Verlag: Process Engraving Co No date, Chicago
Anbieter: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, USA
Softcover. Zustand: Very good+ to fine condition. Original document. Oblong Quarto (11 x 13 1/4"). [1] 11, [1] 11, [1] 9, [1] 5 plates. Original stiff black wraps with extraordinary Xmas relief in gilt, red and light blue, with gilt lettering embossed below image on cover, protected by modern mylar. Intricate sales catalog offering samples of one hundred and twenty Xmas cards printed to high-quality paper. The catalog is divided into four sections of high quality Xmas cards, A, B, C, and D. Each sections with printed divider with the same gilt-embossed imagery, including the Process Engraving Co. building, festive decor, typeface, and tissue-guard, describing specifications and the order details, including price lists for the respective section. The card types displayed in this catalog range from modest single leaf to elaborate double pages with dazzling designs, including relief printing. All cards contain plain to elaborate text samples, plain envelopes and those with exquisite linings. A: Designs for personal, professional and business use, envelopes w/o tissue-lining; option to order lining with price increase. Contains 48 card samples and twelve envelopes. Many of the colorful cards with relief printing. B: High quality Christmas cards with tissue-lined envelopes. Contains 42 card sample and 22 envelopes. C: Designs emblematic of the Old English handmade papers with at time two envelopes, one showing the exclusive lining, the other the outside of envelopes. Contains 21 cards and 30 envelopes. D: Designs as under C with the added feature to reproduce one photograph of choice per card, also offered with two envelopes. Contains 10 cards and 20 envelopes. Sections C with several cards accompanied by two envelope samples, one showing the exclusive linings, the other the outside of the envelope. Section D with two envelope samples throughout. Pasted to inside back cover a page in the style of the four dividers offering an array of emblems that could be added to the Christmas cards at no additional costs. Very light wear. One envelope creased at one edge and one sample loose but present.