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Frost, Robert
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Frost, Robert
- Autograph manuscript being a fair copy of "A Considerable Speck," signed and inscribed, to Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
- printed leaf and manuscript leaf
2 pages (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 158 x 241 mm, with spindle holes), New York, 16 November 1939; minor wear at edges, tipped in to blue paper folder. Gray buckram gilr clamshell case.
With: Frost, Robert. A Considerable Speck. [Massachusetts: Dard Hunter, Jr., 1939]. First separate edition, single folio letterpress text gathering, initial letter printed in gilt, uncut, on handmade cream wove paper.
Also with: TLS from bookseller Richard L. Mills to Adams, enclosing the printer's slug of a fly (also present), which makes up part of the title of the printed text.
With: Frost, Robert. A Considerable Speck. [Massachusetts: Dard Hunter, Jr., 1939]. First separate edition, single folio letterpress text gathering, initial letter printed in gilt, uncut, on handmade cream wove paper.
Also with: TLS from bookseller Richard L. Mills to Adams, enclosing the printer's slug of a fly (also present), which makes up part of the title of the printed text.
Provenance
Frederick B. Adams, Jr. (his Rockwell Kent bookplate in the clamshell case; sold in his sale in our London rooms, 6 November 2001, lot 221).
Literature
Crane A24
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue entry.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A fine Frost manuscript, inscribed by the poet to Frederick B. Adams on the second leaf: "To Fred Adams from Robert Frost. Night of the Grolier Club, November 16 1939."
"A Considerable Speck" was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in July 1939, and then separately in the 1940 by Dard Hunter, Jr., in an issue of less than 100 copies.