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Description
In brown ink on white or cream paper, the bookplate consists of a thin border surrounding brown text, with the name of the company/library in a Roman-style font.
Item Metadata
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[Bookplate]
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| Date Created |
[between 1928 and 1933]
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| Description |
In brown ink on white or cream paper, the bookplate consists of a thin border surrounding brown text, with the name of the company/library in a Roman-style font.
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| Extent |
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 10.9 x 7.6 cm
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| File Format |
image/jpeg
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| Notes |
Foster Brown Co. Limited, booksellers and stationers, opened as 'Wm. Foster Brown & Co.' in 1889 when the bookstores of Dawson Brothers Book Business were sold. With a variety of changes to name and location, the Foster Brown Company remained in existence until the late 1930s. These changes in name and location date this bookplate to six-year span of 1928-1933. In 1928, Foster Brown Co. Limited took over the lending library of F. E. Phelan, Limited, stationers, when that store closed. A copy of this ex libris is also available in the Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University.
References: 1) 'A.T. Chapman's New Post.' The Montreal Gazette, November 16, 1928, p. 23. Accessed April 9, 2013. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19281116&id=_yIjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5228,2928820<br>2) 'Business Listings.' Annuaires Lovell de Montreal et sa banlieue (1842-1999). Biblioteque et Archives nationales Québec. http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/<br>3) 'Dawson, Samuel Edward.' Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Accessed 11 April 2013. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7324<br>4) 'The Season's Compliments!' Montreal Daily Witness, November 27, 1889, p. 7. Accessed April 9, 2013. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v5IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1392,5913775&dq=foster-brown%27s+g:locmontreal&hl=en<br>5) Newspaper Ads used for Name/Location Tracking (found through Google News Archive): Montreal Daily Witness, Dec 8, 1890, p. 9. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XuRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3GEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1983,6388993&dq=foster-brown's+g:locmontr<br>6) The Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University, from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/ |
| Identifier |
BP MUR CAN I F6784; BP_MUR_CAN_I_F6784
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN I F6784
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| Date Available |
2026-03-12
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| 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
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0215761
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| 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