages
Studies in the scriptures : series 1 : the plan of the ages : a vindication of the divine character and government: showing, by a recognition and harmonizing of all the scriptures, that the permission of evil, past and present, is educational and preparatory to the userhing of mankind into the golden age of prophecy in which all the families of the earth will be blessed with a full knowledge of God and a full opportunity for attaining everlasing life through the redeemer, who then will be the great restorer and life-giver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.32
- Call Number
- 230.9 WAT
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1886
- Physical Description
- 356, 14 p. : 1 folded chart ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Bible
- Notes
- Includes "A criticism of millennial hopes examined"
- Includes index.
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Studies in the scriptures : the plan of the ages
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.29.87
- Call Number
- 289.92 RUS
- Edition
- 5,382,000 ed.
- Author
- Russell, C.T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Publisher
- International Bible Students Association
- Publication Date
- 1920
- c1886
- Series
- 1
- Physical Description
- 356 p. :17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Notes
- Author's full given name and dates: Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916
- Includes index
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The sunbeam of the factory and other stories
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.270
- Call Number
- 820.8 SUN
- Contributor
- Sunbeam Corporation
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Series
- Girl's own bookshelf
- Printer
- Edward Knight
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"Jubilee Memorial S.S. Library" [written in black ink]
Title page:
"59" [written and crossed out in pencil]
"86 [written and underlined in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- Notes
- stories selected by Sunbeam.
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The Sunday magazine 1885
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.1
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1885
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 812, 60, 64 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1885.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Haufman, Barraud, Doré, Barnes. Staniland, Bothams, Bell, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "Where Two Ways Meet: The Sunday Magazine Christmas Story"
- includes supplement: "Little Snow-flakes: 'The Sunday Magazine' Christmas Stories for the Young 1885"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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The Sunday magazine 1886
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.2
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1886
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1886
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 844, 64, 64 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1886.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Morrow, Barraud, Doré, Taylor. Fenn, O'Brien, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "Life's Brightest Star: The Sunday Magazine Christmas Story"
- includes supplement: "Little Snow-flakes, Christmas, 1886"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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The Sunday magazine 1887
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.3
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1887
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 852, 72, 63 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"C Tingling & Co.,
Bookbinder
Victoria Street,
Liverpool" [printed in black ink on a beige sticker]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1887.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Morrow, Barraud, Napier Hemy, Taylor, Fenn, Smythson and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "Vashti Savage: The 'Sunday Magazine' Christmas Story"
- includes supplement: "Little Snowflakes: Christmas Tales and Talk with the Young 1887 - being the Children's Christmas number of 'The Sunday Magazine'"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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The Sunday magazine 1888
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.4
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1888
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 852, 64, 63 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1888.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Barnes, Watson Nicol, Staniland, Blair Leighton, Wells, Smythson, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "Little Snowflakes"
- includes supplement: "Where the Dew Falls in London : a Story of a Sanctuary - The Christmas number of the 'Sunday Magazine'"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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The Sunday magazine 1889
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.5
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1889
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Printer
- Novello, Ewer and Co.
- Physical Description
- viii, 860, 72 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- p. 1:
"A
74" [written in pencil]
"322" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1889.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- with illustrations from Giacomelli, Riou, Barnes, Brewinall, Lhermitte, Kerr, Fenn, Henley, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "A Girl of the People: 'The Sunday Magazine' Christmas story"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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The Sunday magazine : for family reading 1880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3926.1
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1880
- Contributor
- Barnes, R.
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Printer
- J.S. Virtue
- Physical Description
- viii, 860, 52 p. : ill., front. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1880.
- with illustrations by R. Barnes, G. Doré, H. French, W.H. Overend, A.B. Frost, J. Giacomelli, G.P. Jacomb Hood, F. Dadd, J.C. Staples, and others.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "The Strength of her Youth: The Sunday Magazine Christmas Story 1880"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
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Sun Yat Sen : great man of the century
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 951.041 SUN
- Place of Publication
- [Guangdong, China]
- Publisher
- China Post
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill (some col.) ; 26 x 33 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Postage stamps
- Names
- Sun, Yat-sen
- Notes
- Text in English and Chinese (Simplified)
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Svend Robinson : a life in politics
Touching the hem : a record of faith healing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.70
- Call Number
- 615.852 FEG
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- F. E. Grafton.
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Printer
- Witness Printing House
- Physical Description
- vi, 86 p. ; 15 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Spiritual healing
- Notes
- '"She came trembling and falling down before Him ... healed immediately."--Luke viii, 47.' -- title page
- Includes index.
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Typewriter : the history, the machines, the writers
Victorian pharmacy : rediscovering forgotten remedies and recipes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 615.1094 EAS
- Author
- Eastoe, Jane
- Contributor
- Goodman, Ruth, 1963-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Printer
- L.E.G.O. spa
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 24 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Traditional medicine
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy
- Notes
- "As seen on BBC"--Cover
- "Foreword by Ruth Goodman".
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207) and index.
- Summary: Follows the fascinating story of the emergence of high street healthcare in the form of the chemist's shop and the products on offer. Investigates which pills, potions, tonics and cures were available-- some effective, some deadly, and some still with us today.
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Voices from Two Rivers : harnessing the power of the Peace and Columbia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781553654957
- Call Number
- 333.793 STA
- Author
- Stanley, Meg, 1962-
- B.C. Hydro
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c2010
- Physical Description
- vii, 312 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- Opposite of front end paper on the top half of page:
"PRESENTED TO LISA COOD - CURATOR - BURNABY VILLAGE
MUSEUM & CAROUSEL BY
THE BC HYDRO POWER PIONEERS SEPT 29/12
HAPPY READING!
PHIL HORTON - POWER PIONEER"
[Printed in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hydroelectric power plants
- Names
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-298) and index.
- "This book was commissioned by the BC Hydro Power Pioneers Association to recognize and celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BC Hydro and Power Authority."
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Walhachin : birth of a legend
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780978164034
- Call Number
- 971.172 JAC
- Author
- Jacobsen, Larry, 1928-
- Place of Publication
- China
- Publication Date
- c2014
- Printer
- Prolong Press
- Physical Description
- 160 p., [30] p. : ill., maps ; 19 x 24 cm
- Inscription
- Title page (Lower right side)
"Larry Jacobsen" [handwritten in black , author's signature]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Walhachin (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (page160).
- "Design and Layout by the author."
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Where rivers, mountains and people meet : Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Lil'wat Cultural Centre
Wit and humor of the age : comprising wit, humor, pathos, ridicule, satires, dialects, puns, conundrums, riddles, charades, jokes and magic
Young folks' queries : a story