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Description: Cloth-backed batik boards. Account of an eighteenth century New Englander reprinted from the Albany edition of 1811, this edition with a preface by Robert Frost, his second prose appearance in a book (Crane D2). Howes B1022: "Picaresque adventures, perhaps somewhat exaggerated, of a New England rogue." This copy is SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper with his initials and with an interesting comment on Burroughs: "Stephen Burroughs is said to have been/related to John Burroughs/R.F./May 1943." An uncommon book, scarce when signed. Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
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Description: Cloth-backed batik boards. Account of an eighteenth century New Englander reprinted from the Albany edition of 1811, this edition with a preface by Robert Frost, his second prose appearance in a book (Crane D2). Howes B1022: "Picaresque adventures, perhaps somewhat exaggerated, of a New England rogue." This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper: "Cornelius Weygandt/from Robert Frost." An uncommon book, scarce when signed. Cornelius Weygandt was a writer, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a leading authority on Pennsylvania Dutch culture. Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.