Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, stated first printing. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, toning to endpapers and page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some chipping to corners and spine ends, small chip mid spine, toning, folds separating, tape to verso, still presents well in mylar.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A Masque of Reason: Poems.. N.Y:Henry Holt. 1945. Hardcover., 1945.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In blue cloth with gilt spine titling, 8vo, [6], 23 pages. Verse drama, published on the occasion of Frost's 70th birthday. Crane A27.1. (minimal shelfwear to extremities). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Name of previous owner in pen on FFEP. Otherwise this copy is clean and unmarked in excellent condition. First printing. 23 pages.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing, 1945. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 23 pp. bound in blue cloth with full color illustrated dust jacket, $2.00. Jacket is chipped along edges; has some minor soiling and fading. Previous owners name inside front cover; end pages are darkened. Text is unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt and Company. New York, 1945.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in black boards with faded gilt lettering on the spine. Very light wear to the spine tips & cover corners, Contents clean & unmarked. Binding strong. Stated "First Printing".
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Small amount of writing on front endpapers. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with more wear at corner tips. Gilt lettering on spine is visible. ; Play by American poet Robert Frost which purports to be the 43rd chapter of the book of Job, which only has 42 chapters. In the play Frost seeks to justify God's ways to man. ; 8.5" tall ; 23 pages.
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason.. NY: Henry Holt and Company (1945)., 1945.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. 8vo. 23 pp. Original navy blue cloth binding. Light wear at the spinal extremities, name front free endpaper else very good in a price-intact DJ ($2.00) with shallow chips at the spinal extremities and a couple of other small edge chips/tears.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, NY, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Pages tanned, else a very good hardback in a darkened, edgeworn and lightly chipped jacket.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, with review slip laid in. Light shelf wear to book and jacket, mild crease at upper corner of first three leaves, Frost's year of birth written under his author photo on the rear panel.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small spot front board, spine ends lightly rubbed. DJ rear panel stained, spine ends chipped and worn, small scrape head of spine near top edge, top right corner front panel slightly torn (closed tear) , but overall a tight solid copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo bound in blue cloth. Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Contents slightly sunned. Jacket is clipped at flap corners, though price is still present, with rubbing at head and center of spine. An attractive copy nonetheless. 23 pp.[+2]
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Trade Edition. About Fine in black cloth, in a Very Good illustrated dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with light rubbing and nicks to points. 23pp. Q15063
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light edge wear and browning to jacket. $2.00 price on jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, E-189, 1945.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1945. 23 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Masque of Reason purports to be the chapter 43 of the book of Job, which only has 42 chapters. Thus, Frost has written a concluding chapter in the form of this piece. Robert Frost, like John Milton in Paradise Lost, wants to justify God's ways to man. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. Stated first printing. Near fine book in a very good, price-intact jacket ($2.00).
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. About fine lacking the dust jacket. A handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, stated first printing. Light rubbing to board edge and mild toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with paper loss to spine ends and corners, two short close tears and corresponding crease to upper front cover, rubbing to folds, and age toning, some separation to folds, and tape to verso.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Co., 1945.
Price: US$33.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1945 first edition first printing in price intact jacket with very light rub and tone. Tight and unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque Of Reason. Henry Holt & Co., NY, 1945.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Description: in VG dustwrapper showing chipping to top edge or rear panel (not affecting any text). The first edition of this book of poetry. Not price-clipped.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8.5in. 23pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, former owner name neatly on the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows several small nicks along the extremities, spine somewhat rubbed at the foot, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright and distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First Printing. 8vo. 23 pages. Blue cloth, spine letters in gilt. Book in near fine condition, no owner's name. Bright dustjacket slightly rubbed and worn, very good plus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. MASQUE OF REASON.|A. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original cloth, title in gilt on spine. 30 pages. First edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown. Spine age-darkened, else a near fine copy. Original cloth, title in gilt on spine
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. MASQUE OF REASON.|A. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original cloth, title in gilt on spine. 30pages. First edition, first printing. Lacking the dust jacket. With ownership inscription in ink in front free endpaper. A near fine copy. Original cloth, title in gilt on spine
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice condition copy of "A Masque of Reason" by ROBERT FROST with original dust jacket. 1945 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Henry Holt and Company; New York. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $2.00 price intact on the front flap, and comes with a clear protective sleeve (not shown). From the dust jacket: "This new poem by Robert Frost.is a literary event of major importance. In a Masque of Reason, Frost.is witty and charitable, mocking and affectionate, as many-faceted and sharp-edged as a diamond. He is at the same time detached and benevolent, ironic and warm-hearted - an attitude toward mankind that springs from his inexhaustible faith in the mind and spirit of the individual. Mr. Frost's flexible blank verse, heightened but never far from natural speech, sparkles with audacity and wit. The freshness and vitality of this play are communicated by the most casual reading. With each rereading the total import deepens and widens, for this extraordinary poem constitutes a still further range of the power, the imagination, and the technique of Robert Frost." Condition: There is a 1" thick strip along the left edge of the front cover where the navy blue cloth color has faded a bit. Clean back cover and spine. Sharp cover corners. Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with no issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $2.00 price intact on the front flap; light soiling to the back cover; small tears at the top of the spine and at the top flap corners.overall the jacket is in Very Good- condition. (The dust jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve - not shown.)
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jacket is flaking on the spine foldover, minor chips at spine ends and upper right corner, is otherwise bright and overall intact with original $2.00 price. The book itself is like new except for owner's charming bookplate. A terrific copy of this poem, published on Frost's 70th birthday.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert.. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 23 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. An attractive unworn copy in a jacket with some shallow chipping and rubbing.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: HB NODJ ,1945, stated 1st edition, Cover has Gold Gilt titles on Spine, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Description: First printing, black cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, edges lightly rubbed. Vermont / Poetry; 7288.
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "This new poem by Robert Frost , published on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, is a literary event of major importance"Price-clipped Dust jacket cover art by Palacias with a photo of Frost on the back of DJ. First Edition so stated on the copyright page.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first printing, so stated to copyright page. The book is near fine with just a trace of rubbing to the edges in a dust jacket with a little rubbing to its edges, diminutive chipping at the top of the spine. Inner jacket panels corner clipped. Published by Henry Holt in 1945.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque Of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Poetry
Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and tiny tears. A handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company,, New York:, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/8" by 5 1/2" with faint spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and to the upper edge of the front panel and with a 1/2" closed tear at the fore edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. 23 pages of dialog in blank verse. (Crane A27.1)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company,, New York:, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with In a good price clipped dust jacket with a 1" deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area, small chips from the corners of the panels and rubbing at the folds. 23 pages of dialog in blank verse. (Crane A27.1)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 23pp. Black boards with wear to spine ends and corners. Minor tears and chips top edge and spine. Spine and corners worn. Price clipped dust jacket, sunned. Signed by previous owner.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON.. Henry Holt New York 1945, New York, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vg in edgeworn, small chips dj
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, black cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, with minor edge-wear. First edition. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. 8vo., 23pp.1st Edition, 1st printing. Square, tight and clean throughout. Page edges exhibit some gentle toning. A touch of wear to tips as well as crown and bottom of spine. Very minor flaws however, particularly to tips. Unclipped dust jacket, showing price of $2.00; has a few chips, small tears and rubbing particularly to extremities. A very pretty collectable copy. Very Good plus, in a very good dust jacket. For shipping cost outside Canada, please contact the seller.
Seller: Robert Rankin Books, Caledonia, ON, Canada
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A long poem published on Frost's 70th birthday. A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has some minor wear and is lightly soiled.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. The Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first printing with $2.00 on flap. A play in verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is near fine save for a tiny spine nick, and is protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. A splendid copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT. MASQUE OF REASON. , 1945.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: FROST, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First edition. Ownership, else fine, in lightly worn dust jacket.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT. MASQUE OF REASON. , 1945.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: FROST, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Slight offsetting to two leaves. Near fine, in a price-clipped, slightly soiled dust jacket with light general edgewear, chips to crown.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt and Company (c1945), New York, NY, 1945.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. G/G. (c1945). First Printing. Cloth. 8vo., 23 pp., Dj rubbed, faded, cover edges rubbed, inside hinge cracked .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. MASQUE OF REASON. , 1945.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: FROST, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1945). First edition. 8vo., navy cloth. Small ink stamp to last (blank) page. Near fine, in an edgeworn, slightly soiled dust jacket with one small hole at the spine, one short edge-tear to the back panel.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Published on the occasion of Robert Frost's seventieth birthday, A Masque of Reason is a literary event of major importance.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ has very tiny tears with some wear at spine top edge, very tiny tear at bottom back edge, scratch at spine bottom left up book fold 3/4". Very Good+DJ/Very Fine book.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$96.76 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$97.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$110.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$116.40 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.58
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$121.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$121.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company (1945), New York, 1945.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 23p octavo a very good copy in a good dust jacket splitting along the spine. George Marion O'Donnell's copy with his extensive notations throughout and his ownership signature on the front fly leaf
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason (First Edition). Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Penguin Books (1999). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Owner's names on front pastedown, jacket chippped on spine and edgewear. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover with dust jacket. 1945. first printing, first edition
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Co., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1945.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good+/Very Good, Hardback 1945 Dust Jacket, First Edition, First Printing
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first printing; Nice copy in colorful dj which is not price clipped ($2.00); dj chips to top of spine and several small closed tears on cover; nice bright clean copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Cornelius Muhilly Rare Books, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt & Co. New York, 1945., 1945.
Price: US$139.15 + shipping
Description: First Edition. orig. cloth. Near Fine., Original dw. 8vo., Pictorial dust wrapper.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the first trade edition in very good condition. Slight rubbing along the bottom edge of dark blue cloth boards, and a bit of light tanning to page edges. Dust jacket has some rubbing along folds and spine, edgewear, foxing on back panel along with a tiny closed tear, and small chip at top and spine edge. ( about 1/2" by 1/4" ) Dust jacket art by Palacias. 23 pp. Poetry.
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Stated first printing. Full blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Lettering is fading and difficult to read. Light spotting to endsheets. Jacket has been price-clipped, shows light wear at extremes with small 1/16th inch chips at the top & bottom of spine. Overall a VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason.. New York: Henry Holt & Company,, 1945.
Price: US$146.55 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. 23pp. Bound in Navy cloth with gilt title on spine, dustwrapper. Slightly sunned, d.w. partly chipped, but a fine copy. 21.8x14.3cm. [aj440-101701]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company [1945], New York, 1945.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slim 8vo. [6], 23, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Frost's poem, a dialogue, between God, Job, and Job's wife. Crane A27.1. A Very Good book with two small bumps to the boards' edges and minor toning to the pageblock; jacket has traces of edge wear and the rear panel shows toning.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth binding rubbed at extremities; lower corners lightly bumped; pages a bit browned; former owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed, chipped along edges and at corners; front flap price-clipped; scuffed along backstrip; a few tears along edges; jacket now protected in clear mylar cover. ; Inscribed and signed by Frost on front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Hyde Brothers, Booksellers, Fort Wayne, IN, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Fine in a rubbed, very good dustwrapper with slight nicking. A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. The Masque of Reason (First Edition). Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION, first printing. Book & jacket in in excellent condition with just a hind of wear to the extremities and age toning to the spine. Original $2.00 price on the jacket. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary, no restoration. Just great. A good gift. Photos available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #610/800cc, signed by the poet. Mild edgewear.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is in Very Good condition. There are no bookplates or markings of any kind. The gilt lettering to the spine and front cover is bright and unrubbed. The pages are clean and free of foxing. The slipcase is preset and in fair condition. It has some wear to its edges. The top edge is partially separated. This is the Limited Edition, #351 of only 800 copies. The book is signed by its author Robert Frost. A rare find in any condition.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, 1945.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frost inscribed to previous owner and signed first printing first edition in price clipped jacket that has been taped to the book. Tight binding text unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy of the limited edition of 800 copies signed by Robert Frost Printed at The Spiral Press. Bright and clean. Owner's signature and address to front free endpaper. Crane A27. A collector's copy.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt, N.Y., 1945.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine hardcover copy in a fine slipcase. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 800 Copies. This is copy no. 466/800. No bumped corners. Copy is very clean and tight with a very small owner's embossed initials on front free end paper. Otherwise, a very nice copy. = WE BOX AND SHIP ALL BOOKS WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. = WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING USED BOOKS FOR OVER 34 YEARS.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Original paper-covered boards over cloth spine, gilt titles on cover and spine. The book is sharp, the only flaw being that the paste-downs are foxed, probably from the glue that was used. One of 850 numbered copies SIGNED by Robert Frost on the colophon page. Mylar cover for protection.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. MASQUE OF REASON. , 1945.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: FROST, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1945). This edition has been limited to eight hundred numbered copies and here signed by the author. This copy is number 748. Small 4to., brown paper boards backed in beige cloth. Aside from prior owners signature stamped on front endpapers and faint tracings of pencil erasures to margins, this is a fine copy in the original publisher's slip case which is split at the top, with some loss, and worn at edges.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tall 8vo. Hardcover. Brown paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine. 1st edition. 30pp. Very good+. #72 of 800 numbered copies signed by Frost.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover ware to spin and extremities. Stated first printing.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, publisher's boards with linen shelf back. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies signed by Frost. Crane A27. A fine copy in black paper slipcase (lightly worn at edges). (#160350)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by the author. This is number 404 of 800 signed copies. Frost's one-act play in verse, with a cast of three characters: God, Job, and Job's wife. Light brown spine, brown cloth with dark brown label and gilt lettering on the cover and spine. A fine, tight, bright copy. The text is flawless. The slipcase is complete and solid but it is scuffed and has a poor appearance.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Co., New York,, 1945.
Price: US$382.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1945 1st printing, signed and inscribed to FFEP to Nevill Coghill (1899-1980), English literary scholar, "To Neville [sic] Coghill, from his admirer who would like to be thought of as friend, Robert Frost Hanover NH USA 1950", original cloth with some mottling to covers, with the dust wrapper split and separated along joint, panels dulled and browned
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Mercy (Signed, Limited Edition). Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1945.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Limited issue; no. 100 of 751 signed copies. Blue linen spine over paper-covered boards; gilt spine and cover labels; 46pp. A crisp, fine copy, lacking both the (unprinted) glassine wrapper and the slipcase. Printed at Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral Press. CRANE A31.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, E-350, 1945.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1945. 30 pgs. Limited to 800 copies signed by the author, Robert Frost, this being copy 711. Signed by Robert Frost on the limitation page. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased in a paper covered slipcase. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP and the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Masque of Reason purports to be the chapter 43 of the book of Job, which only has 42 chapters. Thus, Frost has written a concluding chapter in the form of this piece. Robert Frost, like John Milton in Paradise Lost, wants to justify God's ways to man. E-350; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, brown boards and cloth lettered in gilt; with minor discoloration to the top back board; worn publisher's slipcase. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies, signed by Frost. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT.. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt, 1945, 1945.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 800 numbered and signed copies. Fine in a worn and defective publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 23pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to some leaves. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, a few chips and short closed tears to top edge. A near fine piece. (Crane A27.1) Signed on the front free endpaper: "Robert Frost / Albany 1947." Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. He was the recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the Congressional Gold Medal, and was named the poet laureate of Vermont in 1961. He won Pulitzer Prizes for the following works: New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes, Collected Poems, A Further Range and A Witness Tree.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Number 332 of 800 copies, signed by Frost. Printed at the Spiral Press. 30, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Crane A27 Blue cloth and tan boards. Very fine in original split slipcase First edition, Number 332 of 800 copies, signed by Frost. Printed at the Spiral Press.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. About fine in a mildly chipped, very good dustwrapper with slight nicking. Inscribed by the author: "To Daniel Smythe (home again) from his old friend Robert Frost. October 30, 1945. Cambridge." A nice association - Smythe was the author of *Robert Frost Speaks.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. Henry Holt and Co, New York, 1945.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Blue cloth in dj. Signed by the poet and inscribed "to Ernest Arny(?)/from his friend/Robert Frost. Very good copy in like dust jacket, with modest wear and chipping at the extremities, one short tear. Preceded by the limited edition, but signed, the trade edition is less common than the limited. 15,000 printed. (Crane A27.1).
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A Masque of Reason [Signed and Inscribed]. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1945. First Printing of the Trade Edition. (A signed limited edition of 800 copies was issued simultaneously). Octavo; [vi], 23pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; boards in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple small, closed tears along edges and some general toning and smudging. Boards are square with rubbing at corners and some scuffs to cloth along spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Frost's comedic play set up as a final chapter to the Book of Job, published for his 70th birthday. This copy signed by Frost to a Dorothy Farra without inscription on front free endpaper. [CRANE A27.1].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 23pp. Very thin 8vo, handsomely rebound in full navy blue morocco; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers, t.e.g. New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First Edition. Fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A Masque of Reason.. NY. Henry Holt & Co. 1945., 1945.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Signed/Presentation: "To Ruth Noble from Robert Frost, December 1946, Cambridge. VG+/VG- in black cloth stamped in gold on the spine; in a colorful , bright dustjacket soiled and scratched on the rear panel which features a photograph of Frost. Front flap is p/c. First Edition, Stated: "First Printing".
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason.. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this work by Frost. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Robert Frost to Samuel Plotkin." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Published on the occasion of Robert Frost's seventieth birthday, A Masque of Reason is a literary event of major importance.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, signed issue. A fine, bright copy in fine publisher's slipcase box. Nicely printed by The Spiral Press. Limited to 800 numbered copies Signed by Robert Frost on the limitation page. An elusive title in fine slipcase.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 23 pages. Stated first printing. Signed by Robert Frost on the front free end paper and dated Cambridge, May 1945. Signed only, not inscribed to anyone. No former owner's names or marks, a very clean copy. Dust jacket is protected in new mylar, not priced clipped. Dust jacket has minor 1/8" chipping along the top of the spine and along the top of the rear panel. Light tanning on rear panel. Light wear, but over all a bright, attractive dust jacket. Binding and interior are near fine. An unusual copy being signed only and not inscribed to anyone. A very nice, attractive copy.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert; Jerome Cantor [Actor]. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, stated first printing. Signed and inscribed by Robert Frost to Jerome Cantor, on the front free endpaper, with a program for the Bread Loaf Little Theatre production for "An Evening of Robert Frost," including a performance of "The Hill Wife" and "A Masque of Reason," with Jerome Cantor as Satan. Faint moister marks to front panel, light age-toning to endpapers and page margins, and a short closed tear to back end-paper, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild chipping to spine ends, faint age-toning to back cover margins, and light shelf wear, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Trifle rubbed at the corners else fine in very near fine dust jacket with a bit of nicking and the lower panel very lightly tanned. Inscribed on the front fly: "To Robert Smith, from his friend Robert Frost." A handsome copy. Crane A27.1.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt, New York, 1945.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 23 pages. First edition, first printing. His first blank verse play which was published on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Inscribed on the front free endpaper in 1949. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the top of the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Frost Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York Henry Holt and Company 1945, 1945.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, ASSOCIATION COPY WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST TO A FRIEND AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SIGNED AND DATED 1945 in the year of publication. 8vo, publishers original navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In the original dustjacket. [6], 23, [1 blank] pp. A fine copy, the book wonderfully preserved, the navy cloth near pristine, the jacket with only very slight age mellowing and a small chip at tip of the spine. FIRST EDITION AND A FINE AND PLEASING SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by Frost to Virginia Proctor, secretary to Harvard President James Byrant Conant. Though Frost tenure at Harvard was short, his friendship with Mrs. Proctor lasted well beyond his years in Cambridge. It was President Conant who first cited Frost as "The Poet of New England" when Frost was given an honorary degree of Litt.D. in 1937. In 1938 Frost resigned from Amherst and was elected to Harvard's Board of Overseers and that year also saw him placed in the English department at the university. Conant reappointed Frost for the years 1939 through 1942. Though Frost's formal ties with Harvard would end in that year, his association with Virginia Proctor would continue for years following. The inscription on this 1945 publication reads, "To Virginia Proctor / For all her kindness and friendship / Robert Frost / Bread Loaf (VT.) 1945" FIRST EDITION. Published on the occasion of Frost 70th birthday this poem in the form of a verse play was such an extreme departure from Frosts earlier forms and style that it startled many of his devoted readers. They may have found a challenge in his change of thought and theme, but no loss in the intensity of his feeling or the mastery of his technique.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT.. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt, 1945, 1945.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; limited issue; one of 800 numbered copies signed by the author. Presented by Frost to one of his grandchildren and his wife. Near fine in a very good publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Frost on front free endpaper, with a holograph of his poem, "Bravado": "Bravado / Have I not walked without an upward look / Of caution under stars that very well / Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? / It was a risk I had to take - and took. / Robert Frost / For Stanley Brightwell / 1946." Publisher's navy boards, with spine lettered in gilt; in the original pictorial dust jacket, with a drawing of a desert and fire-ball attributed to "Palacias," lettered in black, with portrait of Frost to rear panel. Near fine book, with light rubbing to spine ends and corners of boards, small bookseller's label affixed to front free endpaper, and a hint of soiling to top right of half-title page; in a near fine dust jacket, unclipped, with light toning to spine, light wear to spine ends, bright and clean panels, and lightly nicked corners. Overall, a beautiful copy, with a one-of-a-kind inscription. Crane A27.1. A Masque of Reason is a short, comedic play that marks a thematic departure from Frost's previous works. An examination of the relationship between God and man written in blank verse, the text purports to be the 43rd chapter of the Book of Job from the Bible, which only has 42 chapters. In 1947, Frost published the sequel to this play, A Masque of Mercy, which touches on the same theme. Notably, A Masque of Reason was published on the occasion of Frost's 70th birthday, with the subsequent trade edition published on his actual date of birth, March 26th. "Bravado" is the third poem in Frost's "Five Nocturnes," which was first published in his 1947 collection of poetry, Steeple Bush. Notably, this inscribed holograph of "Bravado" is dated 1946 - a year prior to its first published appearance. The five short poems contained in "Five Nocturnes" are: "I. The Night Light," "II. Were I in Trouble," "III. Bravado," "IV. On Making Certain Anything Has Happened," and "V. In the Long Night." In "Five Nocturnes," the speaker's nighttime ruminations are reminiscent of those found in other classic Frost poems like "Acquainted with the Night" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.