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Cassell's shilling cookery

Item comprises a collection of frugal recipes from the late 1800s, accompanied by advertisements and unusual food items.

Edward the Black Prince, or, a tale of the feudal times

Item is an adventurous narrative of Edward the Black Prince embarking on an epic journey. This penny dreadful was originally released in 36 weekly installments costing a penny each, with each installment clearly labeled with its corresponding part number at the bottom of the opening pages. The weekly installment details are visible along the inner margins, particularly where the pages are less tightly bound.

Island

Item is a limited edition of 150 copies; the first 26 copies are lettered A-Z and are signed by the author and artist. This book is E of A-Z.

Italian passionary leaf

Item is a trimmed leaf (some parts of the blank margins cut away when the leaf was reused to bind a later book) from a passionary , a collection of martyrs' legends that were read aloud during the celebration of the Divine Office. The leaf is ruled in plummet, written in 2 columns of 32 lines in a Romanesque bookhand, and marked for public recitation.

From the seller's description: "...the text comprising part of two readings for St Paul: the end of Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina no. 6659 (which usually begins Dehinc elapsis a passione sanctorum apostolorum…) and the beginning of BHL 6570: the rubric is now abraded, but probably reads Passio sancti Pauli ; the text opens C[um venissen]t Romam Lucas a Galatia Titus a Dalmatia … , and ends on the verso at … et ibant letantes & gaudentes... The folded-up part of the lower margin of the current leaf has a quire signature .I. , showing that this was the last leaf of the first quire of the parent volume; the text therefore probably refers to the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on 25 January, rather than his more common feast (with St. Peter) much later in the year on 29 June."

Pack horse in the rockies

Item is a collection of ten cartoons by Stewart Cameron, a Canadian cartoonist best known for his cowboy cartoons and his editorial cartoons lampooning Alberta Premier William Aberhart. The cartoons are reproductions of the original. The original mailing envelope is included.

Maß und Gewicht aller Staaten der Erde

Item is a clandestine publication, sometimes referred to as 'camouflage literature', containing news coverage of the Spanish Civil War which was strictly censored in Nazi Germany.

Tennyson

Item is an appraisal of Tennyson's work by a British literary historian.

Herewith the clues

Item is an interactive murder mystery case file, in which the reader examines physical evidence and clues to correctly guess the murderer.

The Strand Magazine

Item is an issue of an illustrated monthly British magazine containing short fiction stories and illustrations.

The girl's own annual VOL. XI

Item contains issues of the weekly publication, The Girl's Own Paper, amalgamated and published as an annual volume. Item contains issues no. 510-561 from October 5, 1889 to September 27, 1890 and the special issues Gillyflowers and Christmas Cherries. Item contains short stories, poems, songs, illustrations, and educational articles aimed at young women and girls.

The girl's own annual VOL. V

Item contains issues of the weekly publication, The Girl's Own Paper, amalgamated and published as an annual volume. Item contains issues no. 197-248 from October 6, 1883 to September 27, 1884. Item contains short stories, poems, songs, illustrations, and educational articles aimed at young women and girls.

The girl's own annual VOL. II

Item contains issues of the weekly publication, The Girl's Own Paper, amalgamated and published as an annual volume. Item contains issues no. 40-91 from October 2, 1880 to September 24, 1881 and a special Christmas issue. Item contains short stories, poems, songs, illustrations, and educational articles aimed at young women and girls.

The schoolgirls' own annual

Item is an issue of an annual periodical aimed at young girls. Item contains short stories, poems, songs, and illustrations.

Who has seen the wind

Item transferred from the Mount Royal Library to the Mount Royal Archives and Special Collections.

Coach's basketball jacket

Item is a 1979 CCAA National Champion basketball jacket worn by Jack Kenyon. An embroidered patch on the left sleeve reads "Cougar Booster Club."

The first folio of Shakespeare

This facsimile is an ideal copy in which each page represents the best page selected from one of the 29 most satisfactory copies of the 80 copies in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Adult learning : access through innovation

Item is a presentation on improving Alberta's post-secondary education opportunities through the perspective of Mount Royal College in 1993. The presentation highlights the issues, vision, proposed strategy and priorities of Mount Royal College in adapting to the new knowledge-based economy.

Sweater

Item is a white football warm-up sweater that belonged to Ronald Smith that has blue trim and a circular badge on the chest that depicts the Mount Royal College crest.

The history of Sandford and Merton

Item is a novel teaching Enlightenment for beginners, offering a course of education in class, race, and gender to its six year-old protagonists, the robust farm-boy Harry Sandford and Tommy Merton, the spoiled boy from the big house. “Sandford and Merton” offers entertaining and practical lessons in manners, masculinity, and class politics for its 18th century audience.

Nuclear winter and associated effects : a Canadian appraisal of the environmental impact of nuclear war = L'hiver nucléaire et ses effets connexes : évaluation par le Canada des conséquences qu'une guerre nucléaire aurait sur l'environnement

Item examines the environmental implications of nuclear war and how it might affect Canada. Item was published by The Royal Society of Canada = La Société royale du Canada.

Eskimo place names and aid to conversation

Item is a guide for army and naval personnel to the Inuit languages as spoken by the natives of Labrador, Hudson Straits, Hudson Bay, Baffin Island, south and north Greenland. Item was published by The Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy under authority of the Secretary of the Navy.

The boke of the introduction of knowledge

Item is a reprint of a 16th century book examining a wide variety of topics including medicine, diet, daily living, manner and customs, and geography. Item was reprinted by R. and A. Taylor.

Journal of a trip to Norway

Item is a journal detailing a British couple’s 13-day tour in Norway. The trip begins as they sail from Gravesend to Vik, Norway. Among the cities they visit are Hardanger, Norheimsund, possibly Trondheim, Merok, and Bergen. The writer documents his daily activities, his wife’s health, the people they encountered, and the various sites they visited.

Hymn tunes

Item is a manuscript song book consisting of hymns and a handwritten index. Pencil amendments are added onto some hymns. Some leaves are missing: hymns 14, 15, and 90.

"Claribel"

Item is a manuscript of an unpublished love story by Emily Elizabeth Holt. The tale takes place at Claverist Hall, where the male protagonist is invited as Sir George Claverist’s guest and falls in love with one of his daughters, Claribel. The manuscript also contains a short fairy tale and ten pages of poetry lines. There is a sketch in pen and ink of “Miss Billington in Spitalfields,” and three sketches of a young girl in a ball gown.

The natural history of birds

Item is volume four from the nine volume set: The natural history of birds (Histoire naturelle des oiseaux). This set was part of a larger collection Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, which contained 36 volumes in total covering a range of subjects including: material science, physics, chemistry and technology, as well as the natural history of animals. Item was printed by A. Strahan and T. Cadell.

A general collection of the ancient music of Ireland : arranged for the piano forte ; some of the most admired melodies are adapted for the voice, to poetry chiefly translated from the original Irish songs

Item is a reprint of an extremely rare 1811 edition of The ancient music of Ireland by Edward Bunting, who is recognized as a seminal figure in Irish musicology. Item was published by the Linen Hall Library.

MRC student album

Item is a digitized photo album/scrapbook that illustrates Jackson's school life at MRC. The album contains Jackson's 1929 report card and photos of Jackson's classmates, Dr. George Kerby, and other MRC teachers and staff. Photographs also document the Mount Royal College building, the Calgary Normal School, Mewata Armouries, Capitol Hill, Bowness Park, Mewata Park, and the MRC Cadet Corps.

Stratton letter

Item is a letter by a woman named Stratton rejecting a suitor who will not desist in his advances. The letter is accompanied by a typed transcription.

Paper lace valentine

Item is an embossed paper lace valentine card with a love poem printed within. The card was manufactured by Kershaw & Son, a publisher of greeting cards between 1850 and 1880.

Funeral of the constitution

Item is a satirical cartoon published by Thomas McLean, possibly created by caricaturist Isaac Robert Cruikshank. Print depicts English conservatives Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and Robert Peel as grave diggers in a Hamlet-inspired foreground scene. The back-right depicts a funeral progression for the 1829 constitution and in the back-left shows the Pope celebrating Catholic Emancipation with monks and Irishmen. The print is a commentary on the failures of the Wellington-Peel ministry which over saw the removal of many restrictions on Roman Catholics.

A sketch of the row in Parliament Street

Item is a satirical print about Catholic emancipation in Great Britain. The print is by William Heath, who went by the pseudonym of Paul Pry (a nosy character in an 1825 play). It depicts British politicians John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as brawling London market women. Eldon is referred to as an "ould Orange Woman," in reference to his anti-Catholic beliefs and politics, and Wellington is referred to as “old Mother Baggs” and is shown being cheered on by a ragged, racially-caricatured Irishman, a reference to Wellington's championing of the Catholic Relief Bill. The two opposed one another in Parliament over the Catholic Relief Bill, a piece of ground-breaking legislation in 1829 that restored many rights to Roman Catholics. From 1827-1829, Heath signed his caricatures with the image of a little dandy holding an umbrella, which can be seen in the lower left corner of this print.

The flower of the city

Item is a satirical caricature of Charles Flower, the Lord Mayor of London created by Thomas Rowlandson and published by Thomas Tegg. The print depicts Flower in a portrait bust at the center of a dying sunflower, rising from a tub of rancid butter and wheels of moldy and rotten cheese. The leaves and stem of the sunflower are inscribed negative qualities such as 'pernicious', 'lecherous', 'odious', and 'narrow minded'. Below the image is an accompanying poem:

The Flow'r of the City, so gaudy and fine
'Midst proud ones the proudest was erst known to shine
It spread its gay leaves, and it shewed its rich clothes
And to all (less in consequence) turn'd up its nose!
Till a blight, a sad blight, from a Democrat wind
Struck the Sensitive Plant both before and behind
It felt the keen blast! all its arrogance fled
And the Flow'r of the City hung, hung down its head!
The Flow'r of the City, thus doom'd to despair
Droops, pines, and with wailing empregnates the air!
Tells its pride and its folly (the cause of its grief)
While the tears of repentance encumber each leaf!
But in vain in its tears, of the fate it bemoans.
The world, the base world, gives but hisses and groans!
For ever! for ever! its proud hopes are fled.
And the Flow'r of the City hangs, hangs, down its head.

A hunting piece on a new construction

Item is a satirical print by Issac Cruikshank after George Moutard Woodward, and published by S.W. Fores. The print pokes fun at English society, and contains eight scenes of English "types" hunting for various things, with lines of dialogue above the characters. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues an allegorical figure of Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind." Two cronies engage in "hunting the bottle" (i.e. drinking). An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary poor man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day." A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels before a rich elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a set table with a second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death.”

The near in blood, the nearer bloody

Item is a satirical print by Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank, as published by S.W. Fores. The print depicts the Duke of Orleans, Philippe Egalite, holding an axe above the head of King Louis XVI of France while Marie Antoinette and the Dauphin kneel pleading for his life. The print is a commentary on Egalite's perceived betrayal of kinship and class by voting in the National Convention to depose and try Louis.

French happiness v[ersus] English misery

Item is a satirical print by Scottish painter and caricaturist, Isaac Cruikshank. The print comments on the perceived failures of the recent French Revolution by contrasting "French happiness" - an image of four emaciated French revolutionaries fighting over a frog and surrounded by scenes of brutality, poverty, and death in Revolutionary France - with "English misery" - an image of four corpulent, feasting Englishmen who are surrounded by scenes of ease and prosperity.

German banknote

Item is a German 1000 Mark banknote originally issued in 1922, and later over-printed for use as a leaflet to encourage recruitment for the Nazi Party.

The reverse of this banknote has been overprinted with an anti-semitic cartoon titled "Eine Überraschung" (A Revelation) which depicts a stereotyped Jewish man being surprised by a large, dazzling swastika with the text "Hitler" above, and "Nationalsozialismus" (National Socialism, aka Nazism) below. The man is exclaiming (in what appears to be a sort of racist Yiddish-German pidgin):

Godd der Gerachte! Scho / wieder ä naier kometh! /
(God the just! So again a [new one?] comes!)

Underneath is the text:
Volksgenossen! / Kommt zu Hitler, /
werdet Nationalsozialisten!
(Compatriots! [literally "people's comrades"] Come to Hitler, become National Socialists!

After the First World War, Germany struggled to pay war reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, resulting in hyperinflation that decimated the value of the Mark. Currency like this became valueless, and so was used by the Nazis as a cheap and plentiful material for propaganda leaflets.

Dêlníci!

Item is a leaflet addressed to Czechoslovakian workers in German industries in west and southwest Germany. The leaflets warns that Allied soldiers will be invading western Germany, and provides advice on how to flee the war-zone and to protect valuable resources that will be needed by incoming Allied troops.

English banknote

Item is a leaflet, likely produced for use in North Africa against Egyptian and other Arabic-speaking troops in the British Army. The leaflet mimics a Bank of England one pound banknote on the recto, with an Arabic inscription. A translation of the inscription reads:

Signs of dissolution
If you contemplate this bank note, you’ll remember that time that you’d get for it 10 times its weight in shiny gold.
This is because this piece of paper was guaranteed by the great [British] empire with all its power and wealth, but its greatness is gone, and its wealth disappeared.
So what is the value of the bank note today? You probably know that.
Every day that has passed in this war that England instigated, has torn apart the power of the English empire, and every battle that England lost was a cause of deterioration of its currency.
The day - when a beggar on the street would refuse the English pound given to him as a gift – has come close.
God wanted the dissolution of Britain and it will be…

Où le Tommy est-il resté

Item is a single-sided leaflet depicting French soldiers entangled in barbed wire fencing, with the phrase 'Where did Tommy rest?' It seems to be an attempt to drive a wedge between the wartime allies, insinuating that French soldiers are being sacrificed while the British (frequently nicknamed "Tommy" or "Tommy Atkins" in World War One) sit out the worst of the fighting.

De Wervelwind: maandblad voor vrijheid, waarheid en recht

Item is a miniature magazine of war news for the Dutch population. This magazine was published by the Dutch government-in-exile in London, and was disseminated by Royal Air Force planes across the German-occupied Netherlands.

This issue contains a variety of war updates and reports, including: Sir Stafford Cripps' return from India, a treaty signed between Great Britain and the Soviet Union, Allied shipping updates, and the activity of the Dutch Queen in England. It also contains a speech by the Queen, reports on the battle of the Java Sea, an article on war ethics, news on church resistances, an article about London as the free capital of Europe, a satirical piece on life in Germany, an article on pagan English writers, an article on the protection of bonafide shareholders, and updates on important government measures.

De Wervelwind: maandblad voor vrijheid, waarheid en recht

Item is a miniature magazine of war news for the Dutch population. This magazine was published by the Dutch government-in-exile in London, and was disseminated by Royal Air Force planes across the German-occupied Netherlands.

This issue contains updates on Allied war progress, British announcements for the Dutch, a tribute to Dutch martyrs, British RAF updates, a feature on the men of the submarine fleet, the Netherlands on the radio front and the labour front, the Allied guerrilla front in the Balkans, Church resistance, a satirical cartoon mocking Hitler, updates on the royal family, and important government announcements.

Lijkplechtigheden van Adolf Hitler

Item is a mock funeral card for Adolf Hitler. The leaflet begins by inviting the reader on behalf of Hitler's lieutenants and allies to attend their beloved Führer's funeral. The leaflet then mocks the (fictional) death of Hitler. In Dutch, Hitler dies from fever after a failed blitzkrieg, and in French, Hitler dies from failing to cross the English Channel. It explains that the funeral mass will be performed by the Italians under the direction Benito Mussolini (in Dutch, it states that the Italians will sing under his leadership until they themselves pray to be dead as well!). In French, it is stated that Mussolini will conduct the requiem followed by The Flight from Africa and the Retreat from Albania. After the mass, a grand funeral parade will pass under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with Winston Churchill and General de Gaulle in the entourage, seated in a specially made railway carriage created by Goebbels, the minister for Nazi propaganda. The funeral will have neither flowers or wreaths, only dance music. Afterwards, the English, Americans, Russians, French, Belgians, Dutch and Norwegians celebrate, as the Italians become the victims of history and the Germans remain "dasselbe Schwein", or the "same pigs".

Due popoli - una guerra, ma... chi va a piedi?

Item is a leaflet with an illustration depicting Italian troops marching and Germans in vehicles making the 1000 km retreat across North Africa to Tunis, and an appeal to Italian soldiers on the verso. The leaflet attempts to convince the Italians that they are being exploited by their German allies, and will end up paying for German mistakes. The title plays on a Fascist slogan celebrating the Italian-German wartime alliance.

Alle madri, alle mogli, alle fidanzate ed alle sorelle d'Italia

Item is a leaflet depicting Italian prisoners of war captured by the English on the recto and an impassioned plea to Italian women on the verso. The leaflet strives to reassure the women that Italian prisoners of war in English captivity are well treated, and encourages them to advocate for peace with England.

Simplicissimus

Item is a leaflet comparing cover illustrations from 1915 and 1939 editions of the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus depicting England surrounded and threatened by submarines. The verso quotes a German admiral boasting about the supremacy of German U-boats, paired with a claim that England has managed to sink thirty-one U-boats in as many days.

Führer worte!

Item is a leaflet juxtaposing incendiary comments from Hitler on the recto with a promise from England on the verso for justice and economic security for all and the righteous punishment of Nazi war leaders. The leaflet encourages German citizens to act against Hitler and other leaders to end the war.

Deutsche Frauen! Rettet eure Männer!

Item is a leaflet addressed to German women, claiming that German lives are being thrown away in Italy while Mussolini has already fled. The recto urges women to protest the ongoing slaughter of German troops in Italy and Sicily. The verso contains a photograph of a dead soldier.

Die Nahrungsmittelvorräte sind erschöpft

Item is a leaflet with a graph showing year-to-year reductions in rations received by Germans. The leaflet claims that rations and food shortages will only grow worse for Germany and German-occupied areas if the war continues.

Schwarze Listen für die schwarze Schmach

Item is a leaflet with a photograph of a circled SS officer in a crowd, with the words 'Black lists for black shame.' The verso exhorts German citizens to not believe Hitler's lies about the war and seeks to reassure them that the individuals (including members of the SS), not Germany as a whole, will be held responsible for the war.

Weitere Kürzungen

Item is a leaflet that predicts German citizens will see their rations cut because the war has destroyed German crops and livestock. The leaflet insinuates that the German government has no long-term plan for supplying soldiers and civilians and that supplies will soon run out.

Lübeck

Item is a leaflet comparing the destruction caused by the German bombing of Coventry in 1940 to the British bombing of Lübeck in 1942.

Die R.A.F. an die Deutschen frauen

Item is a Royal Air Force leaflet addressed to German women. Recto of leaflet lays the blame for civilian casualties and bombings at Hitler's feet, provides advice on how to survive bombings, and warns of an increase in air raids until the war ends. Verso depicts Hitler addressing German women.

Betr: Deutschland nach dem Kriege

Item is a leaflet designed to combat misinformation spread by Hitler and the Nazi regime. The recto compares quotations from European leaders about the culpability of Germany for the First and Second World Wars, to excerpts from German newspaper headlines. The verso contrasts a German document claiming poor treatment of war prisoners by the Allies to a photograph of German prisoners of war enjoying a hearty meal.

Illustrierte geschichte zweier weltkriege

Item is a pamphlet containing photographs from World War I and World War II, with commentary drawing parallels between the two conflicts and inviting readers to question the information they receive from the German government because they have issued misinformation in the past.

Safe conduct pass

Item is safe conduct pass that states that it can be used by German soldiers who wished to surrender safely to Allied forces. The verso of the leaflet contains excerpts from the Hague and Geneva Conventions regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.

Why die for Stalin?

Item is a leaflet that seeks to convince Allied soldiers that Stalin and Communism are the true threat to Europe and democracy, not Germany.

Killed on the last day of the war

Item is a leaflet with an image of a field of crosses and the words "Do YOU want to be the last to die?" on the recto. The verso predicts that an American invasion of Italy would be pointless and result in the loss of many lives without impacting the outcome of the war.

London blitzed again!

Item is a leaflet with an illustration of a women yelling 'London blitzed again!' on the recto, and quotations from news sources regarding German raids on London on the verso.

I want to go home

Item is pamphlet containing an address to soldiers and civilians in England about the futility of the war, as well as a collection of demoralizing war poems reputedly written by English soldiers. Poems include: 'I Want To Go Home', 'What Are We Fighting For?,' 'Mediterranean Song,' 'I Don't Want To Be A Soldier,' 'When This Bloody War Is Over,' 'Has Any One Seen The Colonel?,' 'Happiness Lost,' 'Stand By Your Glasses Steady,' 'Who Was The Man?,' and 'Lonesome For My Dad.'

Longing for you-

Item is a leaflet with an illustration of a beautiful women on the recto and the phrase 'Longing for you - but for how much longer?' The verso text tries to convince soldiers to stop fighting by appealing to their fears about the faithfulness of wives and sweethearts back home.

'At rest' casket plaque

Item is a casket or coffin plaque, which would have been displayed on a stand on the lid of the coffin or placed on a nearby table with a photo of the deceased at the funeral. The family then took the coffin plate home as a remembrance of their loved one. Plaques might then be displayed in the home and kept as keepsakes.

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