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"Watermarks", by Ruth Perkins, was issued in the 1920s by the Industrial Arts Cooperative Service, in New York City. This Cooperative was set up to provide materials , both instructional and educational, for teachers and children of school age. The book here offered , "Watermarks" is a brief introduction to watermarks as they appear on paper and within books; it is historical in its presentation, and is illustrated with hand-drawn pictures. The booklet, held together by two staples, and measuring 8 3/4" x 11 1/2", is mimeographed (so the text is given on one side only of each leaf), and consists of 6 pages (12 leaves). The text ends with a brief Bibliography (Sources).
The front cover has printed on it what was a design generically used for every book issued by the Cooperative. On the right, at the top, is given the name of the Cooperative and its address and telephone number: INDUSTRIAL ARTS COOPERATIVE SERVICE, 519 West 121st Street, New York City - (Monument 2-2644 . obviously a number for a long disused phone system). Under the address is a blank oblong rectangle, into which has been hand-stamped the individual title of the book (This book is, simply : WATERMARKS). To the left of this is a printed square measuring 2 1/2" on each side. It has 12 small pictures , running along the top and bottom edges, depicting various creative activities (some of them artistic, and some mundane), Printed under the top tier of pictures, and above the lower tier, is printed Industrial Arts Cooperative Service. All of this surrounds what seems to have been the guiding philosophy of the Cooperative : For Teachers More Ideas - For Children More Opportunities.
TITLE : Watermarks
AUTHOR : Ruth Perkins
IMPRINT : Industrial Arts Cooperative Service
PLACE : New York City
DATE : No Date [ but circa 1920s]
EDITION : First Edition
STATUS : Out of Print - OP - RARE.
DETAILS : Mimeographed production; 6 pages (12 leaves); printed card-stock cover, folded once and with 2 staples; cover has a hand-stamped title, and the printed, pictorial logo of the publisher alongside the publisher's name, etc.
CONDITION . This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :
EXTERIOR - There are a few small smudges and spots, as well as softly bumped corner tips with attendant shallow creasing; the staples are rusted, but holding . they have imparted a bit of discoloration - this mostly on the rear cover; else the cover is clean
BINDING - Solid as can be expected . no leaves are detached or loose.
INTERIOR - Clean and presentable. No writing, no underlining, no marginalia, no signatures.
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