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Lot 102

Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020 4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 28 Christmas cards, including:


Two Tramps In Mud-Time. 1934. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 175 copies printed for the Melchers of Montclair of a total edition of 775 copies. Crane B2. -- To A Young Wretch. 1937. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 275 copies printed for Elinor and Robert Frost of a total edition of 820 copies. Crane B5. -- Triple Plate. 1939. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 200 copies printed for the Melchers of Montclair / Marguerite and Fred of a total edition of 1,825 copies. Crane B7. -- Our Hold on the Planet. N.p., n.p.: 1940. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 125 copies printed for Marguerite and Fred Melcher of a total edition of 975 copies. Crane B8. -- The Guardeen [Fragment of an Unpublished Play by Robert Frost]. Los Angeles: Privately Printed for Earl J. Bernheimer by the Ward Ritchie Press, 1943. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 6 of 96 copies SIGNED BY BERHEIMER. Crane B11. -- An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box. 1944.  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 1,250 copies printed for Henry Holt and Company of a total edition of 2,050 copies. Crane B13. -- And 22 others. Together, 28 Christmas cards for the years 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943-1944, 1950, 1952-1954, 1956-1963 and 1965. With duplicate cards for 1956-1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962. ALL FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST SEPARATE EDITIONS. Printed by The Spiral Press in New York except where indicated. All in original printed wrappers, condition generally fine, complete list available on request.


Property from the Collection of Robert and Norma Cotner

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