Block of cherry wood 2" wide by 2 and 3/4" long; 7/8" deep, with engraving some to the depth of 1/8" as the sides defining the area of the printed block. Engraved by Thomas Bewick.
One page autograph letter signed "Bob M." The stationery is a simple sheet of onionskin with the name and address upper left. Addressed "Dear Everett," it implies an earlier conversation to which this a follow-up in writing detailing an offer of a block and related work by him for a sum of $100 (this was he year the U.S. devalued the dollar by going off the gold standard, and this price reflects the earlier exchange rate of $32 per ounce of gold). He details what he is offering. the box and lid are "made form binders board covered with cloth an[d] gold stamped." there will be fifty prints from the block. The letter is signed "cordially." Sentman, who lived on Illinois Road near the College in the 1970s, was editor at United Educators, Lake Bluff. This was purchased after his retirement.
Short autograph letter signed acknowledging receipt of Sentman's check for $100 and his promise to deliver the item as promised, beginning work immediately. Same stationery and simple letterhead, etc.
Mailed envelope, for first letter, autograph addressed and return address marked.
One color photograph print, 5" by 3.5" of a similar box, block and printed vignette (of a bird on a branch).
A cardboard binding, 5 1/2" by 4 1/2" and with a taped spine, light olive color. Inside are five pieces of print paper imprinted with the block, but cut out in narrowing irregular circular patterns to allow for more impact on the paper from the inner parts of he engraved block. One complete print also present.
Fifty prints and red-imprinted folders ("Wood Engraving by Thomas Bewick / 1753-1828"), located in a niche in the box, adjacent to the block.
One sheet of paper with a print in black (ice skaters on a pond) and text around it in red ("With a vignette engraved by Thomas Bewick in 1799 the Middletons send you Greetings - Christmas 1944.")
One of three pulls of this block, this one inked the lightest.
One of three pulls of this block, this one inked the in the middle of the three.