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I recently purchased a Heberling Basic Lettering which I had hoped would replace the beat up one above. The new one came in today and to my surprise it is only about 5/8" thick. This one is the 1929 second edition. The 1922 edition is much thicker with more text. The publishers suggest there was no need for all the text ("no longer has any great value") and eliminated a lot of it to reduce the cost of manufacture. The first book had roughly 272 numbered pages and the later one only has 171, however at first glance it appears all the original plates are included.
Needless to say, I was quite surprised when I opened the package and saw the plain cover and smaller size.
Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson / co-administrator Golden Era Studios
Vintage Ornamental Clip art
Jackson Hole, WY
Mike,
I feel your pain-I have both and was disappointed when I received the 1929 edition. I do think that they should have left in the text that was removed.
In the library classics on the sign museum site, you mentioned that H.C. Martin's idea booklets had been reported to have been combined into a single book. That is true-I got a copy a few years ago. It is undated so I don't know what year it was published. It is about 6 5/8" x 10" and a little over 3/4" thick with 288 pages. Here is a pic of it :
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