The cricket field: or, the history and science of cricket
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.38
- Call Number
- 796.358 PYC
- Author
- Pycroft, James, 1813-1895
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Publication Date
- 1851
- Printer
- Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street Square
- Physical Description
- xvi, 242 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cricket
- Sports
- Notes
- "Dedicated to the members of the North Devon Cricket Club, by their sincere friend, the author."
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The poems, sacred, passionate, and humorous, of Nathaniel Parker Willis
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.13.13
- Call Number
- 811.39 WIL
- Edition
- Complete ed., rev. and enl.
- Author
- Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Clark, Austin & Smith
- Publication Date
- 1852
- Printer
- Richard C. Valentine
- Physical Description
- viii, 352 p. : front. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaves:
"/72
2.00" [writen in pencil]
"Presented to
Miss Sarah A. Munson
By her friend
Miss A.L. Petric" [wriiten in pencil]
Back fly leaf:
" t.
---
E." [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American poetry
- Poets, American--19th century
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The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes
The Cottage Bible, and family expositor : containing the Old and New Testaments, with practical expositions and explanatory notes ... to which are added, the references and marginal readings of the Polyglott Bible, together with original notes, and selections from Bagster's comprehensive Bible, and other standard works ... complete in two volumes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.74.7
- Call Number
- 220 WIL v.2 OS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839
- Contributor
- Patton, William, 1798-1879
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Publisher
- Case, Tiffany and Company
- Publication Date
- 1853
- Printer
- Case, Tiffany and Co.
- Physical Description
- 736 p. : ill., maps : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "SEWELL S. & SUSAN REMICK" in gold letters on front cover. Inscribed in pencil inside rear end paper "Susan Remick Susan Remick" and some aritimetic calcualtions.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "edited by Rev. William Patton
- Volume 2 of 2
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Proverbial philosophy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.135.1
- Call Number
- 821.8 TUP
- Author
- Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Hatchard
- Publication Date
- 1854
- Printer
- Henry Vizetelly
- Physical Description
- x, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaf:
"W152" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
"L.L. Lourence"
"V.L. Rowe"
"1837" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Proverbs
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Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.251.13
- Call Number
- 821 BAR 1856
- Edition
- 12th London ed.
- Complete ed.
- Author
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Publication Date
- 1856
- Physical Description
- vi, 520 p. : ill., front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
A printed label adhered to the endpaper, with blanks filled in with black ink, reads:
"Victoria High School.
Senior Division.
Prize
for
General Proficiency
Presented by
"A friend of Education"
Awarded to
Miss Annis H. Hicks
JPMcLeod, Principal.
Victoria, June 1888"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- Full author name given as follows: Browning, Mrs. Elizabeth (Barrett) 1806-1861.
- A version of this work, given in two volumes and published by Thomas R. Knox & Co, is available in the collection.
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The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott with memoir and critical dissertation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.109
- Call Number
- 821.08 SCO
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Contributor
- Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- James Nicol
- Publication Date
- 1857
- Series
- The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott
- Printer
- Ballantyne and Company
- Physical Description
- xxxv, [6], 391 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Vol. I only", pencilled on reverse of front endpaper
"F.B. Street", pencilled on fly-leaf
"25", pencilled on fly-leaf
"149", crossed out, pencilled on fly-leaf
"22", pencilled on reverse of p. 391
"ohm/5", pencilled on blank page in back
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "Edited by Rev. George Gilfillan"
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Webster's pocket pronouncing dictionary of the English language : condensed from the original dictionary
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4002.1
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1858
- Physical Description
- ii-iv, 313 p. ; 13 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Miss J.E. Simpson"[handwritten in pencil]
"Who'se she?"[handwritten in pencil]
printed sticker label inside back cover, gold foil: "Moir's Halifax Canada"
pencil notes inside back cover
small sticker label, red/gold:
"DALGLEISH,
Stationer,
B. Salterton."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "Condensed from the original Dictionary by Noah Webster, LL.D." .
- "with accented vocabularies of classical, scripture, and modern geographical names".
- "containing 10,000 more words than Walker's Dictionary".
- Author's given name and dates : Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869.
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In the Heart of Savagedom : reminiscences of life and adventure during a quarter of a Century of Pioneering and Missionary Labours in the wilds of East Equatorial Africa
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.13
- Call Number
- 266.76 WAT
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Watt, Rachel
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Pickering & Inglis
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 422 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village S3 m" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front).
"Grace S. Saritty / 1703 Davie Street Victoria B.C." -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
"1703 Davie Street Victoria B.C." -- stamped on endpaper (front).
"1703 Davie Street Victoria B.C." -- stamped on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Missions
- Travel
- Africa
- Notes
- edited by Stuart Watt, d. 1914, (husband of author)
- Includes index.
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First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV990.14.2
- Call Number
- 610 GOO
- Edition
- 2nd Ed. Rev.
- Author
- Goodnow, Minnie, 1871-1952
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 354 p.: ill.
- Inscription
- "M. Mayer." -handwritten in pencil inside cover.
"Ingram & Bell physicians supplies Toronto" -on sticker inside fron cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nursing
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Text-book of materia medica for nurses, a : including therapeutics and toxicology
Applied mechanics for beginners
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.53.29
- Call Number
- 530 DUN
- Author
- Duncan, J. (John), -1941
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- xi, 333 p. : ill. ; 12 x 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mechanics, Applied
- Notes
- Includes Index.
- Author's given name and date: Duncan, J. (John), d. 1941
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On heroes, hero worship, and the heroic in history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5.15
- Call Number
- 824.8 CAR
- Author
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Series
- The World's Classics
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- 245, 8 p.
- Inscription
- "10", circled, in pencil inside front cover
"C.G. MacKenzie"?, handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Venereal disease : its prevention, symptoms and treatment
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3710.1
- Call Number
- 616.95 BAY
- Author
- Bayly, Hugh Wansey, 1873 or 1874-1946
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- viii, 152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover:
"E.H. Funk"
"April 4, 1921" [handwritten in ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With 54 illustrations."
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The French revolution : a history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5206.1
- Call Number
- 944.04 CAR
- Author
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- vi, 435 p. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "For"
"My Roddies birthday,"
"August 12th, 1920." [handwritten in green ink on front end paper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
- Notes
- "Vol. I." -T.p.
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Canadian educator for home and school use
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.11
- Call Number
- 917.1 MCL Copy 1
- Author
- McLaughlin, Sara B.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The Iroquois Press
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 640 p., [154] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps (some col.), ports ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Canada--Geography
- Canada--Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Arranged, compiled and edited by Sara B. McLaughlin.
- Maps -- copyright by C.S. Hammond & Co., N.Y. (c1916)
- Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, and the maps in the book are 1916 version. Therefore, some maps shows boarder-line before the treaty of Versailles such as the Imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine(Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen) still belonged in German empire.
- Fully Illustrated.
- Press of the Hunter-Rose Co., Limited, Toronto.
- Copy 1 of 2.
- Includes index.
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The footprint and other stories
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.3.4
- Call Number
- 813.4 MOR
- Author
- Morris, Gouverneur, 1876-1953
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Printer
- The Scribner Press
- Physical Description
- 330 p. : ill., port
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- Page(s) missing from last story, frontispiece only
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Field book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.65.9
- Call Number
- 002 FIE
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Field note book
- Notebooks
- Notes
- "Field notes of..." -- Title page
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