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Lot 219
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
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Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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700
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$3,125
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Lot Description
FROST, Robert (1874-1963). North of Boston. London: David Nutt, 1914.
8vo (191 x 145 mm). Publisher's green cloth gilt with top edge trimmed, other edges uncut [Crane's Binding F] (toning to endpapers). Provenance: Joseph Frost (presentation inscription on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, in Binding F, with "Printed in Great Britain" stamped on title verso. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST to his cousin Joseph Frost: "Belated felicitations for turning this up, 1959." Frost's second published work, North of Boston includes the first appearance of one of his most beloved poems, "Mending Wall." Crane A3. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
Property from the Frost Family Collection, New Hampshire
This lot is located in Chicago.