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"As if regret were in it and were sacred": Robert Frost's West-Running Brook; signed by him on a tipped in note
FROST, ROBERT.
West-Running Brook.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1928.
First edition, second state of Frost’s classic collection with the ‘First Edition’ statement on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with four full-page woodcut illustrations by J.J. Lankes. Signed by the poet on a tipped in note affixed to the half-title page, “Sincerely yours Robert Frost.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141040
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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference": The Road Not Taken; Signed by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT .
The Road Not Taken.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1959.
Early printing of this collection which includes Frost’s most recognizable poem: The Road Not Taken. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 140287
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First Edition of Robert Frost Selected Poems; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
FROST, ROBERT.
Selected Poems.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1928.
First edition of this collection which includes poems from “A Boy’s Will”, North of Boston”, Mountain Interval” and “New Hampshire.” Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Photograph of Frost by Doris Ulman. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140697
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First edition of The Selected Letters of Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT. EDITED BY LAWRENCE THOMPSON.
Selected Letters of Robert Frost.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964.
First edition of this illuminating collection of over 500 of Frost’s personal letters. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by P.J. Conkwright. Author photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 137215
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First Edition of Snow To Snow; Inscribed by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT.
From Snow to Snow.
New York: Henry Holt Company 1936.
First edition of this collection of poems chosen by Frost for each month of the year. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to her fellow teacher Martha Brown.” Near fine in a good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 138369
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First Edition of A Further Range; Signed by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138056
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"But no, I was out for stars, I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, and I hadn't been": Come In and Other Poems; Inscribed by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT.
Come In and Other Poems.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1943.
Early printing of this collection of Frost’s poems. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Abramson from Robert Frost Dartmouth 1945.” Selection, biographical introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated by John O’Hara Cosgrave, II. In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 138911
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Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's Snow To Snow
FROST, ROBERT.
From Snow to Snow.
New York: Henry Holt Company 1936.
Limited first edition of this collection of poems chosen by Frost for each month of the year. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original glassine dust jacket. We have never seen another example in the original glassine.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136371
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"He knew another place, a wood, and in it, tall as trees, were cliffs; and if he stood on one of these 'twould be among the tops of trees": First edition of Robert Frost's The Lone Striker
FROST, ROBERT.
The Lone Striker.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1933.
First edition of Frost’s classic poem, written in South Shaftsbury, Vermont. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Number eight of The Borzoi Chap Books. Designs by W.A. Dwiggins. In fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137284
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First Edition of Robert Frost's A Witness Tree; Inscribed by him
FROST, ROBERT.
A Witness Tree.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1942.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece portrait of Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to George W. Ragee.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Alan Haemer.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 136345
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"How hard it is to keep from being King when it's in you and in the situation": First edition of Robert Frost's Hard Not to be King; one of 300 numbered copies signed by him
FROST, ROBERT.
Hard Not To Be King.
New York: House of Books, Ltd 1951.
First edition and signed limited edition of Robert Frost’s poem on the inevitability of destiny and essential nature. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of three hundred numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 244. Near fine in the rare original tissue dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137156
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"Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing": First edition of Robert Frost's A Way Out: A One Act Play
FROST, ROBERT.
A Way Out: A One Act Play.
New York: The Harbor Press 1929.
Signed limited edition and first separate edition of this one act play by Frost. Octavo, original half cloth. One of four hundred and eighty-five numbered copies signed by Robert Frost at the conclusion of the preface. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 137808
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"The mountain had first claim to the name Bread Loaf": First edition of Bread Loaf Anthology; with a preface by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT; ROBERT FRANCIS; JEANETTE MARTIN PEDRO SALINAS; ET AL.
Bread Loaf Anthology.
Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College Press 1939.
First edition of the first anthology of poems by poets associated with the Bread Loaf School of English. Octavo, original quarter buckram. Preface by Robert Frost. Illustrated by Edward Sanborn. In very good condition.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 137242
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First Edition of A Further Range; Signed by Robert Frost
FROST, ROBERT.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost San Antonio 1937.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 137097
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“Who would you be, I wonder, by those marks If I had moths to friend as I have flowers?”: Signed Limited Edition of Robert Frost's A Witness Tree
FROST, ROBERT.
A Witness Tree.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1942.
Signed limited first edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry. Octavo, original green cloth backed paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece. One of 735 copies signed by Robert Frost, this is number 93. In near fine condition, names to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137698
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING; SIGNED BY HIM
FROST, ROBERT.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 134582
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING
FROST, ROBERT.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 137801
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First Edition of The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer
FROST, ROBERT.
The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1963.
First edition of the collected correspondence between Frost and lifelong friend and fellow poet Louis Untermeyer. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Author photograph by Warren Rothschild.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137256
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“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING; SIGNED BY HIM
FROST, ROBERT.
In the Clearing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, “Robert Frost 62.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 135688
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"I dwell in a lonely house I know, that vanished many summer ago": Robert Frost's A Boy's Will; signed and dated by him
FROST, ROBERT.
A Boy’s Will.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1934.
Second American edition of Frost’s first published work. Octavo, original beige linen cloth, engraved title page. Signed and dated by the poet on the title page, “Robert Frost February 25 1936.” In very good condition. Small ownership name.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 130124
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Robert Frost Reading His Own Poems inscribed to fellow poet Gladys Schmidt
FROST, ROBERT.
Robert Frost Reading His Own Poems.
Chicago: The National Council of Teachers of English c.1949.
Original LP of Robert Frost reading his poetry. Inscribed by the author on the front panel Frost to Gladys Schmidt dated Jan. 18 1952. The recipient Gladys Schmidt was a professor of English at Carnegie Tech and had already written a number of bestselling novels and was also a published poet. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120198
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First Edition of Robert Frost: A Bibliography.; Inscribed by Him
FROST, ROBERT] CLYMER W B SHUBBRICK; GREEN CHARLES R AND DAVID LAMBUTH.
Robert Frost: A Bibliography.
Amherst, MA: Jones Library Inc 1937.
First edition of this bibliography on the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Frost. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack Gelchrist from his friend Robert Frost Boston November 1940.” Foreword by David Lambuth.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 121028
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"The best-printed American writer": First edition of Joseph Blumenthal's Robert Frost and His Printers
BLUMENTHAL, JOSEPH [ROBERT FROST].
Robert Frost and His Printers.
Autin: W. Thomas Taylor 1985.
First edition of this work on Frost’s relationships with his printers. Large octavo, original cloth, illustrated. One of 1000 copies printed at the letterpress of A. Colish with plates made and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Typography by Joseph Blumenthal. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121466
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First Edition of A Further Range; Inscribed by Robert Frost to His Publisher
FROST, ROBERT.
A Further Range.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1936.
First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to his publisher, “To Herbert Bristol with an authors acknowledgement to his publisher Robert Frost 1936.” Bristol was the president and publisher at the Henry Holt and Company. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 114778
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“CONTEMPLATE TRUTH UNTIL IT BURNS YOUR EYES OUT”: Signed Limited First Edition of Robert Frost's A Masque of Mercy; in the rare original dust jacket
FROST, ROBERT.
A Masque of Mercy.
New York: Henry Holt 1947.
Signed limited first edition, one of 751 numbered copies, this is number 690. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition and the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 110648
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"What if it should turn out eternity was but the steeple on our house of life": SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of Robert Frost's Steeple Bush; one of only 751 copies SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST
FROST, ROBERT.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company 1947.
First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 167. Fine in the rare original glassine which is in very good condition and slipcase which is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 110271
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“He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees": Robert Frost's North of Boston; in the original dust jacket
FROST, ROBERT.
North of Boston.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1926.
Early printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Aroldo Du Chene’s plaster bust of Frost. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with chipping to the extremities. Bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 115403
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"I thought that only Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks Could so forget his handiwork on which He spent himself": Robert Frost's North of Boston; lengthily inscribed by him with a poem
FROST, ROBERT.
North of Boston.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1929.
Early printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with an excerpt from his poem, The Wood Pile, “I thought that only Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks Could so forget his handiwork on which He spent himself, the labor of his axe. And leave it there far from a useful fireplace To warm the frozen swamp as best it could With the slow smokeless burning of decay. Robert Frost For Mrs. R.R. Chappell.” With the recipient’s bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 109521
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FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FROST'S STEEPLE BUSH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
FROST, ROBERT.
Steeple Bush.
New York: Henry Holt & Company 1947.
First edition of this collection of poems by the Pulitzer-Prize winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Robert Frost to Amy Tenney 1951.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 109341
