NY. 1921 International Plate Printers and Die Stampers Union 29th

New York..., July 11–16, 1921. This souvenir booklet was issued for the 29th Annual Convention of the International Plate Printers and Die Stampers Union of North America (AFL). It is bound with the title page of the Third Annual Convention of the International Steel and Copper Plate Engravers League. Both title pages carry the American Bank Note Company imprint, with engraved script and classic ABNC allegorical vignettes. All images are intaglio printed, including a President Warren G. Harding portrait engraved by M.W. Baldwin, "The Torn Hat" after Thomas Sully, the Battle of Harlem Heights commemorative tablet, and a landscape by John Andrew & Son. Period trade advertisements from Whiting Paper, Babcock Printing Press, John Sellers & Sons, and Crane & Pike are interleaved. 17 pages. Almost new condition with a few minor foxing spots. A scarce piece of security-printing labor history.

Estimate:$200

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