Stiff Wraps
1992 · Lexington
by By An Emigrant
Lexington: The Kings Library Press, 1992. Stiff Wraps. Orig. dark green stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt, spine cloth tie. Fine. 4 leaves. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 105 of 200. Thought to be the second separate printing of the earliest known poem about Kentucky. Set in Caslon Oldstyle, hand-printed on Rives mould-made paper in the Gravesend press at the King Library, University of Kentucky, celebrating the bicentennial of the Commonwealth. Colored wood engraving by Leo Wyatt. (Inventory #: 21056)