W2 on the screen

[From More Than a Secretary (dir. Alfred E. Green, 1936). Click for a larger view.]

Maizie West (Dorothea Kent) to Carol Baldwin (Jean Arthur): “Miss Baldwin, are there two v s in liver ?”

That’s a Webster’s New International Dictionary , second edition, often called the W2. You can see one in color, marbled edges and all, here.

Other Merriam-Webster sightings
A Webster’s Collegiate used as a weapon : Timmy and Lassie and an W2