Hill's French-English and English-French vest-pocket dictionary
A dictionary of the English language : with supplement, containing over 12,500 new words and antries, and a vocabulary of synonyms of words in general use : and an appendix, which embodies a pronouncing dictionary of biography, embracing the names of newarly then thousand persons of all ages and countries : pronouncing vocabularies of modern Christian names and Latin proper names, and scripture proper names, together with various other useful tables
An English and Chinese dictionary
The Baptist book of praise for public and private worship : prepared for the use of the Baptist denomination (especially of the English Baptist churches, Sunday schools, young people's societies, etc., in Wales and Monmouthshire)
English wit and humor : classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference to a table of authors
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.42.4
- Call Number
- 827 HOW v.1
- Contributor
- Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 220 p. : port. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- English / Wit and / Humor / Philadelphia / George W. Jacobs & Co. / Publishers / copyright, 1898
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Notes
- Preface signed: W.H. Howe
- Author full name given as follows: Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), b. 1848.
- Published originally in London in 1891 under title: Everybody's book of English wit and humour.
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I.C.S. reference library, v 21 : english grammar, punctuation and capitalization, letter writing
The parallel New Testament Greek and English. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, being the authorized version set fourth in 1611, arranged in parallel columns with the revised version of 1881 and with the original Greek according to the text followed in the authorized version, with the variations adopted in the revised version
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.15
- Call Number
- 225.48 SCR
- Contributor
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Printer
- C.J. Clay, M.A. and Sons
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 1104 p. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible. New Testament
- Christianity
- Bible
- Notes
- "as edited by the late F.H.A. Scrivener" -- t.p.
- "This revised version is the joint property of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge" -- t.p.
- Contributor's full name and dates : Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891.
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Pictures of English history
The complete works of William Shakespeare
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.19
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Author
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Contributor
- Craig, W. J. (William James), 1843-1906
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Horace Hart
- Physical Description
- viii, 1350 p., [31] leaves of plates ; ill., front. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Half-title page:
"Frank B. Street" [written in black ink]
Verso of frontispiece:
"Frank B. Street" [written in pencil]
Back fly leaf:
list of numbers and names of Shakespeare plays, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan
- English poetry
- Notes
- edited, with a glossary, by W.J. Craig
- contributer full name given as follows: Craig, W. J. (William James), 1843-1906.
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Grammar for common schools : to which has been added an appendix on composition for use in Canadian public schools
I.C.S. reference library, v 22 : spelling, penmanship, vertical penmanship, stenography, typewriting
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.7
- Call Number
- 371.3 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- c1899
- Series
- I.C.S. reference library ; 22
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. diag. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Paper book cover:
"Miss Katie Wilton,
Nelson,
B.C." [written in black ink]
Title page:
"13-6692" [stamped in green ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Orthography and spelling
- Penmanship, English
- Penmanship
- Typewriting
- Shorthand
- Spellers
- Notes
- "A series of textbooks prepared for the students of the international correspondence schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses." -- t.p.
- Includes index.
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Select poems : edited with introduction, notes and appendix
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.25
- Call Number
- 821.8 ALE
- Contributor
- Alexander, William John, 1855-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- 1896
- Physical Description
- xxix, 288 p., [6] p. of plates; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpapers:
doodles of swastikas, in black ink.
"Ethel Anderson
Junior A,
Room 3,
Division VI,
Locker 70
V.H.S." [written in black ink]
"Fr. Page 164 I (1, 2, 3) Written out" [written in pencil]
"Look up dates
of Dunbar,
Worcester and death
of Cromwell." [written in pencil]
Back endpapers:
"musician
artist
sculptor
poet (All arts are different ways of expressing beauty" [written in blue ink]
"Sonnet is composed of. --" [written in black ink]
"Broadside
A large piece of paper
with a ballad or personal
_____ written on one
side" [written in pencil]
"T.N. Hibben & Co.
Booksellers and Stationers
Victoria, B.C." [on red sticker adhered to endpaper]
Throughout book:
Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil and blue ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- English literature--Study and teaching
- Notes
- "edited by W.J. Alexander"
- Contributor's full name and dates: Alexander, William John, 1855-1944.
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The works of William Shakespeare : with life, glossary, etc.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.20
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Edition
- Universal ed.
- Author
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Printer
- Morrison and Gibb
- Physical Description
- vii, 1124 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Title page:
"Frank B. Street
6176 Walker Ave.
Burnaby 1, B.C." [stamped in blue ink]
verso of title page:
"Pound." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan
- English poetry--Early modern
- Notes
- "carefully edited from the best texts and compared with recent commentators by the editor of the "Chandos" classics." -- t.p.
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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 Christian year
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.14
- Call Number
- 821.79 EDI
- Place of Publication
- [s.l]
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 244 p. ; 11 cm.
- Inscription
- "g 35" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
"To my dear mother / with loving wishes / from her affecate / daughter / A.E. Zate" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
"1890 and --- years that follows" -- handwritten in pen on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Church year
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Aids to the inner life" -- cover
- "T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty" -- the last page
- Includes index.
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Crowning glory no. 1 : a choice collection of gospel hymns ; Crowning glory no. 2 : a collection of gospel hymns
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.89.4
- Call Number
- 783.9 BIL
- Author
- Bilhorn, P. P. (Peter Philip), 1865-1936
- Contributor
- Beirly, Alfred
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- P. Bilhorn
- Publication Date
- c1891
- Printer
- W. B Conkey Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "isa 53=6 [written in pencil on first page]
rom 3=23
ijoh 1=29
Hart 11=2-8 [crossed out] 18=3
John 6=37
Halt 11=28
luke 19=10
Act 8=29=31
John 5=24
ron 10=910"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gospel music
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Assisted by A. Beirly."-- first title page
- Includes index.
- music and lyrics in English.
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Hallowed hymns new and old
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.20
- Call Number
- 783.9 HAL
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Biglow & Main Co.
- Publication Date
- c1890
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont" [handwritten in ink on front pastedown]
"Chas. C. Hockridge"
"C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont." [handwritten in pencil on first page]
"Chas. C. Hockridge,
General Merchant
Cedarville, Ont." [stamped on first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- With Gipsy Smith special supplement
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Julius Caesar
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.13
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Author
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Contributor
- Dent, Walter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Series
- The junior school Shakespeare
- Physical Description
- xiii, 114 p. 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"Mary Hart
Medicine Hat
Alta" [written in pencil]
Title page:
"Alexander High School" [written in pencil]
Back endpaper:
List of exams, written in pencil.
Throughout book:
Doodles, study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama
- Notes
- with introduction and notes by Walter Dent
- Includes index.
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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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