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Frost, Robert

New Hampshire and Inscribed Poem

Henry Holt and Company

1923

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A first edition, trade copy of New Hampshire, inscribed with a poem by Frost.

  • Robert Frost (American).
  • With 5 woodcuts by J. J. Lankes.
  • New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923.
  • 113 pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Includes 11-line Holograph Poem, with unrecorded title, written by Frost.
  • Bound in quarter green cloth and boards, gilt label on upper cover.


Eleven lines of the holograph poem differ from the final published poem.


The recipient's name appears on front pastedown, and with recipient's contemporary pictorial bookplate on blank third front flyleaf, with a striking woodcut of a person seated in a large armchair, facing a blazing fireplace, with two open books on floor, and a dog, seated next to the chair, staring at the burning logs. The bookplate design is in the woodcut style of J. J. Lankes.

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Rubbed.

Extremities slightly worn.

Label scuffed.

Signs of age and wear.

Language

English

Subject

Poetry, Modern first editions, Americana

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