"Atkinson" sign painting up to now : a complete manual of the art of sign painting, contains ninty [sic] six designs or layouts and accompanying color notes, seventy five alphabets embracing all standard styles, their modifications and alternates, comprehensive text covering all practical phases of the art, for every day reference in the shop
Century readings for a course in English literature
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.87
- Call Number
- 820.8 CUN
- Contributor
- Cunliffe, John William, 1865-1946
- Pyre, James Francis Augustin, 1871-1934
- Young, Karl, 1879-1943
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1025, clxxvii p., 23cm.
- Inscription
- Top end paper left section:
"W 74" [handwritten in blue ink, crossed out in black ink]
Top end paper middle section:
"L.J. McRae"
"Arts' 23" [handwritten in black ink]
Top end paper right section:
"Sept /19" [handwritten in blue ink]
Notes handwritten in black ink on 2 pages of lined paper adhered to front fly leaves.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- Notes
- Edited and annotated by J.W. Cunliffe, J.F.A. Pyre, Karl Young.
- Includes index.
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Dictionnaire illustré de la langue française
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.147
- Call Number
- 443 LAR
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Author
- Larousse, Pierre, 1817-1875
- Contributor
- Augé, Claude, 1854-1924
- Augé, Paul, 1881-1951
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 876 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "W101" crossed out [handwritten in ink] inside front cover page: "F.J. McRae 1926"[handwritten in ink]
crossed out "John Swanson Arts '28" [handwritten in ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Dictionaries
- French language
- Notes
- "Edition refondue et augmentee sous la direction de Claude Auge et Paul Auge."
- English title: "Illustrated dictionary of the French language".
- Auge´, Claude, 1854-1924. (revising editor)
- Auge´, Paul, 1881-1951. (revising editor)
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Embroidery stitches, part 1
The English poets : selections with critical introductions, vol. iv : Wordsworth to Tennyson
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.25
- Call Number
- 821.8 WAR
- Edition
- Students ed.
- Contributor
- Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926
- Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- xv, 828 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Spine:
"PR 1173
W 3
- 4
Cop. 4" [written in white ink]
Front endpapers:
"Library
of the University of
British Columbia
Accession No. 93926
Call no. PR 1173 W3" [printed in black ink on paper label; accession and call numbers handwritten in black ink]
"J.W. Brown" [written in black ink]
"F.C. Walker 405" [written in pencil]
"discard" [written in pencil]
"WA Thompson
UBC
Arts '23" [written and crossed out in blue ink]
"John S. Burton
2312 St. Catherines
Vancouver,
B.C." [written in blue ink]
"Fair [?] 3438X,
Arts '24
U.B.C." [written in blue ink]
Back endpaper:
Notes handwritten in blue ink, black ink, and pencil.
Throughout book:
Study notes and markings highlighting pasages of text, written in blue ink, black ink, and pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "A general introduction by Matthew Arnold"
- "edited by Thomas Humphrey Ward"
- Includes index.
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Home sphere of child life ... Child life. Part one--Child activities in art and industry; Part two--stories of great industries ...
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.106.4
- Call Number
- 649.102 LEW Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Valparaiso, Ind.
- Publisher
- Lewis E. Myers and Company
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Child development
- Child Study movement
- Notes
- "A plan to promote the culture of work and play among children in the home." -- title page
- Part one, Child activities in art and industry -- Part two, Stories of great industries.
- Copy 1 of 2
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The home teacher : explaining by word and illustration the source pictures of vocations comprised in the Chautauqua industrial art desk.
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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Le Cid : tragedie par Corneille
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.129
- Call Number
- 842.41 COR
- Author
- Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684
- Contributor
- Marks, J. (Joseph), -1964
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Publication Date
- 1918
- Series
- French series for schools
- Printer
- R. & R. Clark, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- lxxxiv, 152, [4] p. : 19 cm.
- Inscription
- inner front cover: "W 113" [written in pencil, crossed out]
inner front page: "1.10" [written in pencil]
inner front page: "F.J. McRae Arts '23" [handwritten in ink]
"1426 - 8th Ave W. Vancouver B.C."
handwritten notes inside the text
- Library Subject (LOC)
- El Cid, Ca. 1043-1099--Drama
- Notes
- Text in French, introduction and notes in English.
- Includes index and bibliographic references.
- Marks, Joseph editor.
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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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Principles of economics
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.125
- Call Number
- 330 TAU
- Edition
- 2nd Ed. Rev.
- Author
- Taussig, F. W. (Frank William), 1859-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Series
- Principles of economics, Vol.1
- Printer
- J. S. Cushing Co.
- Berwick & Smith Co.
- Physical Description
- xxxvii, 547 p. : diagrs. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W109" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on endpaper (front).
- "F.J. McRae / Arts '23 / U.B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Sept. 1920" -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- "Agassiz B.C" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Economics
- Notes
- "PATRI DILECTO FILIVS GRATVS" -- inside.
- Includes index.
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Tight linings and boning
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.10
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Education Corp. General
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Sewing
- Linings (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "Department of sewing" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover
- "This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover
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Tissue-paper patterns, part 1
Tissue-paper patterns, part 2
The typist : a course of lessons in the proper fingering and the efficient manipulation of the typewriter, together with a collection of graded matter suitable for practise in the application of the art of typing to commercial, professional, and private uses
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.124.2
- Call Number
- 652.3 FUL
- Author
- Fuller, J. E.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Publisher
- Phonographic Institute Co.
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 142 p. : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriting
- Notes
- "Designed for Self-instruction and for Use in Schools Adapted to Standard Shift-key Machines." -- title page.
- Text runs parallel with back of cover.
- Includes index.
- Author full name: Fuller, J. E. (James Edmund), 1874-.
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