Gregg shorthand : a light-line phonography for the million
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.34
- Call Number
- 653 GRE
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Gregg, John Robert, 1867-1948
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Gregg Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- c1893
- c1901
- c1916
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 154 p. : ill. : 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"120" [Printed and underlined in blue ink on front endpaper]
"32" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front endpaper]
"Miss Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil, upside down on front endpaper]
"Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Shorthand
- Shorthand--Gregg
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Gregg shorthand dictionary
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.36
- Call Number
- 653 GRE
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Gregg, John Robert, 1867-1948
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Gregg Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1901
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 208 p. : ill. : 16.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "________" [Handwritten in blue ink, crossed out with black marker]
"Sprott Shaw
Vancouver
BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]
"S
2636 L" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Student
Sprott Shaw School" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"H209" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"lan McMaster
336 Hast.
Sprott-Shaw Schools
Vancouver BC." [Handwritten in blue ink on title page]
"Except [symbol]
Expect [symbol]
Accept [symbol]" [Handwritten in pencil on page 206]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Shorthand
- Shorthand--Gregg
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Happy days : a Shakespeare birthday book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.25.9
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Contributor
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- DeWolfe, Fiske
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"1905" [written in pencil]
"De Whitter" [written in pencil]
Throughout book:
names written on specific dates in the calendar pages, in blue ink and black ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birthday books
- Notes
- "with 12 colored illustrations." -- t.p.
- Calendar pages, with quotations from Shakespeare at the top of each page.
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Elementary physics and chemistry : third stage
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.4
- Call Number
- 530 GRE Copy 1
- Author
- Gregory, Richard, Sir, 1864-1952
- Simmons, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), 1865-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1911
- c1900
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- v-viii; 114 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Mr. Gillard"
"Geo. F. Pratt"
"James --llane Esq."
"I don't thank"
"Why is it that water has an effect on lime and not on chalk"
"40"
"95"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physics--Textbooks
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates : Simmons, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), 1865-
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Le voyage de Monsieur Perrichon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.7
- Call Number
- 842.8 LAB
- Author
- Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888
- Martin, Édouard, 1828-1866
- Contributor
- Wells, B. W. (Benjamin Willis), 1856-1923
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1905
- c1895
- Series
- Heath's modern language series
- Physical Description
- viii, 126, 8 p. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- inside frront cover: small sticker label:
"THOMSON" "STATIONERY" "COMPANY"
"LTD, VANCOUVER"
"George L. Pratt"[handwritten in pencil]
"Bradner B.C."
"O R" / "40c" [handwritten in pencil, upside down]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French drama--19th century
- French drama (Comedy)
- French language
- Notes
- "Edited with introduction, notes, and vocabulary by Benjamin W. Wells." (Wells, B. W. (Benjamin Willis), 1856-1923.) -title page.
- French language play.
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Correct composition : a treatise on spelling abbreviations, the compounding and division of words, the proper use of figures and numerals, italic and capital letters, notes, etc. with observations on punctuation and proof-reading
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.30.5
- Call Number
- 655.2 DEV
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Author
- De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- c1902
- Series
- The Practice of Typography
- Printer
- De Vinne Press
- Physical Description
- 476 p. : ill. : 19.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "T.A. L. Leach" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Jan. 30, 1912" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Lace
2.00 _ L" [Handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typesetting
- Printing
- Printing--Study and teaching
- Object History
- Book originally owned by Thomas Albert Lorne Leach (1908-1995). Mr. Leach was a radio and television writer and broadcaster.
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A textbook on steam engineering: elements of electricity and magnetism, dynamos and motors, operation of dynamos and motors, heat and steam, types of steam boilers, boiler details, boiler fittings, combustion, firing, and draft.
A textbook on steam engineering: arithmetic, mensuration and use of letters in formulas, principles of mechanics, machine elements, mechanics of fluids, strength of materials.
Stair building made easy : being a full and clear description of the art of building the bodies, carriages and cases for all kinds of stairs and steps
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.67.2
- Call Number
- 694.8 HOD
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and enl.
- Author
- Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Industrial Publication Company
- Publication Date
- 1908
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 127 p. : ill., diag. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "James H Jack" [handwritten on first page]
- Notes
- original text by David Mayer.
- Author's full given and dates : Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
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The art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions
Modern materia medica and therapeutics
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.19
- Call Number
- 615.1 STE
- Edition
- 3rd ed. , ent. rewritten
- Author
- Stevens, Arthur A. (Arthur Albert), 1865-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- c1903
- c1894
- Physical Description
- 663 p. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "D.G. H(ewitt?)"[handwritten in ink] "Wpg, Man"
"McPh.(?) " "1910-11"
sticker, printed label: "bought of J.A. Carveth & Co. Ltd., Medical Books
434 Yonge St., Toronto"
article stapled to inner front page: "Canadian Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties - The Preparation of Isotonic Solutions"
"Chas Kerr"
inside back cover page: "F.W.F. [handwritten in pencil]
Sept.23/13 Edmonton, Alta."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Materia medica
- Therapeutics
- Pharmacology
- Names
- Henderson, Gibb Gilmour
- University of British Columbia
- Notes
- Includes index
- 16 pages of advertisements following the index.
- Author's given name and dates : Stevens, Arthur A. (Arthur Albert), 1865-
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Bookkeeping by single and double entry for use in business colleges, high schools, public schools, or for self advancement : advanced course
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.64
- Call Number
- 339.3 MCI
- Edition
- 7th ed. rev.
- Author
- McIntosh, P.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Commercial Text Book Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- Physical Description
- 269 p. : ill. : 26.5 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Notes
- Author's full name : McIntosh, P. (Phineas)
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Modern candy making : how to make all kinds of candy : an up to date guide and practical working manual containing everything pertaining to the art of making choice candies
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.18.4
- Call Number
- 641.8 WIL
- Author
- Wilson, James S.
- Place of Publication
- Ohio
- Publisher
- Saalfield Publishing
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 8 p., [9]-83 p. ; 17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Confectionery
- Notes
- "copyright 1904, by Geo. W. Oglivie & Co." T.p.
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A text-book of Euclid's Elements for the use of schools: books I-III
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.10.4
- Call Number
- 516.2 HAL 1907
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Euclid
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1907
- c1894
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- v-xii; 267 p. : diagr. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Charles Henry R. Pillar"
"Victoria High School 1917"
"Class Room 28 Preliminary 3"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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South Africa and the Boer-British War : comprising a history of South Africa and its people, including the War of 1899 and 1900
Thrilling stories of the Russian-Japanese war : a vivid panorama of land and naval battles : a realistic description of twentieth century warfare ; the awful struggle for Japanese freedom, the peace and safety of the orient, and the protection of helpless China from the greed of foreign foes. Also a complete history of Japan, Russia, China, Korea and Manchuria, including progress, national traits and customs, religion, philosophy, personal adventure, etc.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.53.19
- Call Number
- 952.031 MIL
- Author
- Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), 1859-1939
- Contributor
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
- Takahira, Kogoro, Baron, 1854-1926
- Place of Publication
- [S.l]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 463 p., [50] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented to
Violet Winters
From
Percy E. Haseltine" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
- Russia--History--1904-1917
- Japan--History--20th century
- Notes
- "with an introduction by General Nelson A. Miles"--T.p.
- "The Japanese Point of View by Kogoro Takahira"--p.7
- "Graphically illustrated with nearly 100 superb engravings ; consisting of land and naval battles, views of war ships, portraits of Russian and Japanese commanders, pictures of famous cities, forts, temples and snap-shots of every-day life"--T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), 1859-1939
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A text-book of Euclid's Elements for the use of schools: books I-VI and XI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.9
- Call Number
- 516.2 HAL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Euclid
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1901
- c1888
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- xiii, 456 p. : diagrs. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. Morey & Co."
"New Westminster"
"Bandelions"
"page 43"
"Marguerite Hadder"
"New Westminster High School B.C."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geometry
- Geometry--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Euclid's Elements
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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I.C.S. reference library, v 40 : arithmetic, elements of algebra, logarithms, geometry and trigonometry
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.166.1
- Call Number
- 510 INT Ver. 1
- Author
- International Correspondence Schools
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- c1897
- Series
- I.C.S. Reference library
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- various pagings : diag. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside title page: "2971B" [ink stamp]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- 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."
- Includes index.
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