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Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 4

Volume 4 ranges from Pet-Z in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 3

Volume 3 ranges from In-Pes in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 2

Volume 2 ranges from Cop-Im in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library Vol. 1

Volume I ranges from A-Coo in the Catalogue of the Glenbow Historical Library. Item contains facsimiles of card catalogues describing the holdings of the Glenbow Historical Library from 1955-1973. The Library of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute was a research library which served the needs of researchers in the history and development of Western and Northern Canada. The Library focused on acquiring material related to the Prairie region of Canada and its bordering states. Two important collections, the Canadiana library of D.C. Coleman, a former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and an Arctic collection from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, are contained here.

History of the horn-book

Item is a book on the history of the horn-book. Hornbooks were an early form of reading primer that was used to educate children from the middle ages until the 18th century. Hornbooks consisted of a page of text, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, fixed into a frame with a handle.

History of the horn-book

Item is a book on the history of the horn-book. Hornbooks were an early form of reading primer that was used to educate children from the middle ages until the 18th century. Hornbooks consisted of a page of text, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, fixed into a frame with a handle.

[Training of war dogs : 1962]

Item is a manual for training war dogs produced by the chief of the Imperial General Staff of the War Office of Great Britain.

Cassell's shilling cookery

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

The experienced English housekeeper ...

Item contains Elizabeth Raffald's original recipes. The cookbook contains a diverse array of recipes ranging from family dishes to elaborate dining options, showcasing the abundance of ingredients available in the 18th century. Raffald's work is notable for its introduction of confectionery techniques and particularly acclaimed for her practical pickling and preserving recipes.

The English hous-wife, containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman ...

Item is a comprehensive guide encompassing essential skills and virtues expected of a well-rounded woman in 17th century England. The book covers a wide range of topics including medicine, surgery, cookery, oil extraction, banquet preparation, wine preservation, distillation, perfumery, textile production, household management, and more.

Советское фото No. 15-16

Item is an issue of "Soviet Photo," a magazine devoted to technical and amateur photography in the Soviet Union that was published in Moscow from 1926 to 1997. Item contains photographs depicting Soviet culture, social events, architecture, and people.

R.C.A.F. manual of winter operations

Item is a technical manual on accepted good practise for cold weather aircraft operation and general information on aerodromes, meteorology, icing, and health produced by Air-Marshal Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The Young Botanists

Item is botany book, written for children, that explains the main structural elements of plants.

Gardening for children

Item is a book of practical gardening instructions for children, published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Eaton's Farm News Service

Item is a loose-leaf publication of prairie agricultural information on a variety of topics such as crops, farm animals, farming equipment and buildings, home furnishings, food preparations and more.

Home nursing handbook

Item is a Canadian home nursing handbook intended to act as a guide for family members providing in-home illness or injury care.

The general practise of physick : containing all inward and outward parts of the body, with all the accidents and infirmities that are incident unto them, even from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot. Also by what means (with the help of God) they may be remedied : very meet and profitable, not onely for all physitians, chirurgions, apothecaries, and midwives, but for all other estates whatsoever ; the like whereof as yet in English hath not been published

Item is a medical book by the German physician Christopher Wirtzung and translated and expanded by Jacob Mosan. The book methodically describes and explains the function of every part of the body, and discussing diseases and treatments. Instructions are given for diagnosing and distinguishing the causes of various conditions, and a wide variety of treatments are recommended and explained. Treatments discussed include Galenical compounds such as decoctions, pills, powers, and syrups, and other therapies such as enemas, baths, bloodletting, cupping, plasters, oils, lifestyle and dietary advice, and animal and mineral based remedies.

Galenus de ossibus ; De usu partium corporis humani

Item contains two medical texts written by the ancient Greek physician Galen bounded into one volume. The first work, Galenus de ossibus (On bones for beginners), was translated by the Italian physician and humanist Ferdinando Balami was published in 1549. The second book, De usu partium corporis humani (On the use of the parts of the human body) was translated by the Italian scientist Niccolo da Reggio was published in 1550.

Item has a German pigskin binding. The front cover has an impression of a personification of Justice, and an impression of on the legendary Roman woman Lucrece on the back cover.

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.

The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes

Item is the second edition of a botany book written by John Gerarde and illustrated by John Payne. The second edition was enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson. The first edition was written in 1597 and was re-printed several times because of its widespread popularity. Item contains descriptions of the characteristics, growing conditions, and uses of plants alongside over 2700 woodcut illustrations. The work is divided into three books:
Book 1: Containing grasses, rushes, reeds, cones, flags, and bulbous or onion-rooted plantes
Book 2: Containing the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of all sorts of herbs, for meat, medicine, or sweet-smelling use, & c.
Book 3: Containing the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of trees, shrubs, bushes, fruit-bearing plants, rosins, gums, roses, heath, mosses, some Indian plants, and other rare plants not remembered in Proeme to the first book. Also mushrooms, corall, and their seurall kindes, & c.

The dinosaurs of North America

Item is a book which is one part of the United States Geological Survey's 16th Annual Report for 1895. The item is a brief description of fossils of dinosaurs found in North America, and contains illustrated plates.

Cambrian brachiopoda

Item is a textual description of the phylum Brachiopoda. The book has three main categories: historical data, geological data, and zoological discussion. Item was published by the Government Printing Office.

Lamellibranchiata II : text and plates containing descriptions and figures of the Dimyaria of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage and Chemung Groups.

Item is a book containing textual descriptions and illustrated plates about species of molluscs having both anterior and posterior adductor muscles. The book concentrates on molluscs that are found in the state of New York. Item was published by Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons.

Lamellibranchiata I : text and plates containing descriptions and figures of the Monomyaria of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups.

Item is a book containing textual descriptions and illustrated plates about species of molluscs having one adductor muscle. The book concentrates on molluscs that are found in the state of New York. Item was published by Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons.

Plates containing figures of the gasteropoda, pteropoda and cephalopoda of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage and Chemung groups.

Item is an illustrated description of the phylum Mollusca including species from classes gasteropoda, pteropoda and, cephalopoda. The item is intended to supplement Vol. V, Part II. Text. The book concentrates on species that are found in the state of New York. Item was published by Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons.

Text containing descriptions of the gasteropoda, pteropoda and cephalopoda of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage and Chemung groups.

Item is a book containing a textual description of the phylum Mollusca including species from classes gasteropoda, pteropoda and, cephalopoda. The book concentrates on species that are found in the state of New York. The item is intended to supplement Vol. V, Part II. Plates. Item was published by Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons.

The fauna of the lower Cambrian or Olenellus zone

Item is a book which is a part of the United States Geological Survey's 10th Annual Report for 1890. Page 515 lists the scope of the item as "(1) a list embracing titles of the more important books and papers related to the subject ; (2) a historical review of the work done on the rocks and fossils now included in the Olenellus Zone ; and (3) the general results of the study of the fauna by the geologist and paleozoologist, or its physical and biological history and character as far as known."

Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes

Item is a children's collection of nursery rhymes by Beatrix Potter, the creator of the Peter Rabbit series. This edition features new illustrated reproductions from the original 1917 edition.

Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes

Item is a first edition of Beatrix Potter's collection of nursery rhymes for children, and is accompanied by a booklet advertising Potter's other books and Peter Rabbit merchandise.

Tom, the piper's son

Item is a chapbook containing short nursery rhymes for children printed by J. Kendrew.

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.

Who has seen the wind

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

Children’s books in England : five centuries of social life

Item is a book analyzing the evolution of children’s literature through historical contexts. The work also reflects on the history of English social life, documenting the English people in their capacity as parents, guardians and educators of children.

The wife reformed

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was printed and sold by John Marshall.

The Cheapside apprentice; or, The history of Mr. Francis H**** : fully setting forth the danger of playing with edge-tools : shewing also, how a gay life may prove a short one ; and that a merry evening may produce a sorrowful morning

Item is a chapbook for children covering moral and religious themes produced by the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts. Item was most likely written by Sarah More and was printed and sold by J. Marshall and S. Hazard.

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