Endorsement of Resolution Calling on the Provincial and Federal Governments to Assume the Costs of Laying the Mains for the Proposed Water Supply System Plan as Outlined by the Greater Vancouver Water District as a Post War Rehabilitation Scheme
Memorial and letters of Rev. John R. Adams, D.D.: chaplain of the Fifth Maine and the One hundred and twenty first New York regiments during the war of the rebellion, serving from the beginning to the close
"This volume is printed for private distribution among our father's friends and acquaintances, many of whom remember him with affection, and recall his helpfulness with gratitude. -- John Macgregor Adams. Albert Egerton Adams."
The story of South Africa : an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal War
"by John Clark Ridpath, Edward S. Ellis, John A. Cooper, and J.H. Aiken"
Author's given name and dates: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Author's given name and dates: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
"Copiously illustrated with colored maps, half-tone portraits, sketches, scenes of war pictures, in the best style of reproduction"
"The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers. Embracing the explorations and settlements, wars and conquests, peoples and governments, resources and produces, of this the least known, yet by nature endowed as the richest and most wonderful of continents, and a detailed history of the causes and events of the British-Boer War" --T.p.XXX
"Superbly illustrated with half-tone engravings made from photographs taken expressly for this book" --T.p.
Author's given name and dates: Harding, William Harry, 1941-
"Presented
To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author
George Green
Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
"BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
"By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
Calvert's practical notes on screw cutting : with examples, formulae on fractional, decimal, diametral, millimetre, and rifle pitches ; various tables of change wheels for 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, and 5/8 inch pitch guide screws ; notes on screw-cutting tools, illustrated ; with tables and information useful to turners and fitters
Complete etiquette and letter-writer : a guide to the rules and observances of good society, with full information on the subject of correspondence, and specimen letters that may be adapted to meet any case
Thomson Bros. booksellers, stationers and printers did business in Vancouver at 46 Cordova circa. 1888 and at 108 Cordova when this book was published.
Notes
"How to buy, dress, cook, serve and carve every kind of meat, game, fish, fowl and vegetables. Also giving plain directions for preserving, pickling, canning and drying all kinds of berries, fruits, meats, game, etc. and also instruction for making in the best style all varieties of candies, ice creams, cakes and pastry. -- title page
inside front cover:
"Grosvenor Lowey" [handwritten in ink]
"C.P. and S."
"1893"
"Ada Yates
1897" [handwritten in ink]
notes inside front cover, text, back cover and pages [handwritten in pencil]