• Title: The Little Golden Fountain, and Other Verses.
• Author: Mary MacMillan
• Publisher: Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati.
• Publication Date: 1916, First Edition.
• Format: hardcover; blue cloth covered boards; pasted titles on front cover and spine; gilt top page edges.
• Length: 102 pages
• Size: approximately 5" by 7 1/2"
• Description: Rare collection of poems by early 20th-century lesbian poet, Mary MacMillan. According to a post on the Ohio Lesbians Archives website, “born in Ross Ohio in 1870, MacMillan studied at Wells College and Bryn Mawr before returning to Cincinnati around the turn of the century. Here she completed a number of historical essays, published poems in six national magazines, compiled her own book of verse entitled The Little Golden Fountain, worked for women’s right to vote, and held influential roles in several local organizations including the MacDowell Society and the Ohio Valley Poetry Society. As president of the Ohio Valley Poetry Society, MacMillan corresponded with many authors of national acclaim including Edna St. Vincent Millay who ultimately visited MacMillan here at her home on Telford Avenue in Clifton in 1927.” Included with this book is an 8-page booklet advertising plays and poetry by Mary MacMillan published by Stewart & Kidd. Also there is a newspaper clipping  about MacMillan and her dog.
• Condition: The binding is sound. The cover shows light wear and some discoloration. The inside front cover and facing front end paper are toned from contact with the newspaper clipping. The newspaper clipping is torn in half. The advertising booklet is age-toned.