The Complete Poems of Robert Frost. With a Preface by the Author, an Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer, and Wood-Engravings by Thomas A. Nason.

FROST, Robert.

Item Number: 130118

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950.

First signed Limited Editions Club edition of the Complete Poems of Robert Frost. Quarto, two volumes, original cloth with gilt titles to the spines, illustrated with wood-engravings by Thomas A. Nason. One of 1500 copies printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club and signed by Robert Frost, Thomas A. Nason, and Bruce Rogers on the limitation page, this is number 1103. Preface by Robert Frost. Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer. In fine condition. Housed in the original marbled slipcase which is in good condition.

American poet Robert Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution" and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.