Lot 157
  • 157

Frost, Robert

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Frost, Robert
  • New Hampshire. A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes. New York: Henry Holt, 1923.
  • printed book
8vo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 219 x 140 mm). 4 woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes. Publisher's quarter green buckram lettered in gilt, paper-covered gilt, printed gold label on front cover; minimal wear. Original pictorial dust-jacket; small tear at upper edge of front cover. Half green morocco gilt clamshell case.

Literature

Crane A6

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Frost to Warren C. Rower, with four lines of verse from the poem "New Hampshire," here given the title "Summer Frost".