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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 Ed. Denton Brief Description of NY Christmas 1973 Hardcover slipcase

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An Anthology of 24 AMERICAN CLASSICS. Westvaco Christmas Classics. 1958-1982

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