Summary

The author writes about all sorts of small ephemeral items including postage stamps, match box covers , labels, trade cards and watch papers but he omits bookplates.

The author writes about all sorts of small ephemeral items including postage stamps, match box covers , labels, trade cards and watch papers but he omits bookplates. A study of the designing of small items such as coins, postage stamps, pin packets, pill boxes and matchbox labels. With a section on the small wood engravings of Thomas Bewick.