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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. 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.
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.
Frost, Robert. A Masque of Reason. Henry Holt and Company, 1945.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition. Dark brown paper over light brown quarter-cloth with dark brown paper labels on front board and spine with titles in gilt. Number 13 of 800 such copies. Very Good plus. In the issued black slip-case, which shows wear, one edge beginning to tear, Good plus. Pictures available upon request.
Seller: a cool of books, Mastic, NY, 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.
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
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 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 Co., New York,, 1945.
Price: US$387.48 + 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 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.. 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.