FROST: THE POET AND HIS POETRY
by [FROST, Robert] SOHN, D. & TYRE, R
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. Fine with apparently unplayed record in bag in rear pocket. Containing the first appearance of the poem "One Favored Acorn," this booklet was designed as a teaching device.
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THE LONE STRIKER
by FROST, Robert
(New York): (Knopf), (1933). First Edition. wraps. Fine in original plain envelope neatly opened at the top. A small pamphlet containing just the title poem and issued as Number Eight of the Borzoi Chap Books series. Crane A17: 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED to Russell Alberts and SIGNED by the author on the inside front cover and as... Read More
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ROBERT FROST. A CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY
by [FROST, Robert]
Middletown, CT: Olin Memorial Library, 1936. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good, lacking the original glassine but with new mylar. Cloth-backed boards. Copy #122 of 250 of this survey of an exhibit of Frost's work at the library. Owner name on the front endpaper dated Middletown, April 30, 1936, the month of the exhibit.
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THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST
by FROST, Robert
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; contents bright and fresh. Close to Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some splitting at top and bottom edges. Thomas Nason. Two large octavo (7-3/4" x 11") volumes bound in full blue denim with new black leather labels stamped in gold. Copy... Read More
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THE LONE STRIKER
by FROST, Robert (BLUMENTHAL, Joseph)
(New York): (Alfred A. Knopf), (1933). First Edition. wraps. Both items are Fine, housed together in a cloth chemise. A small pamphlet containing just the title poem and issued as Number Eight of the Borzoi Chap Books series. Crane A17: 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author with his initials on the inside of the... Read More
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COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM SIGNED
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1930). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Crane A14.1: one of 3870 copies printed from the plates of the Random House limited edition. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Laid in on an unruled index card is a fair copy AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of a poem, "A Time To Talk," completely... Read More
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SELECTED POEMS
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Two facing pages tanned from a previously laid in newsclipping, another two facing pages with old adhesive stain at the gutters; slightly shaken. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. This copy is INSCRIBED "Garnett F. Colgan" and SIGNED by the poet on the title page with one... Read More
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A BOY'S WILL
by FROST, Robert
London: David Nutt, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. A spectacular copy with an exceptional association. Original bronzed brown pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered on the front cover. Crane A2: First Issue, Binding A of Frost's first book. Less than 350 copies of the first issue in the first binding were issued, from a total edition of 1,000. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by... Read More
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NEW HAMPSHIRE. A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild sunning and rubbing to the spine which has light wear at the tips. Very Good or better, lacking the slipcase. J. J. Lankes. Black beveled cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. First Limited Edition of one of Frost's most notable books and winner of his first Pulitzer Prize containing... Read More
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SELECTED POEMS with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt, (1934). Third Edition. Hardcover. Spine a tad darkened, gilt still clear. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A beautiful example. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "For Harry and Anna-Louise Rudin of Vermont" on the front endpaper with the entire eight-line poem "Dust of Snow" in FROST'S HOLOGRAPH above the inscription.
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WEST-RUNNING BROOK
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the glassine and slipcase. J. J. Lankes. Cloth-backed boards decorated with a pattern of maple leaves. Crane A10.1: "Though printed in the same year as the first [trade] edition by the same publisher, this edition is in an entirely different setting and format with different... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by FROST, Robert
n.d.. Framed Photograph. Appears to be Fine, not examined out of frame. Vintage 8" x 10" photograph of Frost seated outdoors with four other writers SIGNED by all five in the lower right margin. The other writers include Louis Dodge, Lee Shippey, Frost friend and bibliographer Louis Mertins, and one name we are unable to decipher but we... Read More
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WEST-RUNNING BROOK
by FROST, Robert
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce original glassine has a couple of small chips but is in very nice condition. Fine, bright copy in the original glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a little professional mending. J. J. Lankes. Cloth-backed boards decorated with a pattern of maple leaves. Crane A10.1: "Though... Read More
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THE POETRY QUARTOS
by FROST, Robert; DREISER, Theodore; AIKEN, Conrad; et. al
New York: Random House, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Owner name dated 1929 on overall wrapper. Fine in original wrapper and a solid slipcase lacking the top edge. Printed wraps. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet; designed, printed and made by Paul Johnston. One of 475 copies. Includes "The Lovely Shall be Choosers" by... Read More
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THE DIARY OF DOSTOYEVSKY'S WIFE
by FULOP-MILLER, R. & ECKSTEIN, F. (ed.)
New York: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. Short tears to top of spine. About Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dostoyevsky. An account of a trip from Russia through Germany to Switzerland with her famous husband. Hannah French's copy with her signature on the front endpaper.
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WINE INTO WORDS. A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language
by GABLER, James M
Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; xiv, 403 pages including index. Over 3200 entries with biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years.
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THE BIRDS OF ALASKA
by GABRIELSON, Ira & LINCOLN, Frederick
Harrisburg, PA & Washington DC: The Stackpole Company & Wildlife Management Institute, (1959). First Edition. Cloth. Small owner stamp on front endpaper. Near Fine in a price-clipped, about Very Good dustwrapper. Olaus J. Murie and Edwin R. Kalmbach. A comprehensive account including a history and a 54-page bibliography. Illustrated with color plates by Olaus J. Murie and Edwin... Read More
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A FROLIC OF HIS OWN
by GADDIS, William
New York: Poseidon Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder stripe on the bottom edge. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. National Book Award winner.
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AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED (ANS)
by GALE, Zona
New York, n.d.. Letter. Creasing and toning of paper. Very Good. One-page handwritten note SIGNED on a 7-1/4" x 8" sheet of Hotel Gotham stationery to poet Isabel Conant. In full: "This will present Baroness [?], of whom I have told you." Gale, an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright, was the first woman to win the... Read More
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JOHN GALSWORTHY: AN APPRECIATION TOGETHER WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY
by [GALSWORTHY, John]
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps; 22 pages.
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THE MAN OF PROPERTY
by GALSWORTHY, John
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a short split. Charles Mozley. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in brown cloth stamped in red and gilt. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed by A. Colish. Illustrated with line drawings and color lithographs by Charles Mozley. Copy #955 of 1500 SIGNED... Read More
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THE MAN OF PROPERTY
by GALSWORTHY, John
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Charles Mozley. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in brown cloth stamped in red and gilt. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed by A. Colish. Illustrated with line drawings and color lithographs by Charles Mozley. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the... Read More
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INNOCENT ERENDIRA and Other Stories
by GARCIA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel
New York: Harper & Row, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page "Gabriel" and dated "92" with a small ORIGINAL DRAWING of a bird. An attractive and authentic example.
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THE WRECKAGE OF AGATHON
by GARDNER, John
New York: Harper & Row, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. A bit of soiling to the covers. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Accomplished writer's second novel, a metaphysical jaunt in ancient Greece.
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Flyer for a Reading at the State University of New York
by GARDNER, John
Brockport: SUNY, Fall 1977. First Edition. Document. Fine. Printed blue wraps; 4 pages. Contains a poem from A CHILD'S BESTIARY as well as a self-profile by Gardner.
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