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Lot 158
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$3,438
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Lot Description
FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A Boy's Will. London: David Nutt, 1913.
8vo. Half-title. Original bronzed brown cloth, gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Molly (gift inscription , 1913, on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF FROST'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. One of approximately 350 of the first 1,000 copies in either of the first two bindings issued by Nutt (Crane's bindings A&B), before Nutt's firm went bankrupt after the First World War. Crane A2 [Binding A]. A BRIGHT COPY.