McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
E. S. W. Library book plates.
compiled by Casey A. Wood.
File
1 volume (29 pages) ; 33 cm.
1 drawing
7 book plates.
This file is a bound volume which contains a summary written by Casey A. Wood about the development of the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology's book plate which features Wood's parrot John III from 1918-1922. The original 1918 drawing for the opening of the library by government engraver G. F. C. Smillie from Washington, DC, is contained in this file as well as 3 other versions of the book plate by them. There are also four book plates of the second design for the library by Bumpus of London designed by M. P. Barrett.
Damage to the spine and cover of the volume.
This file was donated by Casey A. Wood to the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology on December 7, 1932.