Robert Frost, 1923-1955

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Six first editions by Robert Frost. 1923-1955.

Comprises: New Hampshire. With Woodcuts J.J. Lankes. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923. First trade edition, inscribed by the author: "For Abbie Brown from her friend in the art Robert Frost." Together with booklet "Robert Frost's Affection for New Hampshire" by Lawrence Thompson (Derry, New Hampshire: Robert Frost Trustees, n.d.). * Selected Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. First edition. * A Further Range. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1936. First edition. * A Further Range. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1936. First edition. A second copy, this one inscribed by the author (“My object in living is to unite / My avocation and my vocation / As my two eyes make one in sight. Robert Frost / For Farona Konopak”), with related newspaper articles pasted to endpapers and a letter from Kenyon College to the book’s recipient loosely inserted. * A Witness Tree. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1942. Signed by the author, “Robert Frost / Hartford 1942.” * New Hampshire. Hanover, New Hampshire: The New Dresden Press, 1955. First separate edition. Limited to 750 copies signed by the author, this is number 100. Together with publisher’s prospectus.

Together, seven volumes. Octavo. Original cloth. Dust-jackets on all volumes except for the inscribed copy of A Further Range. (Condition varies, overall very good.) Provenance: Hazel Fitzpatrick Bigelow (ownership inscription in Selected Poems dated 1923) – Abbie Brown (authorial inscription in New Hampshire) – Farona Konopak (authorial inscription in A Further Range).