From our libraries to yours.
Discover and celebrate McGill Library's history through this vintage-inspired product line. Library staff searched high and low for some of the best public domain content from McGill Libraries. Puzzles, notecards, magnets and mugs… from our library to yours! Take home the perfect gift.
The Latin term Ex Libris means “from the library of…” and is commonly featured in bookplates or labels pasted into books to identify their owners. A McGill Library bookplate from the 1950s was modified to create the Ex Libris brand. Find the original in the Philip Masson Ex Libris Collection.
Every Ex Libris purchase supports the McGill Libraries' collections and activities.
Purchasing Options
- On-site: Sales in the Reading Room, 4th floor McLennan library Building. Payment by Debit or Credit. See opening hours.
- By phone - Call us at 514-398-4711 or email your order to rarebooks.library [at] mcgill.ca (rarebooks[dot]library[at]mcgill[dot]ca), payment by Credit card over the phone.
- Online: To view item information or purchase items online via the McGill Campus Store: Click on the image to be directed to the item on their website.
1000-Piece Puzzle
Bird's-Eye View of McGill University. Watercolour by Percy E. Nobbs, 1925. John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. Read more about this piece.
1000-Piece Puzzle
The Redpath Library (now Redpath Hall). Sketch by A. Leslie Perry, Old McGill Yearbook, 1924. McGill University Archives.
AMAZE - A McGill A to Z Experience
Brilliant paper engineers breathed life into 26 alphabetical wonders from the Library’s rare and special collections. Artworks, graphics, books, manuscripts, even physical objects leap from the page in this moveable, interactive book. Read more about this piece.
Magnets
1. Detail from watercolour & ink sketch. Bird's-Eye View of McGill University by Percy E. Nobbs, 1925. John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection.
2 and 3. The University Girls Series, [1907]. F. Earl Christy (1882–1961). McGill University Archives, 2007-0090.03.1. Read more about this piece.
Mug
Detail from watercolour & ink sketch. Bird's-Eye View of McGill University by Percy E. Nobbs, 1925. John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. Read more about this piece.
Rare Colour; A Natural History Colouring Book
Artwork from McGill's Black Wood Natural History Collection, McGill University Library.
Scarf
Image from Rhodes Hours, 1460-1465. Manuscript Book of Hours. MS 155. Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library. Read more about this item.
Scarf
American Flamingo. John James Audubon (1785–1851). The Birds of America, London: Published by the author, 1827-38. Blacker Wood Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections.
Softcover Notebook - McGill Roddick Gates Sketch
McGill University Student Handbook 1962-63. McGill University Archives.
Softcover Notebook - Nobbs sketch
Detail from watercolour & ink sketch. Bird's-Eye View of McGill University by Percy E. Nobbs, 1925. John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. Read more about this piece.
Rare Colour McGill & Montreal
An Architectural Colouring Book. Description: A curated selection of historic buildings on McGill’s downtown campus and notable Montreal monuments designed by architects from our collections.