Hardcover. 8vo. 436 pp. Signed by the great and well-loved American poet on the front free end paper, "Robert Frost" in black ink. Frontis portrait of Frost by Doris Ulmann. First Printing of the Halcyon House edition, a near exact reproduction of the Holt edition published a month earlier but without the introduction. Together with a partial address sheet addressed to the owner, faculty of the English Department, Duke University, Miss Mary Poteat, sent from Frost (not addressed in his hand), postmarked Aug 30, 1943, and with a later Friends of Duke University Library printed program from Frost's appearance Februar 27, 1947. Ownership signature to inside front board, internally fine throughout, in a fine binding and slightly worn jacket, with clipped corners.
Hardcover. 8vo. 436 pp. Signed by the great and well-loved American poet on the front free end paper, "Robert Frost" in black ink. Frontis portrait of Frost by Doris Ulmann. First Printing of the Halcyon House edition, a near exact reproduction of the Holt edition published a month earlier but without the introduction. Together with a partial address sheet addressed to the owner, faculty of the English Department, Duke University, Miss Mary Poteat, sent from Frost (not addressed in his hand), postmarked Aug 30, 1943, and with a later Friends of Duke University Library printed program from Frost's appearance Februar 27, 1947. Ownership signature to inside front board, internally fine throughout, in a fine binding and slightly worn jacket, with clipped corners.