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Faber-Castell (Firm). A. W. Faber Price-list - A. W. Faber Polygrade Lead Pencils. 1897. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. January 22, 2022. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets/item/302/show/201.

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Faber-Castell (Firm). (1897). A. W. Faber Price-list - A. W. Faber Polygrade Lead Pencils. Architectural Retail Catalog Collection. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets/item/302/show/201

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Faber-Castell (Firm), A. W. Faber Price-list - A. W. Faber Polygrade Lead Pencils, 1897, Architectural Retail Catalog Collection, Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries, accessed January 22, 2022, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets/item/302/show/201.

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Title	A. W. Faber Price-list
Creator (LCNAF)	Faber-Castell (Firm)
Publisher	A. W. Faber
Date	1897
Description	A 113-page catalog published in 1897 called “A. W. Faber’s Price-List of Superior Lead and Colored Pencils: Writing and Copying Inks, Slate Manufactures, Rulers, Pen-Holders, and Erasive Rubbers” by A.W. Faber based out of New York City, New York. The company is known today as Faber-Castell. Content includes a preface, testimonials, price lists, and an index of all utensils in the catalog. The products include polygrade and Siberian lead pencils, drawing pencils, low-priced lead pencils, colored pencils and chalks, pencils for artists, and school writing slates.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Writing materials and instruments Pencils Colored pencils
Subject.Topical (Local)	pencils drawings pens chalks artists art schools
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	Faber-Castell (Firm)
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets catalogs (documents)
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text Image
Original Item Location	TS1268.A2 1897
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b1831811~S11
Digital Collection	Architecture Retail Catalog Collection
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets
Repository	Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library
Use and Reproduction	This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	A. W. Faber Polygrade Lead Pencils
Description	An explanation of the various pencil grades.
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	aapam_201101_001am.jpg
Transcript	A. V The differen by artists. The degree < is very pure and readily removed Grading for BBBBBB. BBBBB. BBBB. BBB. BB. B. HB. F. H. HH. HHH. HHHH. HHHHH. HHHHHH. HHHHHHH. HHHHHHHH. /. FABER'S Polygrade Lead Pencils, For Designers, Artists and Architects. For Office and School use. ¥ EXPLANATION OF GRADES. grades of hardness here enumerated have been universally adopted f the lead, as indicated upon each pencil, does not vary. The lead homogeneous and, when applied to paper or other substances, can be with rubber. Grading for commercial and school pencils. Softest and blackest. Extra soft and extra black, for rich, deep shading. Very soft and very black " " " Very soft, for very deep shading. Soft, for ordinary shading. Medium soft, for fine sketching, No. 2 Firm and medium hard, for fine drawing No. 3 Moderately hard, for light sketching. Hard, for fine outline drawing, No. 4 Very hard, for architectural drawing. Extra extra hard, for drawing on wood, and for accountants' use. r Hardest, for drawing on wood, and for accountants' use.