Arnold, George [1834 - 1865]. Ritchie, Harry Ward [1905 - 1996] - Printer - NUT-BROWN BEER NUT-BROWN. Being a Very Careful Analysis of Life's Major Joy

[South Pasadena]: Printed by H. [Ward] Ritchie at the Flame Press, 1930. 1st printing thus. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 4 leaves. Unopened. Printed by Ritchie at the Abbey of San Encino Press. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Age-toning to paper. A VG+ copy of this fragile item. "Beer. A poem", originally published in the author's Drift and other poems [1866]. A very early item by this master printer, who states "24 copies on Incudine paper and many more on newsprint" in his The Ward Ritchie Press and Anderson, Ritchie & Simon [1961], p. 128.