[Bookseller's Ticket for R. & C. Chalmers]

RBSC Bookplates

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In black ink on yellow paper, the bookseller's ticket consists of a decorative border surrounding black text.

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Title	[Bookseller's Ticket for R. & C. Chalmers]
Date Created	[between 1830 and 1869]
Description	In black ink on yellow paper, the bookseller's ticket consists of a decorative border surrounding black text.
Extent	1 bookseller's ticket : relief printing ; 2.5 x 1.4 cm
Geographic Location	Montréal (Québec)
Person Or Corporation	R. & C. Chalmers
Genre	Prints
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Notes	R. & C. Chalmers was a booksellers, stationers, and bookbinders based in Montreal operating in the mid nineteenth century. It is unknown when the firm was established or when it closed, but it operated as a bookseller and publisher at least between 1845-1848. The firm was located at No. 8 9 Great St. James Street. Among the books published by the firm are 'Recollections of a Convict and Miscellaneous Pieces' (1847) and 'Scenes in a Soldier's Life' (1848). An advertisement for the firm in the 1846 'Montreal Pocket Almanack and General Register' lists among the firms wares, plain and fancy stationery, blank account books, books plain or elegantly bound, cheap editions of new and popular works, bibles, prayer books, altars, and church services, and collection of plain and colored engravings and lithographs. A copy of this ex libris is also available in the Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University. References: 1) The Internet Archive. (n.d.). Catalogue of new, popular & standard books in various departments of literature ... [microform] : also a list of stationery on sale by R. & C. Chalmers, booksellers, stationers and book binders, Montreal (1847). Retrieved February 15, 2013, http://archive.org/details/cihm_95085 2) The Internet Archive. (n.d.). The Montreal pocket almanack and general register for 1846 [microform] : being the second after leap year (1846). Retrieved February 15, 2013, http://archive.org/details/cihm_40881 3) ISBNdb.com. (2002-2013). Books of this Publisher - R. & C. Chalmers Montreal. Retrieved February 15, 2013, from http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/r_c_chalmers.html 4) The Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University, from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/
Identifier	BST MUR CAN I C435; BST_MUR_CAN_I_C435
Collection	RBSC Bookplates
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BST MUR CAN I C435
Date Available	2013
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI	10.14288/1.0215738
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca