Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross. Signed book Institutional Groundwork: Featuring a preface

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Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross. Signed book Institutional Groundwork: Featuring a prefaceFomo Publishing, 1937. Near very good without dust jacket in red cloth. Covers the subject alphabetically, from Abrasion Marks to Water Color Background. See table of contents in the pictures accompanying this listing. Author had 25 years experience doing retouching. Includes illustrations. 80 pages. Summary: Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross is a practical, "Industrial Era" manual designed to transition the complex art of