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Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: North of Boston. By Robert Frost, Author of "A Boy's Will," New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. December Reprint of the Second Edition, Dust Jacket lacking. SIGNED by Robert Frost on front end page, 137 pp, 7.75 x 5.5". In fair condition. Cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn at corners. Head of spine rubbed, tail collapsed. Gilt lettering on spine dulled form general shelf-wear, but still legible. Gilt lettering on front board bright and clean. General shelf-wear and toning exhibited to cloth on boards, causing dis-coloration around edges. Top edge of front board exhibits small bump. Front gutter beginning to split at head. Toning to paste-downs and end-pages from previous dust-jacket flaps. Previous ownership ink signature found at top edge of front end-page: Hugh W. Joseph, Jan 13th, 1916. Robert Frost has also signed the front end-page, along with, "Baltimore Feb 1 1917", in pencil. Text-block exhibits light toning around edges of leaves, but is otherwise presentable. Binding intact, front hinge fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. His work was initially publishing in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost wrote frequently about settings front rural life in New England and in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. This second edition is also the first appearance of the poem Good Hours, not listed listed in the Table of Contents, which follows the last poem The Wood Pile. Good Hours was not included in the First Edition of North of Boston. The writing of the poem Good Hours coincides with a time when, after the beginning of World War I, Robert Frost had returned to live in the United States, after having previously traveled to Great Britain a few years prior with his family. It might make sense to think of Frost being inspired by a sense of separation that would understandably have a arisen from moving back to America. Frost's personal life was also one that involved a great deal of tragedy, and loneliness would be an understandable aspect of his personality, even at this point in his life. North of Boston was published early into Frost's career as a poet, so many of these poems have been forgotten. SIGNED by ROBERT FROST! Gift quality. RAREA1915GOPQ 04/24 - HK1394
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert.. A BOY'S WILL.. Henry Holt and Company: NY, 1915.
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Description: 7.75 x 5.25, blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 63 pp. Covers have light/moderate wear and rubbing, light soiling, cover lettering light rubbing, spine and spine lettering faded, corners worn and lightly bumped, spine tips bumped and frayed, inner front hinge cracked and repaired with non-cello tape, ink name, text block cracked, light creasing with occasional light spotting, offsetting between 32/33 else good. First American Ed, second (corrected) printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO ELIZABETH HICKS THE BEST WISHES OF ROBERT FROST.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Boy's Will. Henry Holt and Company, 1915.
Price: US$1256.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, second state ('Aind' corrected to 'And' on page 14, 'wich-hazel' uncorrected on p. 62). Signed and dated by author without inscription on title page ('Robert Frost, Fitchburg 1938'). Lacks jacket. Spine and edges faded, newspaper clippings laid in with associated toning of pages. 1915 Hard Cover. ix, 63, [1] pp. The first published book by the famous American poet best known for his introspective depictions of rural life as seen in The Road Not Taken and Mending Wall. Frost was a popular public figure, and remains the only poet to win four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was poet laureate of Vermont, and received the Congressional Gold Medal for his work.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. A BOY'S WILL. New York: Henry Holt & Company. [], 1915.
Price: US$1549.93 + shipping
Description: A signed and inscribed example of the author's first commercially published collection of poems. A later issue of the 1915 first US edition (with the corrected text to page 14). Publisher's original blue cloth boards, gilt titles to the upper board and spine. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in blue ink underneath which he has inscribed in black, "Pierson College / Yale University / to / Stow Lovejoy". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Frost, Robert (1874-1963). A Boy's Will. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1915.
Price: US$1754.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First American edition, second state with the correction on page 14, very good signed copy in a fair dustjacket. Inscribed: Robert Frost Springfield March 8 1917, on the title page. Frost's first book of poetry. Blue cloth printed in gilt, very light rubbing to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has the 75 crossed out and replaced with 100 on the front and spine, two old masking tape repairs to the front joint and along the rear flap edge to hold the dustjacket together, spine darkened a chipped due to the repairs, "A" from the title chipped away at spine head, dates in pancil below title on front panel. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Boy's Will (Signed First Edition). Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1915.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 63pp. Beautiful First American Edition of the iconic poet's first published book. This is the second printing with the spelling correction made on page 14. Rebound in modern blue morocco with four raised spine bands and gilt titles. Abstract spiral design stamped in gilt on both front and rear boards. New marbled end-papers added. Pages trimmed and gilt edges added, A stunningly beautiful production from the Harcourt Bindery of Boston. Square and tight with no discernible wear. A couple of scattered spot to interior pages but trivial. Address label removed from ffep leaving a faint ghost. Bookseller ticket at the bottom of the ffep. Signed and dated on the ffep by Frost from Franconia (NH) in October, 1916. A gorgeous collectable copy.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A Boy's Will. Henry Holt, 1915.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Author signed and dated (April 8,1916) first edition second state with corrected "and" page 14. Ownership ink to front pastedown and margin hash marks page 63. Signed note from Frost to former owner on index card tipped into rear pastedown. No jacket. 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 Boy's Will, [INSCRIBED WITH POEM, PAGES UNCUT]. Henry Holt & Co., 1915.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition: VG-. 64 pp. This is the 1st edition, 2nd state, of Frost's first published book of poetry, with the "Aind" on the final line on pg. 14 corrected, and "wich-hazel" on p. 62 uncorrected. An example of great significance for the serious Frost collector, inasmuch as the book is incribed to Frost's student Don H. Smith, with the final line of Frost's poem "The Strong Are Saying Nothing," published in "A Further Range" in 1936: "The Strong are saying nothing until they see/Robert Frost/To Don H. Smith" On the one hand, the book has never been read in full, as pgs. 21-24, 25-28, and 37-40, have never been cut. On the other, there is some staining and color loss to the spine, the covers are lightly soiled, there is a slight cover offset, very light corner wear, and the title pg. through pg. 14 is detached. An interesting copy with a rare poetic inscription. In uncertain economic times, what better way to invest your money than in artifacts of lasting value you can hold in hand and enjoy?
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. A BOY'S WILL. Henry Holt and Company, 1915.
Price: US$2661.02 + shipping
Description: A BOY'S WILL, Henry Holt and Company, 1915, first American edition (with correction on page 14), light fraying at spine extremities, else a bright vg+ or better copy. INSCRIBED by the author and his first commercially published book. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you.)
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. A BOY'S WILL. Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1915.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A BOY'S WILL, 1st. American edition but not first printing. Inscribed and signed by RobertFrost. Title page is dated 1915 and at the top says "Author of North of Boston.On page 14 the word "Aind" is corrected to "And". on page 62 the word "wich-hazel" is not corrected. The inscription from Robert Frost is "Believing that we have no right to grudge the warlike German his fill of war,signed Robert Frost Franconia,October 1916" At the bottom left side of this page is a tiny sticker "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc. Boston Mass" The binding is solid and in tact but heavy shelf wear. My guess is that it is the first U.S. edition but not the first U.S. printing. This state is further complicated by the fact that "Aind" on page 14 is corrected but not "wich-hazel" on page 62, so I will let the Buyer decide fot him/her self without any guarentee from George's Books & Autographs
Seller: George's Books & Autographs, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Boy's Will. Henry Holt, 1915.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, second issue. A very good copy SIGNED by Robert Frost and NOT inscribed. The book is tight with no cocking. There is discolorization to the spine which seems to be common for this book. The boards have minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no marks or bookplates. A collectable copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 63 pages. One of only 750 copies of the first state of the first American edition. Original blue fine linen cloth binding. Moderately shelfworn, with minor fraying to the spine extremities and minor browning/sunning to the spine; protected in fitted archival mylar. No dustjacket. White wove paper, with the endpapers of a heavier white wove paper, somewhat toned. Top edge trimmed, other edges uncut. With the typographical error "Aind" present and uncorrected in the last line on page 14. On page 62 line 16 the word "wich-hazel" remains uncorrected. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper "For my friends Mr & Mrs M. E. Gates [signed] Robert Frost." The inner front hinge at the half-title page is weakened. Merrill Edwards Gates (1848-1922) became president of Amherst College in 1891. Frost first visited the Amherst campus to give a reading of his poetry in April 1916 while working on his third book of poetry, Mountain Interval. Later that year, he was invited to join the faculty with the rank of full Professor beginning in January 1917.
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
FROST, Robert. Boy's Will. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1915.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Description: Full Description: FROST, Robert. A Boy's Will. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First American edition, first issue of Frost's first published book. With "Aind" on page 14. An inscribed partial poem by Frost on front free endpaper reading "With the lyrical I should like to/ have for lyrical/ Robert Frost". Also, on blank page 10, there is the entirety of Frost's poem "Fragmentary Blue" in his hand. It is signed "R.F." The manuscript is very close to the published version of the poem with the exceptions of just 3 word differences. This is an exciting glimpse into an early version of this poem as it was not published until July 1920 with a group of poems in Harper's Magazine. In 1923 it was first published in book form as part of Frost's Pulitzer Prize winning book "New Hampshire." Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 130 mm). ix, [1, blank], [11]-63, [1] pp. Original blue fine linen cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge stained blue, others uncut. Spine and board edges lightly sunned. Some very minor rubbing to head and tail of spine. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Overall, fine. A Boy's Will is commonly regarded as Frost's first book, since only one copy exists of his true first, Twilight (two were printed, one of which was destroyed by Frost himself). "Frost once claimed that he wrote 'Fragmentary Blue' to tease his friends who wanted him to stop writing lyrics (Cramer). The poem first appeared in the July 1920 issue of Harper's Magazine and was later included as the first poem in the "Grace Notes" section of New Hampshire." (Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work By Deirdre J. Fagan). Crane A2.1. HBS 68873. $6,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Boy's Will. Henry Holt, 1915.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, second issue SIGNED by Robert Frost on the front end paper. The book is solid, with some fading to the spine. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean with no marks or bookplates. An attractive copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Boy's Will. Henry Holt, 1915.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Robert Frost on a laid in signature. A magnificent dustjacket with only slight wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket is seldom seen in this nice condition. Most copies are restored or worn but this copy has NO restoration. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy of this FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Frost First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.