This book is a compilation of printed material from journals of West Virginia Paper from the years 1953, 1954 and 1955, including cover designs and pages. Bradbury Thompson designed the cover and index of the book. The index describes and lists the contributors in the following categories: artists and photographers, illustrations, subject headings, engraving processes and type faces. The text conveys the importance of print, ink and paper in mid-20th century America. For example, in issue 194 one reads,"To the sculpture, stone is a cosmic force crying for form. The strokes of Michelangelo's chisel unlocked ideas from marble that remain as valid today as four centuries ago. Great works af art provide mankind with imperishable riches because, as expressions of eternal ideas, they retain a constant value for every time. Printing, too, endows the human spirit with a legacy of indestructible ideas. The currency of thought in every age is minted by the printing press. Ink and papers serve the treasury of man's creative achievments." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.