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Benzonia, Michigan: Presscraft Papers, Inc., (c. 1973). hardcover. near fine. Frostic, Gwen. Octavo, unpaginated. Block-prints in color with verse by the author. Deckle edges tinted red, illustrated endpapers. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a post card with verse on one side, and a side to be filled in if you'd like to send for her free booklet: "Because You Appreciate Loveliness." In this book she contemplates environmental damage, the end of the healthy earth, the end of man. Frostic (1906 - 2001) was the creator of Presscraft Papers and an American artist, entrepreneur, author, and Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inductee. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Frostic is known for her naturalist, Linocut block print artwork, created using Original Heidelberg Platten presses. 082504B