A Boy's Will
by FROST, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine very slightly faded, extremities a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy preserved in a half morocco slipcase
- Seller
-
Deep River, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1913. First edition, first issue, in the earliest binding [Crane's Binding A] of Frost's first regularly published book. Of approximately 1000 copies of the first edition of A Boy's Will, fewer than 350 copies were issued by Nutt, which went into bankruptcy after the First World War, and even fewer copies were bound in the first binding of bronze cloth before April 1, 1913; the balance of the copies that Nutt issued were not bound until four years later in different forms by a different binder. Crane A2. Spine very slightly faded, extremities a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy preserved in a half morocco slipcase. Small 8vo, original bronze brown pebbled cloth. Spine very slightly faded, extremities a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy preserved in a half morocco slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20802
- Title
- A Boy's Will
- Author
- FROST, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine very slightly faded, extremities a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy preserved in a half morocco slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue, in the earliest binding [Crane's Bin
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
Terms of Sale
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Any item may be returned for any reason within seven days of receipt provided prior notification has been given
About the Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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- Morocco
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- Fine
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- Pebbled
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- Cloth
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