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Vancouver 1949-62 Montreal New York & New Haven Vancouver Redux News & Notes |
| "Published for the Faculty of Medicine by McGill University Press on the inauguration of the H.S. Birkett Memorial Prize in Otolaryngology, May 1966."
Description: Small octavo, 54 pp. Sewn on cords, laced on to boards, and quarter bound in green morocco with linen sides.
Final leaf (i.e. pg [55]) states: "Printed at the Richard Pennington Printing Office of McGill University Press. Designed by Robert R. Reid and bound by Vianney Bélanger." Printed on Guarro wove paper. The half-title states: "Awarded / to / [blank] / as part of / the / H.S. Birkett/ Memorial / Prize / in / Otolaryngology / McGill / University". Title page states simply "H.S. Birkett", witha copy of his etched bookplate ("Knowledge is a treasure") tipped on. Offset frontis photograph of Birkett in uniform. Five-page biographical sketch (uncredited), preceded by a reprint of Birkett's "A Brief Account of the History of Medicine in The Province of Quebec from 1535 to 1838."
Notes: The book (an edition of "a few hundred") was to be given to graduates in the discipline each year. The copy shown, Robert's own, includes the award presentation page. The book seems to have become exceedingly scarce: no copies can be found on offer.
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