Clearing by Frost Robert, Signed (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited First Edition / First Printing Number 1269 of 1500 copies, Signed on the colophon by Robert Frost. Brown cloth in black paper-covered slipcase. Very fine in a fine slipcase. Robert Frost's last book, which includes his intended text "For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration." High winds made reading from the manuscript impossible, so he recited "The Gift Outright" (also included in this book) from memory instead. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in tan buckram cloth with black spine label stamped in vole. Binding good and tight, with a small bump at the top of the spine. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1962 (and a lot of earlier dates, as well). Colophon states The Spiral Press. March, 1962. There is a 1993 newspaper clipping tucked inside the back cover that has left a rectangular ghost on the endpapers. This copy has a limited edition page at the front, numbered 1282 and signed by Robert Frost in his distinctive fountain-pen autograph. Excellent condition inside and out. I believe this was originally issued with a slipcase, but that is not present here. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. As new condition hardback book in black slipcase. Slipcase has a 1/2" x 3/4" scuff where an old price sticker was removed. On the bottom of the slipcase on a outer corner there is an indentation that is about 1 millimeter by 2 millimeters. The book is 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". 101 numbered pages. I notice no defects on the book. This is a signed, limited, numbered edition of which this is copy number 727, in a black slipcase. This stupid computer claimed the ISBN I typed in that I copied out of the title page of the book was incorrect. Well this time the computer is incorrect. The ISBN number given on the back of the title page is 9829412012. AbeBooks computer made a mistake, I witnessed it. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition (stated) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper (signature only) Near fine/very good (price-intact dj has minor edgewear and chipping).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition: this copy is number 21 of 1500 copies. SIGNED by the author. About fine in like slipcase.; 101 pages; Signed by Author B004283ODQ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo, brown cloth lettered in gilt; publisher's slipcase. First edition of Frost's last published collection of poems. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by Frost. Crane A41. Amy Bess Miller's copy, with the Shaker authority's ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Miller, a founder of Hancock Shaker Village, a restoration of a former Shaker community, authored numerous books on Shaker cooking, herbs, and history. An important work with a distinguished provenance. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. First edition. This original Robert Frost 1951 Christmas Card is the first published appearance of this poem, warmly inscribed by Frost to an old friend and colleague. On the title page, above the print, Frost wrote "Sylvia Clark!" and below his printed name, in six lines, Frost wrote "your | old | old | friend | and | fellow-teacher". Of 3,750 copies printed for 14 different names, this is one of 475 printed for the poet himself. The recipient, Sylvia Clark (1871-1978) "was born in Derry, New Hampshire and met Frost early in life; "her father, Dr. David S. Clark, was the physician to Frost's family while Frost was living in Derry. Sylvia Clark attended Pinkerton Academy and Wellesley College. She returned to New Hampshire to teach at Pinkerton Academy from 1905 to 1932" where Frost taught from 1906-1911.The French fold binding is wove paper wrappers coated in gray-blue and printed in dark gray and white, the front cover featuring an illustration of smoke rising toward a distant star. The binding is wire-stitched, with two staples secured at the center fold, and flaps folded over thin card beneath. The contents are printed in gray, blue, and black, with two decorations by Leo Manso, including a withered tree and a forest scene with smoke rising in the distance, presumably from the titular cabin. Condition is very good plus. The binding is clean, complete, and sharp cornered, and firmly attached. Light scuffing, confined to extremities, is the only exterior defect. Condition approaches near fine, the binding clean, tight, and sharp cornered, the binding staples intact and uncorroded, the wraps showing just a few faint creases emanating from the spine. The contents are clean with no spotting or soiling.With the permission of Frost and his publishers, in 1929 The Spiral Press began printing an annual Robert Frost Christmas Card featuring one of his poems. The tradition continued until 1962, Frost's final Christmas. Each annual Christmas poem publication was printed with varying names on the title page to accommodate their being sent by various Frost publishers, artists, and important friends. This copy is one of those printed for Frost himself, the imprint "Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost" printed on the title page.This is the first published appearance of "A Cabin In The Clearing". The poem was not published in a Frost collection until his last, In the Clearing, published in 1962 when Frost was nearly 90 years old. "A Cabin In The Clearing" features a conversation between chimney smoke and garden mist, "the result of which is a philosophical 'clearing': 'a little area of human coherence' and 'clarification.' As the smoke and mist eavesdrop on the conversation between the couple in the cabin, they realize, however, that the people in the cabin have not clarified their existence, but continue to probe the mystery of who and where they are." The theme of continual searching, despite the limitations of sight and perception, threads Frost's poetic sense and is particularly potent coming as it does here, in the late maturity of his life.When he inscribed this Christmas poem in late 1951, Robert Frost (1874-1963) was entering the final decade of his life as "the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century" with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Eight years had passed since he had won his still-to-this-day-unrivalled fourth Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. This is all the more remarkable given that he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was nearly 40 years old. He would continue writing, publishing, and "barding around" (his term) until his end. Two years before his death he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration (Kennedy, January 1961). References: Crane B23; Dartmouth Libraries, Archives & Manuscripts; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB.

First edition of Frostâs 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. This collection of new poems, published the year prior to Frostâs death, includes âFor John F. Kennedy His Inaugurationâ (although, because the bright sunlight of January 20, 1961 prevented the poet from being able to read his manuscript, Frost actually recited from memory âThe Gift Outright,â also included). Crane A41.

Hardcover. This is an exceptional, fine copy of the limited, numbered, and signed first edition of Robert Frost's last published poetry collection. This Limited Edition was published in March 1962, 10 months before Frost's death, and preceded the first trade edition. The Spiral Press printed 1,500 copies for the publisher, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, each copy signed and numbered on the limitation page preceding the title page. The contents were printed on white, laid paper, bound with head and foot bands in brown linen cloth with a dark brown, inset spine panel gilt-bordered and printed with the author's name and title. Each copy was housed in an undecorated, black paper-covered card slipcase. This copy "1293" is truly fine, both the binding and contents pristine, the volume housed in the publisher's slipcase, which shows only the slightest shelf wear.The title of the poem was taken from the title of the poem "A Cabin in the Clearing." A consciousness of ending was evident. The book was dedicated to Louis Untermeyer, Sidney Cox, and John Bartlett, all three "close longtime friends of Frost." The contents are "preceded by an excerpt from what Frost considered one of his most important poems, "Kitty Hawk". "For years, Frost's intention was to call his last book of poetry The Great Misgiving, from line 229 of 'Kitty Hawk.' He finally determined, upon the urging of friends, to name the volume in a more positive light.""The second half-title has line 3 of 'The Pasture' printed in italics: And wait to watch the water clear, I may. The reference makes a clear tie to Frost's earliest poetry By associating the book with his poems from the Derry days, he must have been aware of a sense of closure and completion to what he must have felt would be his final volume. Publicity made In the Clearing one of Frost's best-selling volumes and one of his most widely read." Iconic American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963), the quintessential poetic voice of New England, was actually born in San Francisco and first published in England. When Frost was eleven, his newly widowed mother moved east to Salem, New Hampshire, to resume a teaching career. There Frost swiftly found his poetic voice, infused by New England scenes and sensibilities. Promising as both a student and writer, Frost nonetheless dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard, supporting himself and a young family by teaching and farming. Ironically, it was a 1912 move to England with his wife and children "the place to be poor and to write poems" that finally catalyzed his recognition as a noteworthy American poet. The manuscript of A Boy's Will was completed in England and accepted for publication by David Nutt in 1913. A convocation of critical recognition, introduction to other writers, and creative energy supported the English publication of Frost's second book, North of Boston, in 1914, after which "Frost's reputation as a leading poet had been firmly established in England, and Henry Holt of New York had agreed to publish his books in America." Accolades met Frost's return to America at the end of 1914 and by 1917 a move to Amherst "launched him on the twofold career he would lead for the rest of his life: teaching whatever "subjects" he pleased at a congenial college and "barding around," his term for "saying" poems in a conversational performance." (ANB) By 1924 he had won the first of his eventual four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry (1931, 1937, and 1943). Frost spent the final decade and a half of his life as "the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century" with a host of academic and civic honors to his credit. Two years before his death and fourteen months before this, his final collection of poetry was published, he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration (Kennedy, January 1961). Reference: Crane A41; Tuten and Zubizarreta, p. 166; ANB First, limited, numbered, and signed edition.

Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing. This is an inscribed first trade edition, first printing, of Robert Frost's final volume of poetry, published on his 88th birthday, 26 March 1962, ten months before his death. The inscription is inked in three lines on the front free endpaper recto: "Robert Frost | The Choate School | May '62".Former Choate School librarian Pauline Anderson recalled: "Robert Frost came to Choate in 1962 for the dedication of the new wing. He came in on Friday and spoke to the School on Friday night He was staying at the Lodge [the Headmaster's home at the time], and we were scared to death he was going to fall down those awful winding stairs. After he spoke, I fed him in my apartment in Homestead. We were told that if he had anything to drink, he could have one drink of rum. Well, it turned out that he hated rum, so he had whiskey. And in the big apartment in the Homestead where [English teacher Bill and Mary] St. John lived, we had the whole English department gathered for a party and to listen to his words of wisdom. I think the English department had been given instructions that at 11 o'clock, everyone would go home so we could get Robert Frost to bed. So at 11 we got up, and he said, "What's the matter? You chicken?" So we all sat down." Condition is near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The gray cloth binding is square, immaculately clean, tight, and entirely unfaded with sharp corners and only trivial hints of shelf wear to extremities. The contents are clean, with no spotting, soiling, or previous ownership marks, showing only mild age-toning and a little dust soiling to the top edges of the text block. The dust jacket is entirely complete, including the original "$4.00" upper front flap price. The jacket shows only trivial scuffs and is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.The title of the poem was taken from the title of the poem "A Cabin in the Clearing." A consciousness of ending was evident. The book was dedicated to Louis Untermeyer, Sidney Cox, and John Bartlett, all three "close longtime friends of Frost." The contents are "preceded by an excerpt from what Frost considered one of his most important poems, "Kitty Hawk". "For years, Frost's intention was to call his last book of poetry The Great Misgiving, from line 229 of 'Kitty Hawk.' He finally determined, upon the urging of friends, to name the volume in a more positive light.""The second half-title has line 3 of 'The Pasture' printed in italics: And wait to watch the water clear, I may. The reference makes a clear tie to Frost's earliest poetry By associating the book with his poems from the Derry days, he must have been aware of a sense of closure and completion to what he must have felt would be his final volume. Publicity made In the Clearing one of Frost's best-selling volumes and one of his most widely read." Iconic American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963), the quintessential poetic voice of New England, was actually born in San Francisco and first published in England. Promising as both a student and writer, Frost nonetheless dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard, supporting himself and a young family by teaching and farming. Ironically, it was a 1912 move to England with his wife and children that finally catalyzed his recognition as a noteworthy American poet. The manuscript of A Boy's Will was completed in England and accepted for publication by David Nutt in 1913. A convocation of critical recognition, introduction to other writers, and creative energy supported the English publication of Frost's second book, North of Boston, in 1914, after which "Frost's reputation as a leading poet had been firmly established in England, and Henry Holt of New York had agreed to publish his books in America." Holt would remain Frost's exclusive U.S. publisher for nearly half a century, seeing him rise from poet to national literary icon.References: Crane A41.1; Tuten and Zubizarreta, p. 166; Choate website; ANB.

8vo. 101, [2] pages. Original light brown linen cloth, issued without a dust jacket. In the publisher's plain black slipcase. Crane A41. A fine, untouched copy First edition, limited issue, one of 1,500 copies signed by Frost (this is number 1459).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Special Edition. Slim 8vo. size, 101 pp., this copy #531 of a limited edition of 1500, signed by Frost on the limitation page. Brown muslin cloth covers with spine titles in gold and black. Frost's final book, wherein he was clearly saving some of his best for last, including "The Gift Outright," intended for John F. Kennedy's inaugural, "Kitty Hawk," "Some Science Fiction," "The Draft Horse," "Does No One at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least?" and numerous others. Apart from minor spotting to the spine, a very small stain on the top text edge, another small stain on the front pastedown that ramified to the flyleaf, and minor browning in the pastedown gutters, the book is fine, tight, bright, and very clean, and appears unread. In a VG+-NF black board slipcase with a small split just starting along one edge. Overall a very nice copy of Frost's beautiful final testament. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. ; Signed by Robert Frost on 3rd FEP. Number 505 of 1,500 Limited Edition signed copies. ; Signed by Author. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Robert Frost on the limitation page. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy housed in the publisher's original slipcase SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. LIMITED EDITION of 1500 copies printed SIGNED by Robert Frost. The book bound in the publisher's brown cloth with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with the publisher's black slipcase that was issued with the book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Robert Frost. An attractive dustjacket that is vibrant in color with some wear to the spine and edges. This original First State dustjacket has the price present on the front flap. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, with light wear to the panels. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED the author. We buy SIGNED Robert Frost books. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Slipcase. Signed Limited. A beautiful copy of the signed limited edition in slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.

First Edition. IN THE CLEARING, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962, first edition, fine in like photographic dust-wrapper with some slight wear to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication.

FIRST EDITION. No. 850 of 1,500 copies. 248 x 157 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 1 p.l., 101, [1] pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's tan buckram, spine printed in black and gilt. In the original black paper slipcase (in excellent condition). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. Front pastedown with ex-libris of the Rev. John Annas Jr. with gift inscription from John III. Crane A41. An extremely fine copy. Issued just 10 months before the poet's death, this is a signed, limited-edition copy of the last collection of his poetry published during Frost's lifetime. "Even in his final volume," Britannica notes, "so filled with the stubborn courage of old age, Frost portrays human security as a rather tiny and quite vulnerable opening in a thickly grown forest, a pinpoint of light against which the encroaching trees cast their very real threat of darkness." It famously contains the poem composed for John F. Kennedy on the occasion of his inauguration--though Frost actually recited from memory another poem, as the sun that day interfered with his ability to read from his manuscript. Among the many copies of this collection available, this one is especially desirable because of its fine condition.

Condition: Fine. Signed Limited Edition. First edition, limited issue number 1043 of 1,500 copies, signed by Robert Frost. Bound in publisher's brown linen cloth with gilt spine lettered blocked in black. Fine with light offsetting to free endpapers, in a Fine slipcase with trivial wear. A very nice copy, signed by the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. The first trade edition would be printed from plates of this limited edition's type. Crane A41.