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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.
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. North of Boston. Henry Holt, 1915.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, with the First Issue dustjacket SIGNED by Robert Frost on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket with minor wear to the edges. This original dustjacket is rich in color and seldom seen in this nice condition. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this scarce FIRST EDITION authentically SIGNED by the author. We buy Robert Frost First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$31250.00 + shipping
Description: Stated "Third Edition" on the copyright page but actually the Second Edition and the first edition printed in America; Crane A3.2: 1300 copies published. Tipped to the front pastedown is an @50 word AUTOGRAPH LETTER dated 12 May 1923 from South Shaftsbury, Vermont, SIGNED by the author, mentioning this book and how Frost would be happy to sign it if it is sent to his Ann Arbor address. On the first blank is a fourteen-line HOLOGRAPH FRAGMENT of Frost's famous poem "Birches," also SIGNED by the author with the dedication beneath his signature "To Maurice Frink," the same person to whom the letter is addressed. The fragment is the heart of the 59-line poem, first published in 1916 in MOUNTAIN INTERVAL, the book that followed NORTH OF BOSTON. It begins: "So was I once myself a swinger of birches" and concludes "I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree." An absolutely superb example of a holograph poem by Frost in a book, one of the best that we have encountered. The front free endpaper, which has Frink's 1915 markings along with a much later Christmas presentation in another hand, is detached and laid in, which allows the book, when opened, to have the letter facing the poem. Gilt bright, very minor rubbing to the spine tips. The scarce dustwrapper has the correct spelling of "faint" on the front. Some mild chipping to the head of the spine just affecting "North" in the title and slightly extending to both panels. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.