Westvaco Corporation Books
Westvaco Corporation produced a collectible series of books known as the Westvaco Christmas Classics, later renamed the Westvaco American Classics Series and eventually the MeadWestvaco American Classics Series. These were limited edition volumes published annually from 1958 to 2007, each showcasing a classic work of American literature or historical writing. These books were originally created as holiday gifts for clients and publishing partners, the books were designed to demonstrate Westvaco’s high-quality printing papers and graphic design capabilities.
These were high-quality, hardcover books focusing on American literary classics by authors like Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Langston Hughes. Each volume, typically octavo-sized (around 9″ x 5.5″), featured artful bindings, custom-illustrated slipcases, and, in later years, extras like DVDs or music CDs. The series is notable for its fine craftsmanship, with designs by figures like Bradbury Thompson and Karen M. Bloom, and printing using high-quality typefaces like Baskerville or Bodoni.
Popular Westvaco Books
America: An Affirmation of Faith
An Anthology of American Classics
Fables in Slang by George Ade
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
Letters of John and Abigail Adams
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
The Prairie Traveler by Randolph B. Marcy
Voices from an Earlier America – an anthology of 17th to 19th century poetry
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Westvaco Anthology 50 Classics 50 Authors Hardcover With Cover
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Westvaco Limited Edition Slipcase Hardcovers America Faith Patriot (Lot of 4)
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4 Westvaco Hardcover Books slipcases Private Christmas Editions VGC-Like New
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Chapters from the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper, Westvaco 1986 HC w/Slipcase
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Lot 2: Innovation & Achievement AND Excellence Westvaco Hardcovers w/Slipcase
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Westvaco Corp Limited Edition Christmas Books in 11 volumes
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Westvaco Limited Edition Slipcase Hardcovers Hawthorne Anthology (Lot of 3)
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Lot of 8 Vint. Westvaco Slipcase Ltd. Ed. Classics; HC; Like New; see pics&desc
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An Anthology of American Classics. Westvaco Limited in Slipcase 1982. Fine copy
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9 Sketches by Bret Harte 1967 Limited Edition Hardcover Westvaco
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Listen! the Wind, A Morrow Lindberg, Westvaco publication 1990 Hardcover slip
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Vintage Westvaco Hardcover Book Lot Of 7 Books - History Classics
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Lot of 4 Vintage Westvaco Slipcase Limited Edition Hardcover Books -
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Washington and His Generals (Westvaco American Classics Series No. 34, Christm..
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Anthology of American Classics Westvaco 1982 Limited Edition w/ Slipcase
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Lot of 4 WESTVACO Christmas Limited Ed Books~Daisy Miller~New-York~Jefferson...
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Lot of 12 Mead/Westvaco Christmas Edition HC
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1984 Westvaco Limited Edition "America: An Affirmation of Faith" SC/HC Book
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Voices from an Earlier America Westvaco 1980 Limited Edition Hardcover Slipcase
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c1920s Westvaco Inspirations for Printers No 32 Design Book Medieval Edition
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O Pioneers! Hardcover Book by Willa Cather with Slipcover - Westvaco
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Not Without Laughter Langston Hughes 1997 Ltd Ed Westvaco Corp Slipcase HC
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Vintage James Fenimore Cooper Chapters Published by Westvaco Christmas 1986 NEW
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog by Mark Twain Westvaco Christmas Book 1959
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Westvaco Corporation’s 1991 ‘Washington & His Generals’ Book w. Case
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A YOUNG PATRIOT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Westvaco Christmas 1981 in Slipcase
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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER “Chapters” 1986 HC Slipcase Book Westvaco Limited Edition
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Excellence An American Treasury Westvaco Limited in Slipcase 1988. Fine copy
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Listen! The Wind Anne Morrow Lindbergh Slipcase Limited Edition 1991 Westvaco
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Washington Irving | Westvaco 1958 w/ Slipcase
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The Federalist Papers 1995 Westvaco Slip Case Ribbon
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Lot of 2 Westvaco Books INNOVATION & ACHIEVEMENT 1987 American Classics 1982
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K5) Charles Dickens American Notes Westvaco Christmas Edition 1970
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2002 Westvaco Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley in Search of America" SC/HC Book
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WestVaCo_MEMORIES...AMERICAN FRONTIER_Theodore Roosevelt_Ltd. Edition_1977_VryGd
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FARTHER NORTH by Jack London (Hardcover) Slipcase Westvaco Limited Edition
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Excellence: An American Treasury Westvaco published HC in slipcase
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James Fenimore Cooper Chapters Westvaco 1986 Limited Edition Slipcase Gilt
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EXCELLENCE: AN AMERICAN TREASURY by Westvaco Corporation c1988 HC w Sleeve
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WESTVACO Anthology American Classics Hardcover in slipcase
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O Pioneers! -- Limited Edition, Westvaco Corporation, Christmas 2000 (Westvaco..
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Westvaco Inspirations for Printers No. 45 * 1929 HC * West Virginia Pulp & Paper
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WASHINGTON AND HIS GENERALS by J T Headley Westvaco Limited Edition 1991 HC
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A Treasury of American Humor, Westvaco, Hardcover in Slipcover 1996 NEW
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O Pioneers Willa Cather Westvaco Christmas 2000 Hardcover + Slipcase Limited Ed
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WESTVACO INSPIRATIONS FOR PRINTERS 1940-1941
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EXCELLENCE: AN AMERICAN TREASURY by Westvaco Corporation c1988 HC w Sleeve
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K5) Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes Westvaco Christmas 1997 HC
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