By the Trent
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.12.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 OLD
- Edition
- Special
- Author
- Oldham, E.S.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Publisher
- Scottish Temperance League
- Publication Date
- 1864
- Series
- Leader Series of Popular Reward Books
- Physical Description
- 423, [5] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "A.R. Rumohs / 4444 Slocan St / Vanc'r BC.", handwritten in blue pen on front endpaper
"B K.S.A. 5/84 5 oc", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Elsie's holidays at Roselands
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.17
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1868
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- W. Jolly & Sons
- Physical Description
- 373 p. : 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
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Ethelyn's mistake
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.34
- Call Number
- 813.4 HOL
- Author
- Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Publication Date
- c1869
- Physical Description
- iv, 311, [4] p.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village", handwritten in black pen on white label inside front cover
"B136 j", in black pen on white label inside front cover, crossed out in pencil
"50", in pencil on front endpaper
"0765 68/ 25", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Haste and waste or the young pilot of Lake Champlain
Hereward the Wake last of the English
Les miserables
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.174.2
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 1
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Physical Description
- 465 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-13b", in black ink on faded or scraped area inside front cover
"2 vols 1.00", in pencil on front endpaper
"A.S. Binns", handwritten in black ink on back of list page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Les miserables
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.174.3
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 2
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Physical Description
- 506 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-13c", in black ink on scraped or faded area inside front cover
"See other volume", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
"AS Binns"?, handwritten in brown ink on back of list page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Les miserables
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.16
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp Clark Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Printer
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Physical Description
- 900 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "471", in pencil on back of front endpaper
"622-23", in pencil on back of front endpaper
"F.B. Street / 6176 WALKER AVE. / BURNABY 1, B.C.", stamped in black on fly-leaf
"1.50 / 7se", in pencil on last blank page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.116
- Call Number
- 823.8 BLA
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D., (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Publication Date
- c1869
- Series
- Library of Classics
- Physical Description
- 640 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "10/52" "5/1", in pencil on front endpaper
"To Beth. With best wishes for her / Birthday aniversary 1953. / From Uncle Cecil Aunty Ethel & Cousin Eric.", handwritten in blue ink on reverse of front endpaper
"2106", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- Frontispiece only
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The old mam'selle's secret
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.63.15
- Call Number
- 835 MAR
- Author
- Marlitt, E. (Eugenie), 1825-1887
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- W. B. Conkey Company
- Publication Date
- 1868
- Physical Description
- 304 p.
- Inscription
- "Dec. 1904 / From A.B. / To Miss C Skyrme. / In Remembrance.", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Object History
- Book belonged to donor's mother.
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