The Collected Poems of Robert Frost [Signed]
Robert Frost
Published by Halcyon House, New York, 1939
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New York: Halcyon House, 1939. Halcyon House Edition reprint, Second Printing. Octavo. 436 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and gilt; top edge gilt; tan endpapers. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with loss to lettering at head of spine and top corner of front panel. Boards lightly toned along edges with some soiling to joints. Binding is sound. Remnants of tape to front pastedown and previous owner's bookplate (Ruth S. Rideout) to front free endpaper, else interior unmarked. Signed by Robert Frost and dated 1943 in Keene [New Hampshire] without dedication on front free endpaper. Reprint of the Henry Holt and Company edition of the same year. Seller Inventory # 28443
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Title: The Collected Poems of Robert Frost [Signed]
Publisher: Halcyon House, New York
Publication Date: 1939
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost [SIGNED]
Published by
Halcyon House
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. SIGNED! NY: Halcyon House 1940. 3rd printing. Hardcover 8vo 436 pgs. B/w frontis. Signed by Frost on front endpaper with Millersville 1942. Good in a near good dust jacket. Light wear to spine ends. Toning to spine head. Toning/foxing to endpapers, frontis and title pg. Owner's ink name and address on front endpaper above Frost's name. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped, soiled and with small edge tears. Flaps are foxed. Laid in is a small newspaper photo of Frost and a small 55 cent ticket to a poetry reading by Frost. (Poetry, Literature) Inquire if you need further information. Seller Inventory # B38500-F-FRO
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost, 1939 (First edition signed by Frost)
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1939
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. SIGNED. 439pp. Octavo [22 cm] in beige cloth with decorative spine title and cover vignette stamped in gilt and brown. Frontispiece portrait of Robert Frost. Covers slightly cocked. Spine a bit toned. Corners of covers gently bumped. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Subtle darkened areas on pp. 140 and 141, from a newspaper article having been laid in. No dust jacket. A first edition, with some of Frost's most famous poems including "Mending Wall," "The Road Not Taken," "Birches," "Tree at My Window," and perhaps his best-loved poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Robert Frost (1874-1963) was born in San Francisco, but his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, ten years later, after the death of his father. Frost's ancestors were New Englanders, and Frost's poetry often highlighted New England locales, identities, and themes. During his lifetime, Frost would win four Pulitzer Prizes, becoming the most famous poet of his time. In the years prior to his death he came to be viewed as the unofficial poet laureate of the United States. Frost's poetry continues to be revered to this day. Signed by Robert Frost on the tipped-in front flyleaf. Seller Inventory # 67898
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost 1939 (Signed and Dated by Robert Frost)
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1941
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Elegantly bound in a 3/4 leather spine with raised bands with gold tooled flowers, stars, and center emblems in each of the five compartments in addition to the bright gold lettering of the title and author. With leather tips, all edge with gold rulers. And green marble paper-covered boards. With lovely dark green marbled endpapers as well.With a presentation inscription by Frost on the front free endpaper: "To Sally Reed from Robert Frost with best hopes or our kind of country. January 14, 1950." With a previous owner's ink inscription on the verso of the front marbled endpaper. Splendidly clean and tight internally. With a photographic frontispiece of Frost by Doris Ullman and signed by her and Robert Frost in the plate. A striking and very handsom copy of some of Frost's most beloved poems. Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874 January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech,[2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.Frequently honored during his lifetime, Frost 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".[3] He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont. (Wikipedia) Later printing with "September, 1941" on the copyright page. Seller Inventory # 1269
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost, signed by Frost
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1939
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This first edition, first printing is signed "Robert Frost" by the author in black ink on the second preliminary sheet recto. This attractive edition is bound in tan linen cloth with gilt illustration on a maroon background on the front cover and gilt title and author on a maroon field on the spine, the contents bound with rust-red stained top edge and head and foot bands. Condition is very good plus. The binding is square and tight with sharp corners. We note only the mildest spine toning and some wrinkling to the spine ends. The contents are clean with no spotting. Mild age-toning is evident only on the page edges. The topstain retains dark, even color. The sole previous ownership mark, apart from a cryptic "31" inked to the top right corner of the front free endpaper recto, provides suitably New England provenance - the illustrated bookplate of Gale M. Hinkley, affixed to the upper left front pastedown. Hinkley (1898-1963) of Blue Hill, Maine, was affiliated with his town's "Merrill and Hinkley" general store whose motto was "Almost Everything" and which endured long enough to become "one of the last remaining large general stores in the state." Gale "was also a photographer in town and took many iconic shots of the area that were later turned into postcards of the area." (Blue Hill Historical Society) This 1939 edition was Frost's second volume of collected poems, following that of 1930 (which won Frost his second Pulitzer Prize in 1931). Pages vii-xii and text pages 1-349 are apparently printed from the plates of the 1930 edition of Collected Poems, while pages xiii-xv are in a new setting intended to match the preceding contents pages and comprise the contents listing for A Further Range. Pages 351-436 are similarly in new imitative setting. Frost's introduction 'The Figure a Poem Makes' is printed herein for the first time. The collection contains all poems from first editions of North of Boston, New Hampshire, and A Further Range. Poems from A Boy's Will, Mountain Interval, and West-Running Brook are those included in the 1930 Collected Poems. (Crane, A23, p.65) 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 New Hampshire to resume a teaching career. There Frost found his poetic voice, infused by New England scenes and sensibilities. Promising as a student and writer, Frost nonetheless dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard, teaching and farming to support himself and a young family. A 1912 move to England with his wife and children "the place to be poor and to write poems" finally catalyzed his recognition. There A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) were published, 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 his 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 he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration (Kennedy, January 1961).Reference: Crane A23. Seller Inventory # 007992
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost (signed and with a manuscript poem)
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1939
Used
First Edition
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
First Edition. Octavo. First printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning collection of Frost's poems which includes all six of his best known books, and notably the poems in A Further Range. [1-4] 5-349 pages. Frost's manuscript poem on the front free endpaper which he has excerpted from his poem "Snow", signed and dated. In his first year at Bread Loaf, the poem was presented as a play at the Bread Loaf Little Theatre. He called this the most gratifying experience of his narrative poem presented as a play. He said that this puts the poem to the test where the sound is inextricably linked to the presentation in dramatic form. This copy has the bookplate of Richard and Charlotte Hogue. News reports in both the Washington Post and the now defunct Evening Star show Richard Hogue as a major advisor in government on social issues while Charlotte (usually referred to as Mrs. Richard Hogue) was President of the American Association of University of Women and also the President of the Washington, D.C. Poetry Group. She was also a joint author with John Ciardi in "Divergent Viewpoints of a Classic Poem". In this copy, Frost has now entitled the poem "A Cold Winter Storm" and has signed for the Hogues Mrs. Hogue's pencil notes on the rear endsheets note some of the key poems of Robert Frost. She also served on the committee with Eleanor Roosevelt and Judge Ben Lindsay on the dismissal of Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith from the National Training School for Girls. Dr. Smith's appeal for social justice met with both political and religious opposition. Also laid in is a postcard from a friend addressed to the Hogue home in Riverton, Virginia which reads "Dear C, of all things, omitted in my notes Mrs. Nichols went with me to the talk on the Whitman Editions, collectors and etc. (review marginal importance). Although it is not explicitly noted, the poetry group Charlotte Hogue presided over had Frost's daughter, Lesley Frost, as a judge in one of the poetry contests. Bound in beige cloth pictorially stamped in gilt blocked in dark brown depicting a home in gilt, spine lettered and decorated in brown and gilt, some toning or finger soiling to covers, small tape ghost to front pastedown, no foxing, in the very rare dust jacket which is chipped and worn with only front panel and flap along with rear flap present. A strong association copy. Seller Inventory # 028607
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COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST: 1939 [Signed]
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1939
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [13], 436 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine brown with tan lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$5.00." Chipping and creasing along edges of dust jacket. Two large open tears to head and tail of spine, obstructing title. Age toning to spine. Top edge of text block dyed red, though faded. Handwritten notes of previous owner on front free endpaper, and penciled annotations throughout. Signed flat by Frost on second endpaper. Shelved in Case 0. 1374722. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1374722
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost, signed by Frost
Published by
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1939
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This first edition, first printing, is noteworthy for a trifecta of virtues excellent condition, sterling provenance, and the author's signature. Frost signed this copy in black ink on the second preliminary sheet recto: "Robert Frost". This attractive edition is bound in tan linen cloth with gilt illustration on a maroon background on the front cover and gilt title and author on a maroon field on the spine, the contents bound with rust-red stained top edge and head and foot bands. The red-brown dust jacket is illustrated with Lankes' wood-engraving of a house.Condition is fine in a very good plus dust jacket. The binding is immaculate, square, and tight with sharp corners and no reportable wear. The contents are likewise immaculate, free of soiling or spotting. Mild age-toning appears confined to the otherwise clean fore and bottom edges. The topstain retains uniform, dark color. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original "$5.00" front flap price, notably clean, and complete apart from the most fractional hint of loss at the upper front flap fold. Light wear to extremities is more than compensated by rich, unfaded color. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.The sole previous ownership mark, affixed to the front pastedown, is the small, illustrated bookplate of American bibliophile and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library "Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr." (1910-2001). Adams assembled major collections of the works of Robert Frost, of which this book was a part, Thomas Hardy, and Virginia Woof, as well as "a formidable collection of radical literature, perhaps the largest in the United States and capable even of rivaling Russian holdings." During his 1948-1969 tenure as director, "the Morgan made some of its most spectacular acquisitions and completed its transition from a private library to a public institution, with research facilities, educational opportunities, and an exhibitions program." (American Antiquarian Society)This 1939 edition was Frost's second volume of collected poems, following that of 1930. Pages vii-xii and text pages 1-349 are apparently printed from the plates of the 1930 edition of Collected Poems, while pages xiii-xv are in a new setting intended to match the preceding contents pages and comprise the contents listing for A Further Range. Pages 351-436 are similarly in new imitative setting. Frost's introduction 'The Figure a Poem Makes' is printed herein for the first time. The collection contains all poems from first editions of North of Boston, New Hampshire, and A Further Range. Poems from A Boy's Will, Mountain Interval, and West-Running Brook are those included in the 1930 Collected Poems. (Crane, A23, p.65) 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 New Hampshire, where Frost found his poetic voice, infused by New England scenes and sensibilities. A 1912 move to England with his wife and children "the place to be poor and to write poems" finally catalyzed his recognition. There A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) were published.Accolades met his return to America at the end of 1914 and he soon began "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. Two years before his death he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration (Kennedy, January 1961).Reference: Crane A23. Seller Inventory # 008023
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COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST SIGNED
Published by
Halcyon House, New York, 1939
Used
Hardcover
Signed
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Halcyon House Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges. Light chipping at spine crown/heel. ; Signed by Robert Frost on FEP. ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 179363
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COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM SIGNED
Published by
Henry Holt and Company (1930), New York, 1930
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First Trade Edition. Crane A14.1: one of 3870 copies printed from the plates of the Random House limited edition. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Laid in on an unruled index card is a fair copy AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of a poem, "A Time To Talk," completely in Frost's hand and SIGNED by him at the conclusion with the dedication "For (looks like George but we don't think so) Bush." A comparison to the poem, first printed in MOUNTAIN INTERVAL and here printed on page 156 reveals that Frost has added a line in the copy he has made. After "Blade-end up and five feet tall," Frost has added "Like a sunflower stalk," which is not included in the printed poem. A fine and scarce example of an altered holograph poem by Frost. Fine, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 010927
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