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First Edition. First Edition. 8vo, (8 x 6 inches). Full suede with pressed suede title space, gilt lettering, brown silk, moiré silk pastedowns. One of only two copies, with limitation page: "Of this edition only two copies were printed of which this is "No. one' (in red ink). Title-page border, decorative initial and tailpiece on final page hand-illuminated. With Presentation Inscription: "To Margaret, with all our love, John-- March 27, 1907.'The book contains an unrhymed Christmas poem with a Viking theme. "The tiny print run of "A Myth,' as well as the obvious pseudonym used by its author, establishes odd little printing as perhaps the most enigmatic title to bear the Roycroft publication imprint. The only known copy, and its provenance, as well as its "sister companion, "The Bibliomaniac" which is also limited to two copies, can both be traced to the Stone City art colony in Iowa, founded by the famous midwestern painter, Grant, Wood [who painted the universally renowned "American Gothic."] -Ogle, David, "On a High Shelf,'OB-127-07. Fine Condition.