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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James Fenimore Cooper Chapters Westvaco 1986 Limited Edition Slipcase Gilt
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Westvaco Inspirations for Printers No. 45 * 1929 HC * West Virginia Pulp & Paper
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Westvaco_Almanacs: A Compilation of Wisdom_1985_Limited Edition_Slipcased_XLNT
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2002 Westvaco Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley in Search of America" SC/HC Book
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WESTVACO America: An Affirmation of Faith Hardcover in slipcase
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Daisy Miller by Henry James Vintage 1974 Special Edition John Singer Sargent Art
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You Know Me Al Ring Lardner Westvaco Hardcover Limited Ed Christmas 1994
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1969 WESTVACO SAILING AROUND THE WORLD 1895-1898 SLOCUM SLIPCASE EUC
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Excellence An American Treasury Westvaco Limited in Slipcase 1988. Fine copy
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Washington & His Generals by J.T. Headley 1991 Westvaco Limited Edit HC Slipcase
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EXCELLENCE: AN AMERICAN TREASURY by Westvaco Corporation c1988 HC w Sleeve
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Voices from an Earlier America Westvaco 1980 Limited Edition Hardcover Slipcase
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Decorum Westvaco Christmas 1979 Hardcover Illustrated Limited Edition Book
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The Great Gatsby (with Louis Armstrong CD) (Westvaco Series) (Ltd Ed)
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WESTVACO 1985 CHRISTMAS BOOK, COLLECTION of AMERICAN ALMANACs, SLIPCASE
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Listen! The Wind Anne Morrow Lindbergh Slipcase Limited Edition 1991 Westvaco
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