FROST ROBERT Autograph Manuscript Signed and Inscribed Rober

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HIS CHRISTMAS POEM FOR 1952 FROST, ROBERT. Autograph Manuscript Signed and Inscribed, "Robert / to Fred" [bibliophile Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.], fair copy of his poem entitled, "Does No One but Me at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least." Inscribed at end of text, after which are footnotes in four holograph lines: "By Canute and Lord Byron among others [concerning 'The ocean had been spoken to before'] / At this writing it is pretty generally accepted / that an addition of rivers only makes / the sea saltier [concerning ''Till you have lost the savor of your salt']." 2 pages, 8vo, written on separate sheets; three punch holes in left margin, horizontal fold. Np, [November 1952]

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"O ocean sea for all your being vast / Your separation of us from the Old / That was to make the New World newly great / Would only disappoint us at the last . . . ."
First published in 1952 as "Does No One but Me at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least" in pamphlet form as one of Frost's Christmas poems. When it appeared in his 1962 collection, In the Clearing, Frost's poem bears the slightly shorter title, "Does No One at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least," and there are a number of other minor changes to the text.
With--(Robert Frost.) Does No One but Me at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least. Printed for Marguerite & Fred Melcher. 12mo, printed wrappers, staple binding. First edition, one of 475. Crane B24. New York: Spiral Press, [1952].