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Spiral Press), 1942. hardcover. Good. 8x5x0. 1942; green cloth covered boards with gold titles and accents; wear and discoloration around edges; Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 91 pages.
A WITNESS TREE by Frost Robert - 1942
by Frost Robert
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A WITNESS TREE
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. First edition, first printing, A VERY FINE ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST, to a friend and colleague at Harvard University WITH A HANDWRITTEN POEM, SIGNED and dated by him. With portrait frontispiece from a sketch by Enit Kaufman. 8vo, original blue/green buckram lettered in gilt within a gilt framework on the upper cover and gilt lettered on the spine, in the publisher's original dustjacket. 63, notes pp. A fine copy, the book near perfect, the jacket a bit mellowed at the spine panel and with minor edge wear. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING AND A FINE AND SCARCE SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY WITH A HANDWRITTEN POEM BY ROBERT FROST. The book is inscribed by Frost to Virginia Proctor, secretary to Harvard President James Byrant Conant. Though Frost tenure at Harvard was short, his friendship with Mrs. Proctor lasted well beyond his years in Cambridge. It was President Conant who first cited Frost as "The Poet of New England" when Frost was given an honorary degree of Litt.D. in 1937. In 1938 Frost resigned from Amherst and was elected to Harvard's Board of Overseers and that year also saw him placed in the English department at the university. Conant reappointed Frost for the years 1939 through 1942. This book was inscribed to Ms. Proctor at roughly the end of the academic year, in late April, on the 23rd, publication day of the book, during his last year at Harvard. Though Frost's formal ties with Harvard would end in that year, his association with Virginia Proctor would continue for many years following. INCLUDED WITH HIS INSCRIPTION TO PROCTOR IS THE HANDWRITTEN TWO-LINE POEM 'THE SECRET SITS', which is published on page 71 of the book. Thus, the entire inscription reads;
"We dance round in a ring and suppose / But the secret sits in the middle and knows / Robert Frost / To Virginia Proctor / April 23 1942 / Harvard
In addition to the poem Mr. Frost has penned in his inscription, A WITNESS TREE includes 44 others, including such classics as “Come In”, “The Gift Outright”, “The Lesson for Today”, “The Rabbit Hunter” and “Trespass”.
"We dance round in a ring and suppose / But the secret sits in the middle and knows / Robert Frost / To Virginia Proctor / April 23 1942 / Harvard
In addition to the poem Mr. Frost has penned in his inscription, A WITNESS TREE includes 44 others, including such classics as “Come In”, “The Gift Outright”, “The Lesson for Today”, “The Rabbit Hunter” and “Trespass”.
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McClelland and Stewart. Very Good. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0771021275 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Signed and dated in year of publication on title page. Light wear to tips. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 0.90 inches; 245 pages .
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Gilt on blue covers in a brown pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 91 pages. 2nd. printing. Dust jacket edges & corners torn.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. 57pp Blue cloth, gilt. Spine a trifle sunned and a light mark to the cover. 1st Ediiton. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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NY: Holt, 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.
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, March 1943. Hardcover without dustjacket. 91 pages with author frontispiece. A collection of Robert Frost's poems. Blueish green boards with gilt border and lettering to the front and spine. Former owner bookplate on front freepaper, otherwise a very good and solid copy, with no bumped corners..
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. Pale blue boards the titles in bright gilt to the spine.Top edges are tinted blue. The spine area is lightly sunned. The binding is tight.. Second Impression 1944. Linen Hard Cover. Near Fine/None Given. Illus. by By the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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NY: Henry Holt. (1942). Near fine in a very good dust jacket with minor edge wear and a closed tear mid-spine.
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New York: Henry Holt, 1942. Solid copy. Neat gift inscription on front endpaper. First printing stated. Handsome copy in textred blue boards with gold lettering and design. Price intact jacket has small chips, creasing. This book won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1943. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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