Accession number
PML 195974.1
Creator
Ballou, Robert O. (Robert Oleson), 1892-1977.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Robert Dance, 2013.
Notes
Written on Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith letterhead, 139 East 46th St., New York. Signed "Bob Ballou."
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm
Provenance
Acquired with an American salesman's sample of "Gods' Man" by Lynd Ward (PML 195974).
Summary
Thanking him for the check, and promising to send in a few days "a copy of what I think is our most beautiful book - a novel in woodcuts by Lynd Ward," remarking it to be the first of its kind in America, mentioning Flower Electrotypes and expressing pride in the careful presswork undertaken by excellent tradesmen at Plimpton Press, enabling Cape & Smith to sell the book profitably for $3.00.
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