Goodridge, Grace [Goodrich]
With Scissors and Paste: Consisting of Designs for Cutting and Pasting with Suggestions for the Work
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, 1926. Paperback. Very good +. Softcover 8vo, 12pp + 26 plates printed recto-only. This copy also has a few paper cuttings laid-in. Minor creasing/wear to wraps. Very Good+ copy of the revised edition of "The Plan Book with Scissors and Paste" originally published in 1899 and revised in 1920. The designs range from generic geometric shapes, to silhouettes of common objects, some with text identifying the form. In her introduction, Goodridge writes about the expressive potential of paper cutting and that the craft should be considered in the same vein as drawing, painting, and story telling.