"Catalogues reproduced in part in VICTORIAN HOUSEWARE price guide. / 1. 1881 Simmons Hardware Company, St. Louis, MO - House Furnishing Catalogue. / 2. 1884 Sargent & Co. New York & New Haven Conn. Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware / 3. 1885 Frankfurth Hardware Co. Milwaukee - Farming Tools and Housefurnishing Goods. / 4. 1875 Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. New Britain, Conn. General Hardware / 5. 1891 Benj. Allen & Co. Chicago, Ill. - Clocks, silver and silver plated ware. / 6. 1905 Bridge & Beach Mfg. Co. St. Louis, Mo. - Stoves and ranges / 7. 1893 Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, Ill. - Clocks, lamps and silver plated ware.", typed on a piece of paper stapled to the inside of the front cover.
"All good wishes to Colin / and many thanks for contributing / an enjoyable segment to the / 1992 B.C. Historical Federation / Convention. / Pixie McGeachie / May 20/92", written in ink on cover page.
"Dear Colin - / Thank you again for giving up / your Saturday morning in order / to give B.C.H.F. delegates an / interesting & informative bus tour / commentary. Your contribution to / the convention is much appreciated. / Sincerely, / Pixie", hand-written note in ink inserted into book.
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
"Free Text-book...By order of the education department of B.C." -- Stickered on endpaper (front).
"Margaret McKay / Mount Pleasant School / 6B" -- handwritten in pen on sticker.
"Margaret McKay" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on flyleaf.
"2543 Main St. Vancouver, B.C." -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf.
"Margaret McKay / 2543 Main St. / mt. Pleasant School / Vancouver, B.C" -- handwritten in pen on flyleaf.
"Peggy McKay / 742 Broadway East / Mount Pleasant School" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
Various handwrittings -- crossed-out in coloured pencil.
"Free Text-book...By order of the education department of B.C." -- Stickered on endpaper (front).
"Margaret Steele / Lord Lister / 9" -- handwritten in pencil on sticker.
"issued to pupil on the 16th day of Jan. 1925" -- handwritten in pen and pencil on sticker.
[Number of handwritings throughout book].
"Free Text-book...By order of the education department of B.C." -- Stickered on endpaper (front).
"Vera Morrow" -- handwritten in pen on sticker.
"Kitchener Street School / Burnaby, B.C." -- stamped on sticker.
"Vera Morrow" -- handwritten in pencil on multiple pages.
Duck painting -- transfered from somewhere else, obviously not from technology in 1923.
"FREE TEXT-BOOK / THE PROPERTY OF / Eric Coe. / (Pupil's Name) / SCHOOL Kingway West / DIVISION V / NUMBER OF BOOK 14 / CONDITION OF GIVING / No second copy of the same kind of book will be issued free of charge to any pupil in case of loss or destruction of first. / DATE OF ISSUE TO PUPIL / DAY MONTH YEAR / 14 9 20 / BY ORDER OF THE / Education Department of B. C." - printed in ink and handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover.
FREE TEXT-BOOK
THE PROPERTY OF
(Pupil's Name)
SCHOOL
DIVISION
NUMBER OF BOOK
CONDITION of GIVING
No second copy of the same kind of book will be issued free of charge ot any pupil in case of loss or destruction of the first.
BY ORDER OF THE
Education Department of B.C." [Stamped in black ink on the verso of front cover]
"Edith Jackson" [Handwritten in cursive in black pen where there is a blank for "Pupil's name"]
"Edmonds Street School" [Stamped in blue ink where there is a blank for "SCHOOL"]
"VII" [Handwritten in black ink where there is a blank for "DIVISION"]
"21" [Handwritten in black in where there is a blank for "NUMBER OF BOOK"]
"Doreen Stewart" - handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover.
"FREE TEXT-BOOK / THE PROPERTY OF / Arthur Haddon / (Pupil's Name) / SCHOOL Seaforth School / DIVISION III / NUMBER OF BOOK 14 / CONDITION OF GIVING / No second copy of the same kind of book will be issued free of charge to any pupil in case of loss or destruction of first. / DATE OF ISSUE TO PUPIL / DAY MONTH YEAR / 11 9 1922 / 11 9 198 / 2 / BY ORDER OF THE / Education Department of B. C." - printed in ink and handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover.
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
Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
Survey plan of "Armstrong Street School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 2 acre portion of Lot 13 Group 1, & according to map 1722 which shows this as Lot E. Block 2 of subdivision of a portion, of Lot 13, Group 1, New Westminster District".
Oath on plan reads: "I, Geoffrey K. Burnett...and did personally superintend the survey represented..." "Completed on the 18th day of March 1915"; signed by Geoffrey K. Burnett and notarized by "K.A. Eastman", sworn "...19th day of April 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan., B.C. Land Surveyors. Etc.. New Westminster, B.C.."
Facsim. reprint. Originally published: London : Day and Son, 1862.
"With an appendix, giving the hours of the day at which flowers open (the floral clock), the characteristic flowers of the months (both indigenous and cultivated), of all countries and of the diversified soils.": p. 191-241.
The art of singing : based on the principles of the old Italian singing masters, and dealing with breath-control and production of the voice, together with exercises
Front endpaper:
"C.J Caunt" [written in pencil]
Back endpaper:
"mnh" [written in pencil]
"200" [written in pencil]
"G.S. Forsyth & Co
Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in purple ink]
Combined reprint, including original title pages, of the editions published Chicago : Popular Mechanics Co., 1911 in the series Popular mechanics handbooks.
"FAIR. / 2322 - R / [Tues] No 6." - handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover.
"ARTHUR. S. / ODDSON / CL.8." - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
"761 / EAST.15-AVE" - handwritten in pencil on cover page
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"Authur / Stefan / Oddsson", handwritten in pencil on cover page.
A school geometry: parts I and II, lines and angles, rectilineal figures ; part II areas of rectilineal figures (containing the substance of Euclid book II)