Stiff cream-colored wrappers, title in gilt on front cover.
1900 · Aiken, S.C.:
by [ Palmetto Press ]. O'Hara, Theodore
Aiken, S.C.: Ye Palmetto Press, 1900 Limited to 250 copies. Stiff cream-colored wrappers, title in gilt on front cover. . Small octavo. Title-page printed in black and red, within an ornamental border. Colophon in red. Printed on Whatman paper. The last blank leaf was creased in the press. With a specimen page from this work laid in. Also with the original paper envelope, on which is printed: "Palmetto Press Hand-Made Books and Booklets in Limited Editions, Aiken, South Carolina." The envelope is foxed. The book is in fine condition. This is the first book of the Palmetto Press, which was founded by William Lewis Washburn, a printer from Connecticut while he was associated with a newspaper in Aiken. (Inventory #: 15690)