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A Masque of Mercy
by Frost, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of A Masque of Mercy by Robert Frost.. Octavo, 39pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few chips to top edge, faint soiling to rear panel. Sunning throughout, primarily to spine. (Crane A31.1) Signed on the front free endpaper: "Robert Frost / Albany 1947." Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. He was the recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the Congressional Gold Medal, and was named the poet laureate of Vermont in 1961. He won Pulitzer Prizes for the following works: New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes, Collected Poems, A Further Range and A Witness Tree.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15048
- Title
- A Masque of Mercy
- Author
- Frost, Robert
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of A Masque of Mercy by Robert Frost.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- first edition Robert frost, first edition A Range Further, limited edition Robert frost, stopping by woods frost, birches Robert frost, come in and other poems frost, a masque of mercy,
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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