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A BOY'S WILL. First American edition. Signed and inscribed by Robert Frost.
by Frost, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good- condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt, 1915. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First American edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 63 pages. One of only 750 copies of the first state of the first American edition. Original blue fine linen cloth binding. Moderately shelfworn, with minor fraying to the spine extremities and minor browning/sunning to the spine; protected in fitted archival mylar. No dustjacket. White wove paper, with the endpapers of a heavier white wove paper, somewhat toned. Top edge trimmed, other edges uncut. With the typographical error "Aind" present and uncorrected in the last line on page 14. On page 62 line 16 the word "wich-hazel" remains uncorrected. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper "For my friends Mr & Mrs M. E. Gates [signed] Robert Frost." The inner front hinge at the half-title page is weakened. Merrill Edwards Gates (1848-1922) became president of Amherst College in 1891. Frost first visited the Amherst campus to give a reading of his poetry in April 1916 while working on his third book of poetry, Mountain Interval. Later that year, he was invited to join the faculty with the rank of full Professor beginning in January 1917..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018577
- Title
- A BOY'S WILL. First American edition. Signed and inscribed by Robert Frost.
- Author
- Frost, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- First State
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
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