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Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, decorated boards with buckram lettered in gilt; publisher's slipcase; with discoloration along the bottom right edge of slipcase and very top corner of volume. First edition, one of 751 numbered copies, signed by Frost. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition of 751 copies, of which this is no. 741. Signed by the author and housed in a slipcase. Near Fine. Faint toning to gutters of endpapers. The fragile glassine dust jacket has a couple of small brown stain spots at bottom of rear panel, faintly reciprocated on rear board. The slipcase is Very Good Minus -- completely sound, but with some slightly larger brown stain spots on one panel. 63 pages.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$315.00 + 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 good condition. It has some wear to its edges. This is the Limited Edition, #406 of only 751 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.. Steeple Bush.. Henry Holt and Company,, NY:, 1947.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A collection of poems. Limited edition: this copy is number 356 of 751 copies. SIGNED by the author. Fine in a near fine (age toning) glassine dust jacket. Housed in a near fine slipcase. ; 63 pages; Signed by Author B002AR7LDA
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1947.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 751 numbered copies signed by Frost. Hardcover, bound in cloth backed boards with slipcase. Minor rubbing to the case.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush, Second Printing, Signed Copy. Henry Holt, NYC, 1947.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a near fine, or better, second printing copy in green cloth binding, no DJ or slipcase. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Robert Frost / Bread Loaf VT / to Charlotte 1949". Below this is a half page in pencil shorthand. You will need to find someone who can read shorthand. But tipped to this page is a holograph literary anecodote, dated August 1950, about Robert Frost and Catherine Drinker Bowen bundling during the cold wave.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Frost , Robert. Steeple Bush (SIGNED) Unique Trade Edition. Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1947.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED; No marks or writing, clean; grn cloth binding with gilt spine label; DJ ha edge; endpages; inside quality paper; NOT ex-library;; A collection of lyrics of people and places of New England; Signed by author and also signed Gainesville/ 1949. The author lived here and his first wife died in Gainesville, FL. This is one of two books by Frost that is signed and inscribed Gainesville that this bookdealer has; Member of FL ABA. ; 62 pages; Signed by Author Very Good- tight binding chipping and tiny holes on spine fold, light sm stain on front aging
Seller: The Book Chaser (FABA), Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt and Company, 1947.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Henry Holt and Company, New York 1947. Limited First Edition. Limited to 751 copies. This is number 188/751. Signed by Robert Frost on the Limitation page. The signature is guaranteed to be authentic by the publisher. Book Condition: Fine, clean boards, tight spine.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. STEEPLE BUSH - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 751 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.386. Octavo (24cm); jade green paper-covered boards and grayish-brown cloth backstrip, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine, with decorative elements stamped in gilt on front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase; [xii],[2],3-63,[5]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase sound, but showing modest wear, some light toning, and finger-soil to extremities; lacking the original publisher's glassine overlay. Attractive copy of this tender collection of verse, dedicated to Frost's six grandchildren. Crane A30.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. STEEPLE BUSH. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, decorated boards with buckram shelf back. First edition. One of 751 numbered copies signed by Frost. A fine copy with original unprinted glassine dust jacket and paper slipcase. (#67274)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT.. Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 751 numbered and signed copies. Fine in a lightly used 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. Steeple Bush.. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Robert Frost to Amy Tenney 1951." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush.. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Robert Frost Bread Loaf 1947 For Irby Cauthen." The recipient was an English professor at the University of Virginia. Near fine in a near fine 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. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt, NY, 1947.
Price: US$863.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 751 copies signed by Frost. Title page decoration by Loren MacIver. In a review in the June 1, 1947 issue of the New York Times, Randall Jarrell singles out "Directive," an early poem in Frost's penultimate collection, for possessing "so much longing, tenderness, and passive sadness." For Jarrell, the dirgeful majesty of "Directive" was a reminder of Frost's greatness as a poet who has "written so well about the actions of ordinary men." Very fine in cloth-backed boards with glassine wrapper and publisher's slipcase. (Crane A30).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt, NY, 1947.
Price: US$863.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 751 copies, signed by Frost. Title-page decoration by Loren MacIver. In a review in the June 1, 1947 issue of the New York Times, Randall Jarrell singles out "Directive," an early poem in Frost's penultimate collection, for possessing "so much longing, tenderness, and passive sadness." For Jarrell, the dirgeful majesty of "Directive" was a reminder of Frost's greatness as a poet who has "written so well about the actions of ordinary men." Very fine in cloth-backed boards with glassine wrapper and publisher's slipcase. (Crane A30).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Frost, Robert. Steeple Bush.. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fine condition. 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. Steeple Bush. Henry Holt & Co., 1947.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: A collection of poems. Limited edition: this copy is number 87 of 751 copies. SIGNED by the author. Fine in an acceptable front half of glassine dust jacket. Housed in a very good slipcase.; slight damage to edge of slipcover. 63 pages. 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: Ageless Pages, Cottonwood, AZ, U.S.A.
FROST, ROBERT.. Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; limited issue; one of 751 numbered copies signed by the author. One of the dedication copies, inscribed by Frost to one of his grandchildren, 'To _____ as Dedicated by His Grandfather, 1947." The book is dedicated to his six grandchildren. A near fine copy in a very good publisher's slipcase (some wear and stains). All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Robert Frost. STEEPLE BUSH SIGNED. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1947.
Price: US$5895.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Lightly toned spine. ; Signed by Robert Frost on half title page. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.