cloth, leather spine label
1978 · Bridgewater, CT
by Garrett, Florence Rome
Bridgewater, CT: The Flume Press, 1978. cloth, leather spine label. Papermaking. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. 101+(1) pages. First edition. One of 450 copies printed by this private press of which this is one of 25 copies to be in a special binding and contains a specimen of paper made at The Red Mill, located in Bridgewater, CT. A charming essay about the joys and pitfalls of starting a papermaking mill. The book is illustrated by Elmer Garrett. Presentation on the half-title. Loosely inserted is a prospectus to the book, a signed poem by Garrett, a large newspaper clipping giving us history of the mill and two newspaper clippings listing the sale price of the mill.
(Inventory #: 28460)