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Lot 230
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 Masque of Mercy. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.
8vo. Publisher's blue cloth; original dust jacket (toning, stains, front free endpaper clipped to accompany inscription). Provenance: Joseph Frost (presentation inscription).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST WITH A COUPLET, “The Secret Sits,”: ”"We dance round in a ring and suppose / But the secret sits in the middle and knows." Crane A31.1.
Property from the Frost Family Collection, New Hampshire
This lot is located in Chicago.