Witness Tree by Robert Frost, First Edition

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About this Item: Jonathan Cape 1943 (first edition), 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. no dust jacket, portrait frontispiece, spine and top edges sunned, ex lib with remains of labels and shelf-number to spine, good; 57 pages. Seller Inventory # 16380

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About this Item: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth covered boards badly sunned and slightly bumped. Portfrontis. Contents lightly toned but otherwise still a bright enough copy. Seller Inventory # 102511

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Fair to good. no jacket. Stated First Printing. 91 pages. Drawing of author at frontispiece. Green cloth hardcover with gilt titles and design on front, gilt titles on spine, text clean and very good, age fading to text edges and endpapers. Cover with fading to top and rear edge. 8.65 by 5.65 inches. Seller Inventory # 2287

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About this Item: Holt, NY, 1942. First printing. 8vo, Pp. 91. Frontis portrait. Donor's inscription on flyleaf. Top edge little dusty, ends of spine slightly scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. No dj. Seller Inventory # 37182

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About this Item: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. Portfrontis. Covers lightly sunned. Edges and prelims lightly spotted but otherwise a bright enough copy in shelf-soiled and lightly frayed dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 96449

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. hardcover, first printing stated, 1943, near fine condition in a very good dust jacket, price clipped, edgewear to jacket, small pevious owner's name and address stamp on front endpaper, jacket protected with Brodart mylar cover, poems by Robert Frost. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # st6159

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Price on DJ NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps with minor chips & scuffs, 2-inch tear on rear. Previous owner's name on FFEP; pages dusty with light age toning. June 1942 date on copyright page with no subsequent printings listed. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Seller Inventory # 977

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Green Cloth w Gilt Titling. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. FIRST EDITION, Second Impression. 91pp. No apparent shelfwear to blue-green cloth hardcover. Gilt bright to cover and spine. Lovely frontispiece featuring a portrait of the poet by the artist Enit Kaufman. Binding is tight and sound. Text block is clean and unmarked. In 1943, the collection would win Frost his fourth and final Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Enough said of offerings which speak loudly for themselves. Acquire, enjoy, and share what the self-actualized author has discovered in his extensive intellectual travels to prepare this very informative writing for public edification. Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a permanent character lacking in transitory electronic renderings. As always, more photos and/or info will be sent on request. Indeed, these hallowed pages are stoic, self-reliant, certain, sure and competent in their worthiness. By the way, we offer a complimentary service offered by no other rare book vender. Simply give us a phone call or send us an email or a text message after you receive your book and begin to read it. Ask our Bookly Bar any literary question regarding the materia l, and we will answer to the best of our well-seasoned ability, for free. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 011403

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 2nd Printing. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 028343

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A lengthy contemporary owner's gift inscription (including a poem by Frost) on the front fly, spine lightly sunned, corners slightly bumped, still very good lacking the dustwrapper. A nice copy of the winner of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Seller Inventory # 426098

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About this Item: Henry Holt & Company - New York, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Further Range is dated 1936. Without DJ - ex-library but in Very Good condition or better / A Witness Tree - First Edition, later printing (March 1943), with VG DJ. / In the Clearing: 1st edition, later printing with VG DJ. Seller Inventory # blb01155

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About this Item: Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1942. First edition, stated first printing. Blue cloth, no dustjacket. Very good condition, firm binding, clean pages, black and white portrait of frost, perhaps from the absent dustjacket, neatly mounted on the front free endpaper, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 037816

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About this Item: Holt, NY, 1942. First Edition, trade edition. 8vo, pp. 91. Pencil signature on end paper and front blank. A fine copy in dj. First trade edition from the plates of the limited, signed copy. Crane A25.1. Frost's Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of poetry. Seller Inventory # 55584

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Octavo, 91pp. A fine, crisp copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, with some nicks at the extremities, a tinge darkened on the spine, as usual. Small chips at spine ends. Seller Inventory # 6384

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing stated. From the library of poet, Sarah Leeds Ash, with her ownership signature dated 1942. Slight spine lean; overall, a lightly worn copy in near fine dustjacket with tiny chip to top of rear panel. Seller Inventory # BB15432

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About this Item: New York: Henry Holt, 1942, 1942. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small interior tape mend. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. Seller Inventory # 25533

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition. VG+ in a VG DJ, minor edge wear to DJ; DJ price of $2 is intact. Top edge stain has faded. Very nice, clean copy; Stated First; Blue-Green cloth; 8vo; DJ. Seller Inventory # 26567

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About this Item: NY: Henry Holt, 1942, NY, 1942. Condition: Very Good in Dj. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dj/Min Wear Dj. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # L38

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About this Item: Henry Holt, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. hardcover/jacket in VG/VG condition. large pen inscription on first page. jacket has snag on spine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1563823304169

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About this Item: Henry Holt and Company [1942], New York, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket; [2],91pp.; frontispiece. Jacket extremities and spine toned, light shelf wear, else Fine in Very Good jacket. Seller Inventory # 22701

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About this Item: Henry Holt., New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Fine in price-clipped very good+ or better dust jacket. (Jacked flaps clipped at corners. Tiny chip with adjacent rubbing at crest of spine on jacket. Short edge tears in jacket. ) Pulitzer Prize winner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 91 pages. Seller Inventory # 3114792

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About this Item: Henry Holt & Company - New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing as stated on copyright page. Book is FINE with no markings or blemishes inside or out. Original blue cloth boards with gilt title and ornament on front cover. Unclipped DJ shows original $2.00 price and is NEAR FINE. Dustjacket in protective Mylar. Robert Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Price for Poetry for "A Witness Tree" in 1943. Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution. "He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont. Seller Inventory # blb01039

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About this Item: Jonathan Cape, London., 1943. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 57 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Enit Kaufman. "1/-" price rubber-stamped on front free endpaper. Cover edges a little bumped. Extreme head and tail of spine faded. Very good in very good dustwrapper, designed by Hans Tisdall, rubbed at head and tail of spine and at edges. Seller Inventory # FROSTROB002745

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About this Item: New York, Henry Holt and Company., 1942. First American Edition. Octavo. 91 pages. Deckled edges. Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on cover) with original (unclipped) dustjacket. Near Fine in very good - jacket. The beautiful dustjacket frail and with a tear along the front flap. Some fraying. But the dustjacket in protective Mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Robert Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Price for Poetry for "A Witness Tree" in 1943. Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 28514AB

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Hard Cover. Signed, Limited edition. #400 of 735 copies signed by the author. FINE BOOK - CLEAN, TIGHT, BRIGHT. NO SLIPCASE. Seller Inventory # 15052

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About this Item: Henry Holt & Co.: NY, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 6", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 91pp, covers rubbed, extremities a bit worn with one corner fraying, eps and edges of textblock toned, but still a good copy of the FIRST TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Philip D___ from." AND SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST and David Nivison. Seller Inventory # 99-8751

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About this Item: Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited to 735 copies of which this is copy number519 printed at the Spiral Press and signed by Robert Frost. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000748

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About this Item: Henry Holt, 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. #398 of 735 signed copies in slipcase. The book is fine although there is a bookplate on the front pastedown (Spruill and Sue Cook) and an owner's name on the front free endpaper. Slipcase is near fine. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1519532710695

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About this Item: Henry Holt, New York, 1942. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by Robert Frost on front endpaper: "Robert Frost Breadloaf VT 1943 For Margaret Fairlamb". Also laid in loose are 3 original photographs of Robert Frost playing baseball at Breadloaf. Two are copies of the same photograph, showing Frost at bat (4.75 x 3.125 inches); the other shows Frost striding to the crowd to get to the field (4.5 x 2.75 inches). The photos show a solidly built Frost, in what appear to be white seersucker trousers, held up by suspenders. The book is the March, 1943 printing (a later printing of the first edition). Hardcover in vintage jacket (jacket spine is discolored with some chips and tears to edges). Seller Inventory # 00530079

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