How to talk with practically anybody about practically anything
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV000.33.3
- Call Number
- 808.56 WAL
- Author
- Walters, Barbara, 1929-
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- xv, 173 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"BURNABY CORRECTIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN"
[stamped in blue ink]
Front fly leaf:
"BURNABY CORRECTIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN"
[stamped in blue ink]
Back endpaper:
"B. FARQUHARSON
P02-4960 - SANDERS STREET
BURNABY BC
V5H 1S9" [stamped in brown ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Conversation
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Hugh M. Fraser Secondary School yearbook : 1942
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.3
- Call Number
- 373.71 HUG 1942
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Hugh M. Fraser High School
- Publication Date
- 1942
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Inscription
- "Connie Parker" [handwritten in pencil on cover]
"Joyce Parker" [handwritten in ink on first page]
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Hugh M. Fraser High School
- "Editors: Edith Cochrane, Phyllis Wunch, Muriel Proskin"
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. -- from BV005.35.19
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Instructions for operation and care of Chevrolet model four-ninety motor cars
Introduction to inorganic chemistry
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.127
- Call Number
- 546 SMI
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- c1905
- Physical Description
- v-xiv; 925 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "T J M Roy Agassiz, B.C."
"Arts '23"
"U.B.C." "Sept. 1919"
"1426 - 8th Ave. W. Vancouver, BC"
crossed-out "W111"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry, Inorganic
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Iron road west : an illustrated history of British Columbia's railways
Lochdale's finest recipes
The man from Glengarry: a tale of the Ottawa
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV996.3.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Westminster Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- 473 p.
- Inscription
- "MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. - Carl. 1028-O / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", hand-stamped in green inside front cover
"15-", in pencil inside front cover
"Cicely Chandler", handwritten in pencil inside front cover and on front endpaper
"2535 Elizabeth Ave / New Westminster BC", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
"THOMSON / STATIONERY / COMPANY / LTD. / VANCOUVER", on label inside back cover
"2896", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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McLennan, McFeely & Prior perpetual catalogue, no. 26
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3273
- Call Number
- 381 MCL
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. : ill. ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- "Register No. '1903'
Date Issued 'Aug. 24 1935'
Loaned To 'Westminster Clear Cedar Mills'
Address "New Westminster, BC'" [handwritten in sticker on inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Commercial catalogs
- Catalogs
- Object History
- No known history
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Methodist hymn and tune book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.18
- Call Number
- 783.9 MET Ver.2
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Publication Date
- c1894
- Printer
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Physical Description
- xix, 530 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont. 1900"
"910.19 _____
Vancouver BC."
[handwritten in black ink on endpaper opposing title page]
"C. C. Hockridge"[written in pencil in the middle of title page]
"1894"
[written in pen on the bottom of title page]
various numbers written in pencil on back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Methodist Church
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- "Compiled and published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Church."
- Includes index.
- music and lyrics in English
- Version 2 of 2
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The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iv
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.29.1
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.4
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- x, 152p. 1-8, : ill. plates.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Object History
- Antique Dealer is from Courtenay BC. He had acquired this book in that area. The rest of the set was missing. This single volume was spotted in a Burnaby Antique Show by Curator Colin Stevens at a table rented by Bluechicken Antiques of Courtenay. After determining that it was identical to the volume missing from our set, it was purchased. The set we have is HV975.70, and was acquired from Ivan Sayers. He had acquired his set in Alberta. His set was missing Volume 4. [CMS 1991 FEB 20]
- Notes
- "Edited by John Kirkland"
- With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. IV"
- Volume 4 of 6
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Nothing without effort : a history of Langley
Nursing history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3910.1
- Call Number
- 610 GOO
- Edition
- 7th ed., reset
- Author
- Goodnow, Minnie, 1871-1952
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- xiii, 495 p.: ill.
- Inscription
- "Eileen Fanell / 218" -handwritten in ink inside front cover.
"Given to BVM for use as / a reference book / 26 Sept 1986 / by M.S. Thrift Store / 9516-120 St / Surrey BC / M. Stevens" -handwritten in pencil inside front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nursing--History
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Nuttall's standard dictionary of the English language : based on the labours of the most eminent lexicographers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.16
- Call Number
- 423 NUT
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Nuttall, P. Austin
- Wood, James, Rev.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Printer
- Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
- Physical Description
- vii-x, 816 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front page: "Teo Y Pratt [handwritten in pencil]
Bradner BC"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- English language
- Notes
- "Based on the labours of the most eminent lexicographers". :
- "New and greatly enlarged edition comprising many thousands of new words which modern literature, science, and art have called into existence and common usage with pronunciations, etymologies, definitions, appendices of proper names, illustrations, etc., etc."
- "Revised, extended and improved throughout by the Rev. James Wood".
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On the Line : a history of the British Columbia labour movement
The ornament of a house : fifty years of collecting
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 781927364239
- Call Number
- 708.111 BUR
- Author
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Contributor
- Van Eijnsbergen, Ellen, 1956-
- Cane, Jennifer
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Publication Date
- 2017
- Printer
- Die Keure Printing
- Physical Description
- 131 p. : ill. ; 27 X 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Catalogs
- Collectors and collecting
- Art
- Names
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Notes
- Contributors: Van Eijnsbergen, Ellen, 1956- :"writer of added commentary" -- title page (located in back of book)
Cane, Jennifer : "writer of added commentary" and "edited by" -- title page (located in back of book)
- "A catalogue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Burnaby Art Gallery and accompanying an exhibition held at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., July 14 to September 3, 2017. All art in the exhibition is held within the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection" -- title page (located in back of book)
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Owner's manual for your new Ford : your guide to safer, more pleasant motoring
The pocket illustrated pronouncing dictionary of the English language : with an appendix containing abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and forms of address
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.160
- Call Number
- 423 COL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- William Collins, Sons & Co., Ltd.
- Series
- Collins' series of illustrated dictionaries
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Miss Agnes Inglis
2226 I Ave Fairview, BC
Vancouver
B. C.
E-1-30"
[handwritten in pencil on page opposite front pastedown]
"Agnes Inglis" [handwritten in pencil on page opposite title page]
"Miss Agnes Inglis
2226 I ave
Vancouver, B.C.
It is easy enough o be pleasant when life flow along like a song. But the man worth while is the man who will smile when everything goes dead wrong"
[handwritten on t.p. verso]
Scribbles of "Agnes Ingles P. H. S." and others on last page and back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "Two hundred and thirty engravings"
- Includes appendix
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The pocket Oxford dictionary of current English
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X2794
- Call Number
- 423 OXF
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Fowler, F. G. (Francis George), 1870-1918
- Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, [Great Britain]
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Printer
- University Press
- Physical Description
- 950 p., [74 p.] ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Pocket / Oxford / Dictionary / If lost,.. S. Schofield / 4209 Maywood Street / Burnaby / HE 3-1478
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- 8029 McPherson Ave address (formerly 1270 McPherson Ave) occupied by John W. and Margaret Schofield in 1955 BC Directory. His occupation is listed as "slsmn Barham & Sands".
- Notes
- "Complied by F.G. Fowler & H.W. Fowler." -- title page.
"Revised by H.G. Le Mesurier and E. McIntosh." -- title page.
"Oxford at the Claredon Press" -- title page.
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