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Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4th printing. No DJ. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Edges and corners of covers show moderate wear. Small (1/2" indentation to front cover). Binding is tight. Spine is straight. Pages are unmarked.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Co., 1923.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. First Edition. Good. Lacks DJ. Green boards with gold-colored paste-down and dark green cloth spine. Slightly dulled with age; otherwise, clean, tight, square, and unmarked, except for previous owner's mark on top right corner of first blank page. Chipping to boards along edges, and spine, also some bumping and peeling to corners. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore since 1992.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert; Lankes, J. J. [Woodcuts]. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 113 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Quarter bound in green cloth with green paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, and gilt label on front cover. Boards have rubbing to corners exposing boards and mild shelf wear. Textblock has slight tearing to front interior hinge. Shelved Case 0. 1374570. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT.. Selected Poems. New York: Henry Holt, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; 1025 copies were printed. Bookplate and gift inscription inside the front cover; very good or better in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a large chip at the bottom of the back panel, not affecting lettering, but cutting into the printed border. This collection includes poems from his first three books, as well as one poem that appeared here before its inclusion in New Hampshire. Lincoln MacVeagh, Frost's editor at Holt, suggested the publication of this book, to be quickly followed by New Hampshire, as a way to promote the poet as a major new literary figure. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Printed October, 1923 on copyright page and MCMXXIII on the title page. An unmarked (No internal markings from previous owners) near fine-Fine example which shows well. Nicely bright and square, complete with a Fine example of an original FAUX DJ, perfect for display. Many photos available for your perusal and inspection. Thanks for looking, Mat
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Printed October, 1923 on copyright page and MCMXXIII on the title page. An unmarked (No internal markings from previous owners) near fine-Fine example which shows well. Nicely bright and square, complete with a Fine example of an original FAUX DJ, perfect for display. Many photos available for your perusal and inspection. Thanks for looking, Mat
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Printed October, 1923 on copyright page and MCMXXIII on the title page. An unmarked (No internal markings from previous owners) near fine-Fine example which shows well. Nicely bright and square, complete with a Fine example of an original FAUX DJ, perfect for display. Many photos available for your perusal and inspection. Thanks for looking, Mat
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert; Lankes, J. J. [Woodcuts]. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 113 pages. In Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Light green spine with dark green text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and shows head edge of spine chipped off,chipping to edges of both covers and spine, open tearing to fore edge of both covers, closed tearing to edges, tearing to joints, and tape on inside of joints and fore edges. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing boards and mild edge wear. Textblock missing front endpaper. Early, but not First state dust jacket with Pulitzer Prize mentioned on front cover. Shelved Case 0. 1374110. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, Early State Dust Jacket.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: About Fine, A Clean And Unmarked Example. A Sharp Copy In Clear Archival Protective Jacket. The True First Edition Dated Mcmxxiii On The Title Page. Included As Well Is The Highly Elusive Dust Jacket, Original Printing With $2.50 On Spine. One Of 5350 Copies Printed. The First Appearance Of "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." Crane A6. A Fine Copy In A Nice/Good Lightly Soiled And Edge/Spine End Chipped Dust Jacket.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt and Co., 1923.
Price: US$1195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. No DJ or initial sale price data. Prior owner's bookplate. More images and/or description can be sent on request. USPS insurance at cost will be an additional charge, if requested Condition: Fine.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert; J.J. Lankes [Illustrator]. New Hampshire. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition, first printing. Signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper and dated 1930. Publisher's dark green paper covered boards backed with a green cloth spine with titles in gilt and gold title label on upper board; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with spine cloth slightly darkened; light edge wear. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; pages lightly toned. A bright copy featuring Frost's famous poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes, publisher's gray boards with green cloth shelf back, gold paper label printed in black affixed to front panel, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition, first printing. 5350 copies printed. The first appearance of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Crane A6. A fine copy in good spotted and chipped dust jacket priced $2.50 on the front flap. (#160349)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Henry Holt and Company, 1923.
Price: US$1628.50 + shipping
Description: NEW HAMPSHIRE, Henry Holt and Company, 1923, first edition (fourth printing), SOME WEAR TO THE OUTER FRONT HINGE, else near fine in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with 2 modest closed tears. Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes.Signed by the author on one of his trips to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The book format is virtually identical to the first edition and the dust-wrapper likewise save for the Pulitzer Prize notice. The first of the poets 4 Pulitzer prize winning titles.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. NEW HAMPSHIRE. A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: One of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing such poems as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice." Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. This copy is SIGNED by the poet on the title page. Bookplate on the front pastedown, owner's 1923 Christmas inscription on the front blank, scattered pencil notes throughout. Light edgewear, mostly at the corners. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper but supplied here with a facsimile dustwrapper in Fine condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. NEW HAMPSHIRE. A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Fourth Printing of this, one of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing such poems as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice." Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. This copy is INSCRIBED "For Roger Williams" and SIGNED by the poet on the title page with one of his most famous first lines, from "Mending Wall" from his collection NORTH OF BOSTON: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." Light wear to the corners and faint dampstaining to the very edge of the boards and endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, 1923.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy. The binding is tight, with light wear to the spine and panels. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy with a superb facsimile dustjacket from the ORIGINAL of this TRUE FIRST EDITION. We buy Robert Frost First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies printed. A wonderful copy authentically SIGNED by Robert Frost on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with slight wear to the boards. The pages are clean with some rubbing to the front paste down. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. NEW HAMPSHIRE. A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: Black beveled cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. First Limited Edition of one of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing such poems as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice." Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. Copy #137 of 350 SIGNED by the poet on the limitation page. Mild sunning and rubbing to the spine which has light wear at the tips. Very Good or better, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. This copy is SIGNED by Robert Frost on the limitation page. A beautiful copy. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A spectacular copy SIGNED by the author and housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Robert Frost, Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$4124.94 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Few small open tears. Chipping at spine crown/heel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. NEW HAMPSHIRE. A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$4375.00 + shipping
Description: Beveled cloth. First Limited Edition of one of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing such poems as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice." Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. Copy #112 of 350 SIGNED by the poet on the limitation page. Mild sunning to the spine which has just a touch of wear at the tips. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, 1923.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing "Printed October, 1923 with NO indication of later printings. This copy is SIGNED by Robert Frost. The book is in great condition. The binding is tight, with no leans and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author with a beautiful facsimile dustjacket from the original.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Third Printing of the First Trade Edition of one of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing such poems as "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice." Illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the recto of the frontispiece for Harold Dickson along with a MANUSCRIPT stanza from "A Star in a Stone-Boat" in the poet's hand: "Some may [know] what they seek in school and church/And why they seek it there. For what I search/I must go measuring stone walls perch on perch." The poem is the first poem in the book after the title poem. Frost has left out the word "know," likely by accident, and changed the punctuation a bit, as was his wont, most noticeably here changing the original semi-colon after "there" to a period and beginning a new sentence after. Dickson is likely the British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s until the 1940s, author of several books on the region. Very light wear to the spine tips and corners. At the bottom blank margin of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," the previous owner has penned a poem by Emily Dickinson. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "Printed October 1923" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful First Issue dustjacket with minor wear to the edges. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has all the first issue points required for this dustjacket. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy with the scarce First Issue dustjacket in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Description: This is a jacketed and inscribed first trade edition, first printing of the book that won Robert Frost his first Pulitzer Prize. Frost inked this copy in eight lines on the front free endpaper recto with the final five-line stanza of the poem "Our Singing Strength" (printed at p.110): "Well, something for a snowstorm to have shown | The countrys singing strength thus brought together, | That through repressed and moody with the weather, | Was none the less there ready to be freed | And sing the wild flowers up from root and seed. | Robert Frost | For | John Stuart Groves". The sole previous ownership mark we find in the book is the small, illustrated Morocco bookplate of "JOHN STUART GROVES" affixed to the front pastedown. Groves (1881-1958) was an accomplished Delaware bibliophile. On 1 January 1933 Frost wrote "Dear Mr. Groves: I shall be glad to write my name in your copies of my books. I have a warm place in my heart for firsts and should be a fancier and collector myself if I had ever got round to it. My winter address is Amherst Mass. Sincerely yours Robert Frost". (Letters of Robert Frost, Vol. III, p.305) The first edition is a lovely production, bound in quarter dark green linen cloth over dark green paper-covered boards, with a gold paper label on the front cover illustrated and printed in black, and gilt print and decoration on the spine. The contents are printed on white wove paper with gilt top edge, illustrated with four woodcuts by J. J. Lankes (1884-1960), and bound with mottled tan endpapers and yellow and green head and foot bands. This copy approaches very good condition in a good dust jacket. The lovely but fragile publishers binding is square, tight, and unfaded. Wear is substantially confined to the spine ends and corners, where the paper is nicked, exposing the card beneath. The board surfaces are only lightly scuffed with a few, trivial blemishes. The contents are clean with no spotting and mild age-toning only evident on the untrimmed fore and bottom edges. The top edge is dust-dulled. The first printing dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original "$2.50" price. The jacket is soiled, the spine mildly toned, a moisture stain spanning the upper rear flap fold. The jacket is substantially complete, with minor loss to the flap fold extremities and spine ends and general wear along the top edges with short closed tears and wrinkling at the upper front face. The jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.Iconic American poet Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963), the quintessential poetic voice of New England, was actually born in San Francisco and first published in England. When Frost was eleven, his newly widowed mother moved east to Salem, New Hampshire, to resume a teaching career. There Frost swiftly found his poetic voice, infused by New England scenes and sensibilities. Promising as both a student and writer, Frost nonetheless dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard, supporting himself and a young family by teaching and farming. A 1912 move to England with his wife and children "the place to be poor and to write poems" finally catalyzed his recognition as a noteworthy American poet. There Frost published A Boys Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), establishing his reputation. Mountain Interval (1916) and Selected Poems (1923) followed.New Hampshire was published in November 1923 (contrary to the "October, 1923" statement on the title page verso) and, in 1924, won Frost the Pulitzer Prize "For the best volume of verse published during the year by an American author". It was to be the first of his eventual four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry (1931, 1937, and 1943). New Hampshire includes several of Frosts most well-known poems, including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", "Fire and Ice", and "Dust of Snow".Reference: Crane A6
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire.; A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes. Henry Holt, New York, 1923.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed by Frost "For Raymond / from his friend in all / and through all / R.F." The inscription is to the poet Raymond Holden. Lawrance Thompson relates the story of Frost's dealings in 1919 with Holden, a young admirer who wanted to live near his idol in Franconia, N.H. Although Frost was even at the time negotiating to move on, he offered to sell Holden half of his 50-acre farm for $2,500. Holden quickly agreed and also agreed to Frost's stipulation that if the Frosts wished to move Holden would buy the remainder of the farm for another $2,500. Within a year, Frost had collected Holden's money and used it to buy a place in Massachusetts. "I reluctantly felt that he had used me as a convenience," Holden later wrote in his "Reminiscences." In this volume Frost evidently felt the need to document both the friendship and its stresses, although in a 1928 interview he named Holden as one of four younger poets who were likely to become important. When Holden wrote the New Yorker profile of Frost years later he pointed out many elements of paradox in Frost's personality and career; something he knew from personal experience. Original cloth backed boards, corners worn; very good, a clipping of a Holden poem is tipped to a rear flyleaf. New Hampshire contains the first appearance of Frost's most famous poem, "Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening".
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt, N. Y., 1923.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, woodcut frontispiece and other illustrations by J.J. Lankes, original cloth with gilt foil label on front cover. Covers slightly rubbed, small Rockwell Kent bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr on the front endsheet, otherwise a very good copy. Covers slightly rubbed, small Rockwell Kent bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr on the front endsheet, otherwise a very good copy First edition, first issue. Crane A6. Presentation copy, inscribed by the poet: "For Raymond from his friend in all and through all R.F." The recipient was the young poet Raymond Holden, a close neighbor in Franconia, New Hampshire with whom Frost had a complicated friendship and to whom he initially sold part of his land, the remainder being purchased by Holden upon Frost's move to Vermont in 1920. Thompson.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert; Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. New Hampshire.. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$8200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of Robert Frost's first Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original cloth, woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Robert Frost to Penelope Otis 1961." Near fine in the rare dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Uncommon signed and in the original dust jacket. Robert Frost's collection of poems is a creative glance into quintessential rural New England life. The author spent his life in the area, and his writing reflects a passionate appreciation. The collections include the much lauded "Fire and Ice," "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and the illustrations for the collection were drawn by J.J. Lankes. In 1923, these poems won Frost the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. New Hampshire. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1923.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, first printing. An important presentation association copy signed and inscribed by Robert Frost with a quotation from the title poem: "'How high I'd thrust the peaks in summer snow/ To tap the upper sky and draw a flow/ Of frosty air on the vale below/ Down from the stars to freeze the dew as starry.' Robert Frost. For Ruth and Loring Dodd." Loring Dodd was a Clark University professor who "played host to Robert Frost after reading at Clark University on the night of 5 Jan. 1923," during which Dodd showed Frost copies of the poet's North of Boston (1914) and Mountain Interval (1916), into which he had inserted a selection of woodcuts by J.J. Lankes that he felt "fitted the poems as though drawn for them." It was out of this serendipitous encounter that Frost and Lankes's long-lasting collaborative friendship was born. New Hampshire was published ten months after Frost's encounter with Dodd and featured four woodcuts by Lankes commissioned by Frost.Bound in publisher's original green paper-covered boards over green cloth spine lettered in gilt, with gold paper label to upper board. Near Fine with light rubbing to corners and spine ends, bookplate of Ruth and Loring Dodd to front pastwdown, photograph of Frost tipped to blank facing contents page, several small, light pencil ticks to margins, newspaper clippings mounted to rear flyleaves. A lovely copy with a fantastic association.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, trade issue. With 5 woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. x, 113, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. NEW HAMPSHIRE with 11-line HOLOGRAPH POEM, with UNRECORDED TITLE. Inscribed and signed by Robert Frost, with an eleven-line poem in ink holograph on front flyleaf, with unrecorded title ("Winter Will Go") with eight variant textual differences from the final published poem [see 1*-8*]: - [1*] Winter Will Go/ - [2*] I know that winter death has never tried/ - The earth but it has failed: the snow may heap/ - In long storms an unbroken [3*] four feet deep/ - As measured against maple[4*] birch and oaks[5*]/ - It cannot check the peepers silver croak;/ - And I shall see the snow all go down hill/ - In water of a slender April rill/ - That flashes tail through last years[6*] withered break/ - And dead weeds [7*] like a disappearing snake./ - Nothing will be left white but here a birch [8*]/ - And there a clump of houses with a church. / - [signed] Robert Frost/ For Carol Kendall." The published poem appears in two stanzas (on page 90 in this first edition of 'New Hampshire'), with the printed title 'The Onset' (entire poem is printed in two stanzas on page 90); the holograph poem (entitled 'Winter Will Go') is the second (untitled) stanza of 'The Onset,' and the holograph poem has the following differences from the poem as it appears in this collection, as the second (untitled) stanza (on page 90): - [1* (new title)]: (the holograph poem has title): Winter Will Go (in eleven lines, in one stanza) [second printed stanza of The Onset is not titled (in 12 lines)] - [2* (omitted line)]: (first printed line of second stanza of The Onset is omitted from holograph poem) - [3* (revised word)]: (holograph poem, line 3, states): In long storms an unbroken four feet deep // (this line appears in final published poem, second stanza, as line 4): In long storms an undrifted four feet deep - [4* (different punctuation and revised word)]: (holograph poem, line 4, states): As measured against maple birch and oaks// (this line appears in final published poem, second stanza, as line 5): As measured against maple, birch and oak, [different punctuation and "oaks" changed to "oak"] - [5* (different punctuation)]: (holograph poem, line 8, states): That flashes tail through last years withered break// (this line appears in final published poem, second stanza, as line 9): That flashes tail through last year's withered break [different punctuation] - [6* (different punctuation)]: (holograph poem, line 9, states): And dead weeds like a disappearing snake. // (this line appears in final published poem, second stanza, as line 10): And dead weeds, like a disappearing snake. [different punctuation] - [7* (different punctuation)]: (holograph poem, line 10, states): Nothing will be left white but here a birch // (this line appears in final published poem, second stanza, as line 11): Nothing will be left white but here a birch, [different punctuation] Eleven lines of the holograph poem differ from the final published poem (as detailed above). The recipient's name appears on front pastedown, and with recipient's contemporary pictorial bookplate on blank third front flyleaf, with a striking woodcut of a person seated in a large armchair, facing a blazing fireplace, with two open books on floor, and a dog, seated next to the chair, staring at the burning logs. The bookplate design is in the woodcut style of J. J. Lankes. Crane A6 Quarter green cloth and boards, gilt label on upper cover. Rubbed, extremities slightly worn, label scuffed. A very good copy. Robert Frost's eleven-line holograph poem on front flyleaf is bold and bright With 5 woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. x, 113, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The collection that won Frost his first Pulitzer Prize, containing the poems "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Fire and Ice," among others. This is the First Trade Edition, without dust jacket, inscribed and SIGNED in ink on the front free endpaper: "For Thomas Jacob, the best wishes of his Western friend, Robert Frost. Amherst, February 1924." The book is in very good condition, with light rubbing to the cloth. Laid-in is an Autograph Letter Signed from Frost to Thomas Jacob, dated December 27, 1924, in the original envelope, together with a small sepia snapshot photograph of Frost, inscribed and signed in ink on the verso: "For Thomas Jacob, from his friend in the United States, Robert Frost." Also present is one of the original proofs for illustrator J.J. Lanke's frontis woodcut, inscribed in pencil by Lankes: "To Robert Frost," who has signed it over in pencil, "To Thomas, from Robert Frost," with the added note: "Tentative cut that did not promise as well as the one used in N.H." An extraordinary assemblage of Frost autograph material, four signed pieces with impeccable provenance, presented here in an oversize, purpose-built, quarter-leather green cloth solander. 8vo (113 pages, 4 full page woodcuts, including frontispiece, by Lankes)
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.