A golden month with Dickens
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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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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In the wilderness
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.96
- Call Number
- 823.8 HIC
- Author
- Hichens, Robert, 1864-1950
- Contributor
- Hood, George W.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Publication Date
- c1917
- Physical Description
- 583 p. : ill. (col.) ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Frank Street", handwritten in blue ink on back of frontispiece
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- "Frontispiece by George W. Hood"
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Friendship
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.112
- Call Number
- 808.88 ADD
- Author
- Addingley, Amy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Platt & Peck Co.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Physical Description
- 94 p. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "To 'Muzzie' happy new Year from her 'Goody Girl'" [handwritten in pencil on first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Friendship
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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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Chemistry : a text-book for high schools
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.19
- Call Number
- 540 COR
- Author
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1920
- c1917
- Series
- MacMillan's Canadian School Series
- Physical Description
- iii-vii; 297 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Notes inside, and "Douglas Lunn"
"Class 8 - m"
"Alum= Aluminum Potassium Sulphate"
"75c"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Assisted by Arthur Smith."
- "Authorized by the Ministers of Education for Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia."
- Author full name: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-.
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Book of home building and decoration : prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English : or, medicine simplified
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV979.17.3
- Call Number
- 610.03 PIE
- Edition
- Ninetieth ed.
- Author
- Pierce, R. V. (Ray Vaughn), 1840-1914
- Contributor
- Pierce, Valentine Mott
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- World's Dispensary Medical Association
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 1008 p. , [4] leaves of plates : ill. , ports. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Editor: Pierce, Valentine Mott,
- Author's given name and dates: Pierce, R. V. [Ray Vaughn] , 1840-1914.
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Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 1
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 2
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 3
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 4
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 5
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 6
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 7
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 8
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 9
Hawkins electrical guide : questions, answers & illustrations, a progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications : a practical treatise, no. 10
A textbook on electric lighting and railways
Campfire girls in the Alleghany mountains : or, a Christmas success against odds
20th century bookkeeping and accounting : a treatise on the principles of accounting and bookkeeping practice applied by modern bookkeepers and accountants
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.48.2
- Call Number
- 657.2 BAK
- Edition
- 15 ed.
- Canadian ed.
- Author
- Baker, James W. (James Williams), 1873-1938
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Publisher
- South-Western Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- c1912
- c1923
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 376 p. : ill. : 24 cm
- Inscription
- "Alma Stanley"
"165" [handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Alma Stanley"
"Burnaby South High School" [handwritten in blue ink on front flyleaf]
"Dol_ _ _"
"Assets ... cash Acct. Receivable MA dsl. Inventory"
"lost purch. : _ _ pense"
"Credit"
"Liabl. ... Acct. payable Capital acct."
"Income ... Sales"
"The capital acct. is a liability of the business to an outsider" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Notes
- "Author assisted by Commercial Teachers and Practicing Accountants"
- Includes indexes.
- Author's given name and dates: Baker, James Williams, 1873-1938.
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The beacon second reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.53.1
- Call Number
- 372.41 GIN
- Author
- Fassett, James H. (James Hiram), 1869-1930
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "School Dist. No.81 / Columbia Building / Grade No" - stamped on behind front cover ; "n.3" -- handwritten in ink under the stamp
"School Dist. No. 301 / Bellingham, Wash. / Corrected No. 102 / 1922" -- stamped on endpaper (front). ; "102" handwritten in ink under the stamp
"Bellingham, Wash. / School 301 Dist." -- stamped on behind front cover ; "Date 9-1-20 / F.B. Road II / No. 76" handwritten in ink under the stamp
"PEAPL / a" -- handwritten in pencil on front cover paper
"4 / 2" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fairy tales
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author full name: Fassett, James H. (James Hiram), 1869-1930.
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The western conveyancer : a complete collection of all forms and conveyancing precedents in use in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.55.1
- Call Number
- 346.7120438 MAC
- Author
- MacVicar, George D.
- Scott, Walter S. (Walter Samuel), 1870-1951
- Place of Publication
- Calgary, Alta.
- Publisher
- Burroughs and Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 1800 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. D. McAra / Law printer and bookbinder / Calgary. Alta." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
- "---------------------------------------------------------" -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- "Supplied by / Burroughs & Co., Ltd. / Law Books / Calgary, Canada" -- stamped on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Conveyancing
- Canada, Western
- Real property
- Notes
- Includes index.
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The Young and Field literary readers : book one, a primer and first reader
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.56.1
- Call Number
- 372.4 YOU v. 1
- Author
- Young, Ella Flagg, 1845-1918
- Field, Walter Taylor, 1861-1939
- Contributor
- Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass.
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Series
- The young and field literary readers, Book one
- Printer
- Athenaeum Press
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Stride Avenue School / Oct 1929." -- handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf.
"14" -- handwritten and circled in pen on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Readers--1870-1950
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Contributor's name and dates:
- Illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright (Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966)
- Sister of the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright,
- Refer to http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/Wright.html
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History of education
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.59.9
- Call Number
- 370.9 HIS Copy 1
- Author
- Ontario. Department of Education
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- Ontario Normal School manuals
- Physical Description
- vi, 242 p. ; 20 cm
- Inscription
- "Catherine Lillian G__son[Gilson]
534 Third Ave. N.
Saskatoon
Class D" [handwritten in ink on front endpaper]
"Parrott's
Saskatoon - Sask." [stamped in blue ink on front endpaper]
"1st 2 chapters" [handwritten in pencil p. 1]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Education--History
- Education
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education" --title page
- Copy 1 of 2
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The white road to Verdun
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.3.2
- Call Number
- 940.3 BUR
- Author
- Burke, Kathleen
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Physical Description
- vii, 13-168 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "To
Margaret Pa_erson [Paterson]
from
Miss MacKenzie
_ct 29th, 1914 [Oct 29th, 1914]" [handwritten in black ink on back of portrait of Kathleen Burke]
Menu of dinner to Miss Burke found on front pastedown
Facsimile of tribute to Miss Burke found on front endpaper.
Facsimile of 10 signatures of "the defenders of Verdun" found on back endpaper and back pastedown
Newspaper clipping from The Glasgow Herald Tuesday, August 4, 1964 "Inspiration of the Scottish Women's Hospitals Units" with the follow handwritten in black in at the top "Dear Aunt Meg
Am I right in thinking you might be intereseted in this? H."
found folded next to inscription to Margaret Paterson.
Bookmark with accession number HV977.3.22 found inside front cover with the following printed on it "'Kathleen Burke'
Chapter I.O.D.E.
This book is being sold to provide fund for the Canada Ward of Scottish Women's Hospital
Royamont, France ..."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives
- World War, 1914-1918--Anecdotes
- World War, 1914-1918
- Notes
- "Reproduction of menu of dinner to Miss Burke at Verdun July 26, 1916" found inside front cover.
- "Facimilie of General Dubois' tribute to Miss Burke followed by signatures of the officers present" found inside front cover.
- "Additional signatures of the defenders of Verdun at the dinner to Miss Burke" found inside back cover.
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Lavengro : the scholar -- the gypsy -- the priest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.3.15
- Call Number
- 823.8 BOR
- Author
- Borrow, George
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- c1917
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "25", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
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Bulletin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.22
- Call Number
- 621.8 ALL
- Author
- Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- Publisher
- Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. : 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Machinery
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes bulletins 1727 (1917), 1725 (1918), 1711-1 (1918), 1721 (1918), 1705-1 (1918), 1720 (1919), 1700-1 (1919), 1724 (1919), 1723 (1920), 1715 (1920), 1714 (1920), 1717A (1921), 1722-1 (1921)
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Balanced roll catalogue number 65-b
Hayward buckets & digging machinery : orange peel buckets, clam shell buckets, excavators, two-in-one hoisting drum, derrick fixtures, traveling derricks, coal handling machinery, dredges, etc. : bucket catalog no. 35
Practical English, English composition and correspondence : lesson 11 correspondence
Practical English, English composition and correspondence : lesson 10 correspondence
Practical English, English composition and correspondence : lesson 15 filing methods
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.13
- Call Number
- 651 OVE v. 15
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Shaw Correspondence School
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 15 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Filing systems
- Notes
- "Prepared by the Office Specialty MFG. Co., Limited" -- Title page.
- Lessons 10, 11, and 13 also held.
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Practical English, English composition and correspondence : lesson 13 correspondence
Sunkist recipes : oranges-lemons
Banking and commercial geography: lesson 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.182
- Call Number
- 332.1 ECK v.1
- Author
- Eckardt, H. M. P.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Shaw Correspondence School
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 26 p. : 18.5 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Banks and banking
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Making money
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.105.9
- Call Number
- 813.5 JOH
- Author
- Johnson, Owen, 1878-1952
- Contributor
- Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 327 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "n5 35", in pencil on front endpaper
"TG Woolgar. / M/N Glenmoor. / Please Return.", handwritten in pencil on back of frontispiece, last line underlined
"E.M. Veilleur.", handwritten in black ink inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- Illustrated by James Montogomery Flagg
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New method writing. Number two
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.116.17
- Call Number
- 372.6 EDU
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Educational Book Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Series
- New method writing.
- Physical Description
- [28] + 24 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
- Inscription
- "Velma Cooke" -- handwritten in ink on cover.
Various writing practices throughout the book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Penmanship--Study and teaching
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Peterson's international banking code
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.216.9
- Call Number
- 332 PET
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Peterson Cipher Code Corporation
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Physical Description
- 340 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "2255" [Handwritten in black ink in number blank on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Banks and banking
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The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume i
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.23.1
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.1 1919
- Contributor
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
- Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1919
- Physical Description
- x, 334 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Children's encyclopædias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
"With an introduction by John H. Finley..." -- Title page
- Contributor's full name and dates: Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940
- pages 1-334
- volume 1 of 20.
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The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume ii
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume iii
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume iv
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume v
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume vi
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume vii