An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology : vol: I. samples of the rough but corrected manuscript

Title Variants

Alternative: Rough corrected manuscript, 1928-30

By

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
Mcgill University. Library.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

London, [Casey Wood], October 13th, 1931

Notes

Manuscript (typescript).

"An example of a few steps in book making during the period 1925-31 and to preserve a memorial of the work of preparing manuscripts for the press and its subsequent conversion into a printed and bound book for general distribution, as well as to give an idea of how it was received by scientific men, three volumes have evolved, as follows:- Vol:1. Samples of the rough but corrected manuscripts. Vol:II. Corrected, revised, final proof-sheets of the whole work. Vol:III. Correspondence, critiques, etc., relating to the work.

Heavily annotated; some pages numbered by hand; many inserted pages (some numbered).

Binding: reddish brown cloth binding; "binding & postage paid by Dr. Casey Wood, London, Oct 13/31" on front free endpaper.

Provenance: stamp of Casey Wood, Zoological Library, British Muesum, (Natural History) on front free endpaper; stamp of Casey Wood, Author's Club, London, on title page.

Provenance: presented to the library by Casey A. Wood, received 1932.

Subjects

Bibliographies , Bibliography , Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology , Catalogs , Classical Works , Libraries , McGill University , Osler Library , Vertebrates

Call Number

Z7991 W66 1931 v.1

Language

English