Apr 24, 2008 - Sale 2143

Sale 2143 - Lot 243

Price Realized: $ 2,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN AMERICA FROST, ROBERT. North of Boston. 8vo, gilt-stamped blue cloth, edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly toned; original first issue dust jacket with only minor chips at spine ends and tips, unusually bright. New York: Henry Holt, 1915

Additional Details

first edition printed in america though stated Second Edition as the first was printed from British sheets (see lot 237). In the scarce first issue dust jacket with "fain" for "faint" in fifth line up on front cover. This was the first of Frost's major works to appear with the imprint of an American publisher. APG 3g.