A New pocket dictionary of the Italian and English languages, from Baretti, Bottarelli, Polidori and Petroni
Buds & blossoms
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.49.3
- Call Number
- 823.08 BUD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons
- Publication Date
- c1852-55
- Physical Description
- 1 volume : ill ; 12 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ethel Puttick / The Ferns / Woodsland Rd / Hanocks", handwritten in black ink inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Juvenile fiction
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The children of the New Forest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.38.10
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Author
- Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
- Contributor
- Page, Wal
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- S. W. Partridge & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1847
- Printer
- The Anchor Press, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 298, 32 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-8J" in black ink inside front cover, crossed out in pencil
"Bella Howie", handwritten in brown ink on white bookplate inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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The children of the New Forest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.2
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Author
- Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1847
- Printer
- Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
- Physical Description
- 293, [2] p.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village", handwritten in black pen on white label inside front cover
"S3 b", in black pen on white label inside front cover, crossed out in pencil
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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The children of the New Forest
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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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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Derry; a tale of the revolution
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.48.1
- Call Number
- 823.8 ELI
- Edition
- 10th
- Author
- Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1847
- Printer
- J. Dennett
- Physical Description
- xxvii, 371 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "S. Dorricull / 1850", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"S.P. Smith / 1889", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"Sarah Pugh Smith / my grandmother / her maiden name was Richards / Alice K. Lenhart / nee Douglas", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Object History
- Donor inherited object in the 1950's from the estates of her mother, Katherine Elizabeth (Smith) Douglas, and her maternal grandmother, Sarah Pugh (Richards) Smith.
- Notes
- frontispiece only
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Field-book for railroad engineer. Circular and parabolic curves, turnouts, vertical curves, levelling, computing earth-work, transition curves on new lines and applied to existing lines, together with tables of radii, ordinates, long chords, logarithms, logarithmic and natural sines, tangents, etc., and a metric curve table.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV984.58.37
- Call Number
- 625 HEN
- Edition
- 2nd rev. ed.
- Author
- Henck, John B.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1898
- c1854
- Physical Description
- xv; 164 p. : diagr. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented by W.H.T. Twigg BCLS May 17 1934"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroad engineering
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Henck, John B. (John Benjamin), 1816-1903.
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The homestead on the hillside
Masterman Ready
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.140.9
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Author
- Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1842
- Physical Description
- 60 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "To / Murray Hockridge / Christmas 1914 / From mother and dad. / Luella and Charles", handwritten in black pen inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Missions to the North American Indians
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.13
- Call Number
- 970.1 REL
- Author
- Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society
- Publication Date
- 1799
- Physical Description
- viii, 244 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Newmarket and Holland Landing / Sabbath School Library" -- stickerd on endpaper (front).
"Christs Church / Holland Landing / no 21" -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
"Christian" -- handwritten in crayon on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Missions
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples - North America
- Notes
- "To the Parents and others interested int he St. Paul's (Church of England) Sunday School..." -- extra plate attached under cover page
- Includes index.
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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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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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The Privateersman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5208.1
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Author
- Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1846
- Physical Description
- 307 p.
- Inscription
- "Frank B. Street", handwritten in pencil on pre-title page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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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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Sacra Pribata : The private meditations and prayers of the late right Rev. Thomas Wilson D.D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man ; accommodated to general use
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3895.1
- Call Number
- 242 WIL
- Author
- Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1775
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1849
- Printer
- Printed for S.P.C.K.
- Physical Description
- 177 p.
- Inscription
- "Culvert Inton from his faithful friend and Pastor W. Farncomb. July 24 1884" "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth Eccles XII.I." [Hand written, grey ink, inside leaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Devotional literature
- Prayer books
- Notes
- "Published under the direction of the Tract Committee" Tp.
- "Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" Tp.
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The settlers in Canada
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.58.1
- Call Number
- 823.7 MAR
- Author
- Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Publication Date
- c1844
- Printer
- William Collins, Sons, and Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. (col.)
- Inscription
- "Ordsall Council", handwritten in blue ink on dotted line for school on white label inside front cover
"Lily Griffiths", handwritten in blue ink as presented to, on dotted line on white label inside front cover
"22", in black ink, completes date to 1922 on white label inside front cover
"S Lambert", handwritten in black ink on dotted line for head teacher on white label inside front cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
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Treasures in needlework : comprising instructions in knitting, netting, crochet, point lace, tatting, braiding, and embroidery : illustrated with useful and ornamental designs, patterns, &c.
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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