The Story of Yang-Yin the Chinese Symbol Adopted for the Asten Dryer Felt Trademark
- Decorative Wrappers
- Philadelphia: Asten-Hill Mfg. Co, 1940
Philadelphia: Asten-Hill Mfg. Co, 1940. Decorative Wrappers. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the August 1940 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small former owner stamp at the rear endpaper) in its thick, hand-sewn rice paper. Tall quarto, a number of black-and-white plates plus bibliography complementing the text. From the title page: "The Chinese characters on the covers of this booklet represent Yang (upper left) and Yin (lower right), while the round mark printed in red symbolizes Yang-Yin and identifies the Asten Dryer Felt.