Caricature : wit and humor of a nation in picture, song and story
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.12.2
- Call Number
- 817.9 JOH
- Edition
- 14th ed.
- Author
- Johnson, Burges, 1877-1963
- et al.
- Contributor
- Hamilton, Grant E.
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Leslie-Judge
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 v. : ill. ; 28 cm
- Inscription
- "Property of H.H. S_ha_ke [Schauke]" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten inj black ink on front paste down]
"E.G. Street" [handwritten in pencil on front paste down]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Notes
- "illustrated by America's greatest artists" --cover
- "special edition" --cover
- "Illustrated by Grant E. Hamilton .. [et al.]" --title page
- "Poems and stories by Burges Johnson ... [et al.]"--title page
- Arthur's given name and dates: Johnson, Burges, 1877-1963
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The Casquet of literature
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.168.1
- Call Number
- 820.8 GIB
- Contributor
- Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Publisher
- Blackie
- Publication Date
- 1875
- Physical Description
- viii, 380 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper middle section:
"H.W. Tyson"
"Victoria"
"B.C." [handwritten in black ink]
Back endpaper middle section:
"Nellie Tyson"
"Victoria B.C." [handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- American literature
- Notes
- edited by Charles Gibbon
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The century illustrated monthly magazine : November 1886; to April 1887, vol. xxxiii, new series vol. xi
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.28
- Call Number
- 050 CEN
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Century
- Publication Date
- c1887
- Printer
- De Vinnie Press
- Physical Description
- 976 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Literary studies for the seventh and eighth years (grades) of the public schools of Indiana : supplementary to the school readers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.8
- Call Number
- 820 IND
- Author
- Indiana. Department of Public Instruction
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Printer
- Plimpton Press
- Physical Description
- viii, 380 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Lola Smith
Boswell
Indiana
8th grade" [handwritten in blue ink on front pastedown]
"S16" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on t.p.]
"20¢" [handwritten in black ink on t.p.]
"Premium Stores
4543 Kingsway
Burnaby 1, B.C., Canada" [stamped in black ink on t.p.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- American literature
- Readers--Historical texts
- Textbooks
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Selections from Irving and Hawthorne : containing stories from Irving's The sketch book and Hawthorne's Twice told tales, with other sketches and tales
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.28
- Call Number
- 813 IRV Ver. 2 Copy 1
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Author
- Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
- Contributor
- Stevenson, O. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- Copp Clark literature series ; no. 17
- Physical Description
- iii, 99 p. : front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Cover:
"T.N. Hibben & Co.
estd. 1858
112 Govt. St. Victoria, B.C." [on sticker adhered to bottom of cover]
Front endpaper:
"Ethel Anderson" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- with annotations by O.J. Stevenson
- Contributer full name given as follows: Stevenson, O. J. (Orlando John), 1869-1950.
- Copy 1 of 2.
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Selections from Irving and Hawthorne : containing stories from Irving's The sketch book and Hawthorne's Twice told tales, with other sketches and tales
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.7
- Call Number
- 813 IRV Ver. 1
- Author
- Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
- Contributor
- Stevenson, O. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- Copp Clark literature series ; no. 3
- Physical Description
- v, 143 p. : front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- p. 21:
doodle of two men in profile, in pencil.
Back cover:
doodle of man's portrait, in black ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- with annotations by O.J. Stevenson
- Contributer's full name given as follows: Stevenson, O. J. (Orlando John), 1869-1950.
- "for use in public and high schools" -- t.p.
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Toaster's handbook: jokes, stories and quotations
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5.8
- Call Number
- 808.88 EDM
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev., with new material
- Author
- Edmund, Peggy
- Williams, Harold Workman
- Contributor
- Reely, Mary Katharine, 1881-1959
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- H. W. Wilson
- Publication Date
- 1923
- Physical Description
- xviii, 483 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "L.E. Borden" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- "Compiled by Peggy Edmund and Harold Workman Williams" --Title page
- "Introduction by Mary Katherine Reely" --Title page
- Also published by: London: Grafton & Co.
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Wit and humor of the age : comprising wit, humor, pathos, ridicule, satires, dialects, puns, conundrums, riddles, charades, jokes and magic