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The designer would take loose elements of text and images and assemble and reassemble them until he or she was completely satisfied.  hey would then be stuck down and the finished page handed to the printer. This process is less common now that books are designed using computers. The V&A has examples of original artwork from the Geographers' A–Z Map Company spanning 50 years in the company's history.","physicalDescription":"One sheet of card and one sheet of paper, once joined at the top but now separated. The sheet of paper is blank except for a pencil inscription. 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