This book offers us an example of a new owner actually wishing to keep the traces of previous ownership. Besides the wish to keep track of the origin and physical journey of the book, it was also a way to assert ownership of the copy to anyone who…
A copy of the black and white logo of the Raging Grannies of Calgary, from the collection file of one of its previous members, Ethel Lisbeth Donaldson.
The photograph shows a general view of audience in the University of Toronto's Convocation Hall attending the 1978 International Women's Day (IWD) rally, in Toronto.
The design here imitates that of a peacock’s fanned tail. After one has deposited the colours on the thickened solution of water and used the comb to create the first series of designs, one then uses a stylus to refine the design. The marbler is…
A flyer with information about a demonstration against racism and police violence and a joint statement of the Ad Hoc Women's Coalition against Racist and Police Violence
This exquisite example of a mark of ownership is not even that of a book owner but that of a bookseller in Glasgow, Scotland, who had this item for sale in their shop. This practice ensured that this item could be traced back to its original point of…
This item has been rebound at least once since its initial binding, this being demonstrated by evidence that the text block has been cut to fit a newer binding. The current binding is on calfskin which has been dyed green. While it is usually morocco…
This work by Amelot de la Hussaie was part of the personal library of marquis Jean-Jacques Costard de Brussard, who hailed from Normandy and was a musketeer. This ex-libris from the end of the 18th Century reminds us that collecting ex-libris…