This section is from the book "Paper and Cardboard Construction", by G. F. Buxton, F. L. Curran. Also available from Amazon: Paper and cardboard construction.
Materials Kinds | Desirable Sizes | Costs | Quantities |
Cover paper | |||
Plain, laid, smooth, rough, gray, or colors | 20x25-25 to 20x25 - 70 (35 to 60 lbs. veights desirable) | 5 to 15c per pound | 25 lbs. thin to 70 lbs. thick per ream (500 sheets) |
Book paper | |||
English finish, eggshell finish, antique, laid, enameled, deckled edge, white and tinted | 24x36-50 to - 25x38-70 | 4 to 8c per pound | 50 to 70 lbs. per ream (500 sheets) |
Print paper | |||
Light weight or heavy weight, white or colored | 24x36-30 to 25x33-50 | 3 to 5c per pound | 30 to 50 lbs. per ream (500 sheets) |
Wrapping-paper | |||
Manila, white, fibre | 12x18-7 1/2 to 20x40-100 (24x36-40 desirable) | 4 to 5c per pound | 7 1/2 lbs. light to 100 lbs. heavy, per ream (500 sheets) |
Flat writing | |||
White wove or laid | 17x22-16 to 19x24 - 24 | 6 to 12c per pound | 16 to 24 lbs. per ream (500 sheets) |
Ledger paper | |||
White wove | 16x21-28 to 23x36-80 | 15 to 40c per pound | 28 to 80 lbs. per ream (480 sheets) |
Bond paper | |||
White or tinted wove | 17x22-12 to 19x24-44 | 8 to 20c per pound | 12 to 44 lbs. per ream (500 sheets) |
Drawing-paper | |||
White or tinted | 19x24 | 20 to 60c per quire | 24 sheets per quire |
 
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