A school geometry parts I-VI : containing plane and solid geometry, treated both theoretically and graphically
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3826.1
- Call Number
- 516 HAL 1921
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1921
- c1903
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- xvii, 442 p. : diagr. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Chass Dobbner"
"Jones"
"Eleamas"
"Jella Hotel Delta B.C."
"1.85"
- 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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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
- BV985.3838.1
- 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 [England]
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1915
- c1900
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- xiii, 456 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. L. Keyes / New Westminster / B C." - handwritten in ink on inside of front cover.
"E. L. Keyes / 231 Keary St. New Westminster" - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
"Prop 11412." - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Euclid's Elements
- Geometry
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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The short rule arithmetic and accountant's referee : illustrated ... : the whole designed as a self-instructor
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3838.2
- Call Number
- 511 DAV
- Author
- David, Wm. K. (William King)
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Wm. K. David
- Publication Date
- 1902
- c1889
- c1896
- Physical Description
- 88 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. L. Keyes" - handwritten in ink on preface page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ready-reckoners
- Business mathematics
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
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A laboratory course in physics for secondary schools
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3844.1
- Call Number
- 530 MIL
- Author
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
- Gale, Henry Gordon, 1874-1942
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Publication Date
- 1906
- c1906
- Printer
- The Athenaeum press
- Physical Description
- iii-x; 134 p. : diagr. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Annie Graham Hill"
"McGill Univ. Chapel Vancouver, B.C."
"Oct 2nd 1912"
"Thomson Stationery Company Ltd. Vancouver"
"Fri AM Alg" "Mon AM. Sat PM. Sat" "Thurs AM Phy. PM. Trig"
"Table 6"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physics--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Our home and its surroundings : a first book of modern geography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3874.1
- Call Number
- 917.1 MOR
- Publisher
- Morang Educational Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1904
- Series
- Morang's modern text-books
- Tarr and McMurry geographies
- Physical Description
- iii-vii, 152 p. : ill. , maps (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Do not steal this book for fear of shame. For in it is the owners name.
If this book should chance to roam, box its ears and send it home."
"Lillian Keyes Dawson School Room 201 1333 Howe St. Vanc. B.C."
label "The Book Shop"
"C.S. Forsyth & Co." "Booksellers & Stationers, Vancouver, B.C."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Morang's Modern Geography, Part I.
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Sunday school hymns No. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3891.1
- Call Number
- 782.22 MER
- Author
- Meredith, I. H.
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago, Ill.]
- Publisher
- Tullar-Meredith Co.
- Publication Date
- c1903
- Physical Description
- [ca. 256 p.] : music ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Sunday schools
- Notes
- [Edited by I. H. Meredith, Grant Colfax Tullar and J. W. Lerman]
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Studies in the scriptures, series ii : the plan of the ages
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3916.1
- Call Number
- 289.92 RUS v.2
- Edition
- 784,000 ed.
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1891
- Series
- A helping hand for Bible students
- Physical Description
- 371 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Volume 2 of 2
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Studies in the scriptures, series 1 : the plan of the ages
Every man a king, or, might in mind-mastery
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4019.1
- Call Number
- 177 MAR
- Author
- Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924
- Contributor
- Holmes, Ernest, 1887-1960
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Physical Description
- vi, 240 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Let us therefore resolutely determine to turn thought to good use, to the best use & then stiffen our will to carry out that determination" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
"N.M. Clarke" with drowing of seashore-- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front).
"1915 / Mrs. M. Dekers" -- handwritten in pen behind of part b (portrait)
"E66-277 / mi / ry" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- New Thought
- Notes
- by Orison-Swett-Marden, with the assistance of Ernest Raymond Holmes.
- Includes index.
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Peace, power and plenty
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4035.1
- Call Number
- 615.85 MAR
- Author
- Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Physical Description
- xii, 323 p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "4 books / South Burnaby United Church / Grey & Rumble / Rev. George Morrison." -- handwritten in pen on a blue piece of paper.
"God's beauty and richness, God's Power & God's glory cover your life as the waters cover the seas / -----s, Baltes" -- handwritten in pencil on front cover paper.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- New Thought
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Medicology or home encyclopedia of health : a complete family guide, abounding in practical household information on the structure and functions of the human body, the laws of hygiene, diet, accidents and emergencies
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.47
- Call Number
- 610.3 RIC 1907
- Author
- Richardson, Joseph Gibbons, 1836-1886
- Ford, William H. (William Henry), 1839-1897
- Vanderbeck, Cornelius C.
- Contributor
- Wood, James P.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- University Medical Society
- Publication Date
- 1907
- c1903
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 1432 p. : col. plates, ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physiology--Popular works
- Anatomy
- Health--Popular works
- Medicine--Popular Works
- Notes
- "..., accessory treatments and remedies, air and exercise, sanitary house-building, duties of mothers, care of children, art and science of nursing and cooking, home administration of medicines."
- Includes index.
- Includes detailed anatomical flap figure illustrations.
- "Ten Books -- One Volume."
- "Assisted by a large corps of medical practitioners, lecturers, and teachers."
- "Illustrated with colored and monotone plates."
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Bill Nye's comic history of England
The American cyclopedia of the automobile or, Motor cars and motoring self-taught : a work of reference & self instruction
Lord Jim : a romance
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.6
- Call Number
- 823.9 CON
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y.
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1922
- c1900
- Printer
- Country Life Press
- Physical Description
- xxi, 392 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Jean Auld
Arts '48
U. B. C." [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
"Jean Auld
U. B. C.
Arts '48" [handwritten in blue ink on prepages]
"$2.75" [handwritten in pencil on prepages]
"1 Manhattan Transfer
2 Winesburg Ohio" [handwritten in pencil on prepages]
Owner's notations throughout book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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Among ourselves : a schoolmaster with his friends at the round table
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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Ready money
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.49
- Call Number
- 174 KNO
- Author
- Knox, George H.
- Publisher
- Personal Help Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1905
- Series
- Personal help library
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : [15] ports, frontispiece ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Success
- Notes
- First 15 pages are recommendations for this book by various persons along with black and white photographs.
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Thoughts that inspire : vol. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.51
- Call Number
- 808.88 KNO
- Author
- Knox, George H.
- Place of Publication
- Des Moines, Ia.
- Publisher
- Personal Help Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1905
- Series
- Personal help library
- Inscription
- Signed name on first page in pencil (illegible)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Maxims
- Notes
- 307 p. : fronts. (ports) ; 20 cm.
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Apples of gold, or, daily watchwords for 1908
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.56
- Call Number
- 242.2 PAR
- Edition
- 7th
- Contributor
- Parsons, Charles R. (Charles Richard), active 1885-1892
- Place of Publication
- Bristol, Eng.
- Publisher
- Charles R. Parsons
- Publication Date
- [1907]
- Printer
- A. Jenkins & Co.
- Physical Description
- 99 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "E__ / with love from / M__ Wyatt + Slate / Christmas ___" [handwritten opposite title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Devotional calendars
- Christian life
- Notes
- "Edited by Charles R. Parsons" -- t.p.
- Contributor's full name is Parsons, Charles R. (Charles Richard)
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A book of toasts
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.58
- Call Number
- 808.51 RAM
- Author
- Ramsay, William
- Contributor
- Schroedter, Gerta
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dodge Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Public speaking
- Notes
- "With decorations by Gerta Schroedter"--title page.
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