Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám
Diary of Samuel Pepys ... : volume two
The golden treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.46
- Call Number
- 821.8 PAL
- Contributor
- Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897
- Place of Publication
- London
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Printer
- Turnbull & Spears
- Physical Description
- xv, 459 p., [18] leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- Back fly leaf:
"2.00 i
6/17 8" [written in pencil]
"Paul Eder & Co., San Francisco"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Songs, English
- Notes
- "selected and arranged with notes by Francis Turner Palgrave"
- Plates are accompanied by thin guard sheet printed wtih descriptive text.
- Includes index.
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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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Lincoln & other poems
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.92
- Call Number
- 811.52 MAR
- Author
- Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page
- Publication Date
- 1916
- c1901
- Printer
- The Country Life Press
- Physical Description
- 125 p. : front. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"The poet in a golden clime
was born,
With golden stars above
Dowered with the hate of hate
The scorn of scorn
The love of love
To by best friend
R.A. Wobb
Xmas 1920" [written in green ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poetry
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Poetical works of Alfred Lord Tennyson : including In memoriam, Maud, The princess, Idylls of the king, Enoch Arden, etc.
Songs and other verse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.100
- Call Number
- 811.4 FIE
- Author
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Printer
- The Scribner Press
- Physical Description
- vii, 217 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Wm. L. Stidger / East Greenwich Academy / East Greenwich, / R.I.", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"From", in blue ink on front endpaper
"To / Mr. Mobbs, the / only Grocerman I ever met / who loves poetry", handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper
"B97852 / 95", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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The renewing of friendship
The life of Sir Walter Scott : abridged from Lockhart's Life of Scott
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.120
- Call Number
- 823.7 HUT
- Author
- Hutton, Richard Holt, 1826-1897
- Contributor
- Lockhart, J.G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854
- Hay, John, 1838-1905
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- John D. Morris & Company
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- xvi, 308 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Property of
Robert A Mobbs" [handwritten in blue ink (Property of) and pencil (Robert A Mobbs) on front endpaper]
Post card from Central Park Veterinary Hospital to "F. Street, 6176 Walker Ave BBY" in Feb, 1976 reminding of pet's annual booster and rabies vaccinations. Found between p. 4-5
- Notes
- "As suggested by the former Prime Minister of England, William Ewart Gladstone"--title page
- "with an introductory appreciation by the late Secretary of State John Hay"---title page
- "Edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies, printed for subscribers"---title page. verso
- Abridged from 10 volume "Life of Sir Walter Scott" by J.G. Lockhart
- Contributor's given name and dates: Lockhart, J.G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854
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The Grand Canyon of Arizona : being a book of words from many pens, about the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona
Progressive arithmetic : third book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.9
- Call Number
- 513 MIL Copy 1
- Author
- Milne, William J. (William James), 1843-1914
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Morang Educational
- Publication Date
- 1919
- c1906
- c1907
- c1908
- Series
- Milne's progressive arithmetics
- Physical Description
- 366 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "FREE TEXT-BOOK / THE PROPERTY OF / May Morgan / (Pupil's name) / SCHOOL McDonald / DIVISION I / Number of Book / CONDITION OF GIVING / No second copy of the same kind of book will be issued free of charge to any pupil in case of loss or destruction of the first. By Order of the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF B. C. / DATE OF ISSUE TO PUPIL / Day Month Year / 8 9 1919" - printed and handwritten on inside of front cover.
"Mr. Edward Alfred Hemsworth" - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
Various mathematical notes handwritten in pencil on cover pages.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for use in British Columbia." - title page.
- Includes index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
- Author's given name and dates: Milne, William J. (William James), 1843-1914.
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The syllabus of physical exercise for schools
History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902, volume II
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.21
- Call Number
- 973 AND v.2
- Author
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 352 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Alex M___" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- "with 500 illustrations and maps" --T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Andrews, E. Benjamin (Elisha Benjamin), 1844-1917
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History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902, volume III
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.22
- Call Number
- 973 AND v.3
- Author
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 365 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Alex M___[Moss]" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- "with 500 illustrations and maps" --T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Andrews, E. Benjamin (Elisha Benjamin), 1844-1917
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History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902, volume IV
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.23
- Call Number
- 973 AND v.4
- Author
- Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-1917
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 382 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Alex M___[Moss]" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States
- United States--History
- Notes
- "with 500 illustrations and maps" --T.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Andrews, E. Benjamin (Elisha Benjamin), 1844-1917
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British birds' eggs and nests, popularly described
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.26
- Call Number
- 590 ATK
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Atkinson, J. C. (John Christopher), 1814-1900
- Contributor
- Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- G. Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, 245 p. : 12 leaves of plates, col.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Birds
- Subjects
- Animals - Birds
- Animals
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates:
Atkinson, J. C. (John Christopher), 1814-1900
- Contributior's given name, dates, and contribution:
Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904 (illustrator)
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