Titles in The Mead-Westvaco American Classics Series
(aka: The Westvaco Christmas Classics)
Arranged by date of publication.


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  • Fables in SlangFables in SlangRoll over Image to expandFables in Slang by Ade, George, n.p.: Westvaco, 1972. Limited Edition. Fine in bright red paper covered boards with gray text stamping on the spine and with decorated end sheets and blind embossing to the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4". Without a dust jacket as issued and without its issued paper covered slip case. 171 pages of text and illustrated with decorations. The fifteenth volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series.
    TB28224  $30.00



  • A Brief Description of New YorkA Brief Description of New YorkRoll over Image to expandA Brief Description of New York Formerly Called New-Netherland by Denton, Daniel, No city stated: Westvaco, 1973. Limited Edition. Fine in embossed black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, a blind embossed 1670 on the front board and decorated end sheets. With a prior owner's name and date written on the second free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine, decorated paper covered slip case. Originally published in 1670 in England based on the author's narrative of his settlement in Jamaica, Queens in 1644. The 16th volume in Westvaco's American Classic series.
    TB23468  $40.00



  • Two Years Before The Mast by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., n.p.: Westvaco Corporation, 1992. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine, a gilt decoration on the front board, illustrated sheets, and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine with three, minor and faint red marks on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued; and, without its llustrated paper covered slip case. The Christmas 1992 issue by Westvaco which is the 35th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. 370 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and small sketches of wild life within the margins and chapter headings of the text.
    TB24898  $30.00



  • Letters of John and Abigail AdamsLetters of John and Abigail AdamsRoll over Image to expandLetters of John and Abigail Adams 1762 to 1826 by Adams, John, and Abigail Adams, n.p.: Westvaco, 2001. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 dark red cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with decorated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is within a fine paper covered slip case. The book and its slip case are still contained within the publisher's original shipping carton. 133 pages of text followed by a listing of the Westvaco's American Classics Series. With a forward and introduction by Willaim J. Bennett. Illustrated with eleven colored plates as "a brief pictorial history of the design of our flag from 1775 to the present". The 44th volume in the Westvaco Christmas series.
    TB25339  $40.00






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