Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám
It can be done : poems of inspiration
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.35
- Call Number
- 821.082 MOR
- Contributor
- Morris, Joseph, 1889-1947
- Adams, St. Clair, 1883-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- George Sully
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Physical Description
- xiv, 252 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"2.00" [written in pencil]
"Frank B. Street" [written and underlined in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- American poetry
- Notes
- "collected by Joseph Morris and St. Clair Adams".
- Includes index.
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Facing forward : poems of courage
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.36
- Call Number
- 821.08 MOR
- Contributor
- Morris, Joseph, 1889-1947
- Adams, St. Clair, 1883-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- xii, 257 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"3 CUL
200" [written in pencil]
"Frank B. Street" [written in black ink]
"Frank,
Merry Xmas and
Happy New Year,
Xmas 1925" [written in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American poetry
- English poetry
- Notes
- "collected by Joseph Morris and St. Clair Adams"
- Includes index.
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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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The young fur traders : snowflakes and sunbeams
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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Poems with power to strengthen the soul
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.101
- Call Number
- 821.08 MUD
- Edition
- Revised and enlarged
- Contributor
- Mudge, James, 1844-1918
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Abingdon Press
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- xxi, 308 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "To my Dear Friend / R.A. Mobbs / Christmas 1923 / Elbert R. Dille", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"Thank You Dr. Dille:- / I am glad to be classed among your / friends. I find great comfort / from the pages of this book- / R.A. Mobbs", handwritten in green ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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The renewing of friendship
Including you and me
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.119
- Call Number
- 811.52 GIL
- Author
- Gillilan, Strickland W., 1869-1954
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Forbes & Company
- Publication Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 191, [1] p.; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Mobbs. / With very loving and / never forgettable memories / of our dear ----t visit / at Pacific G--- in the / May days. 1923. / M.H. and I.W.W. / Cousins.", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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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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