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EARLY 20TH CENTURY COMMERICAL WOOD ENGRAVING.
Harvey, Clifford.

   

- Morgantown : Permutation Press 1982
- small 4to.
- stiff paper wrappers, printed envelope.
- (8) page booklet with five 4 page booklets.
- Order Nr. 57830
- Price: $ 65.00



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The first booklet contains a brief history of S. George Co. of Wellsburg, West Virginia and the discovery of wood-engraving blocks used in printing barrel labels and sacks for its various flour products. Some of the examples are reproduced in color. The five booklets illustrate the monogram Block, Stock Block, Barrel Label Block, Stock/Product Block, and Company Block. In paper envelope printed with the title.

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