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Lot 227
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Lot Description
FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A Witness Tree. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1942.
8vo. Publisher's blue cloth; original dust jacket (toning). Provenance: Joseph Frost (presentation inscription).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST WITH FOUR LINES OF POETRY FROM "THE NEED OF BEING VERSED IN COUNTRY THINGS": "For them there was really nothing sad / But though they rejoiced in the nest they kept / One had to be versed in country things / Not to believe the phoebes wept / Ripton Vermont all summer." Crane A25.1. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
Property from the Frost Family Collection, New Hampshire
This lot is located in Chicago.