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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Story of Writing by William Thayer and William Merriott. Colophon.
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William Merriott; William Thayer

The Story of Writing, 1935
Greenfield, MA: Greenfield High School
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William Merriott; William Thayer, The Story of Writing, 1935
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76pp. No limitation indicated, although this volume is number 127. Printed and bound by William Merriott and William Thayer as their senior project at Greenfield High, under the direction of...
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76pp. No limitation indicated, although this volume is number 127. Printed and bound by William Merriott and William Thayer as their senior project at Greenfield High, under the direction of their teacher, Anthony T. Stavaski. Concludes with the well-trodden anxiety over the state of handwriting in an age of mechanical reproduction. A rare miniature book, with only four copies in libraries. Fine in black cloth. (2 by 1 5/8; 50x40mm).
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