Search Results: Robert Frost from Charles Agvent

Canton, NY: St Lawrence University, 1993. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Pictorial wraps; 158 pages. Illustrated with facimiles and photographs. A catalog of this fine collection housed at the Owen D. Young Library Special Collections.

New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. Fine with apparently unplayed record in bag in rear pocket. Containing the first appearance of the poem "One Favored Acorn," this booklet was designed as a teaching device.

New York: Macmillan, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in close to Fine dustwrapper. Very sharp copy. With an eleven-page introduction by Robert Frost. Owner name dated Christmas 1935 on the front endpaper. Dustwrapper clipped at all four edges by the publisher, though slightly deeper at the top front despite the fact the price is at the bottom.

New York: Henry Holt, (1916). First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce dustwrapper is present and complete with a few rather minor professional repairs. Brilliant, bright copy in a beautiful dustwrapper. Crane A4. Exceptional copy of his third regularly published book and his first book to be published originally in the United States, including the first appearance of two of Frost's best-known poems, "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches." First state with the errors on pages 88 and 93. This copy SIGNED on the title page by Frost and additionally SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Harold Andrews on the front endpaper. Laid in is a 1931 invoice for the book to Andrews so the signature can be dated from that time or later.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (Jan. 1929). Second Edition. Hardcover. Owner name and address on the rear endpaper. Spine quite dull with the lettering barely visible. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Later Printing (January 1929) of Frost's second book. Portrait frontispiece of the author. SIGNED by the poet on the title page with one of his most famous lines, from the first poem in the book "Mending Wall": "Something there is that doesn't love a wall./Robert Frost." A small (2-3/4" x 4") original photograph of Frost in a suit standing before a tree is pasted to the front endpaper.

Middletown, CT: Olin Memorial Library, 1936. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good, lacking the original glassine but with new mylar. Cloth-backed boards. Copy #122 of 250 of this survey of an exhibit of Frost's work at the library. Owner name on the front endpaper dated Middletown, April 30, 1936, the month of the exhibit.

Hanover, NH: Department of Speech, 1951. record. Not played but apparently Fine. Two 12" long-playing microgroove needle record albums comprising four sides of Frost reading his poetry recorded on 27 November 1951. Enclosed in a green album cover that has room for a third record which may or may not have been issued with this set. Attached to the inside of the front cover is a handwritten note to someone named Bob advising that the records must be played from the center out (a similar statement is on each album label) and also stating: "Mr. Frost's reference to a dream he'd had echoes a story Mr. Dickey [John P. Dickey, president of Dartmouth] told in his introduction about a dream he'd had. Unfortunately Mr. D's introductory remarks were not included in the recording." This note is signed "E.H.B."

New York: Henry Holt, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine tips of book slightly dull; 1930 owner inscription on front endpaper. Dustwrapper with a few small chips on the front and rear panels, an inch chip at the head of the spine eliminating the title and about five inches of the bottom of the spine lacking. Bright, Near Fine copy in most of the scarce dustwrapper. The First Expanded Edition, originally published in 1923. Crane A9: 3475 copies printed.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. A short tear and slight chipping to the upper front corner of the front endpaper. The dustwrapper has a short closed tear at the top rear edge of the spine with a small chip on the spine about an inch or so down. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Crane A10: Presumed Second State with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. Illustrated by J. J. Lankes. Contains the title poem, "Spring Pools," and "Acquainted With the Night," among others. Laid in is an undated but contemporary letter on Holt letterhead from Leonard Blizard, a designer/typesetter with the publisher, to Dr. [Robert] Leslie, founder of The Composing Room, a leading typesetting firm of the time, and a mentor to many of the top designers of the period. The letter presents this copy of the book to Dr. Leslie with Blizard stating, "It is a 'First Printing' & we hope you will enjoy it." Crane based her bibliographic point of the "First Edition" statement on… Read More