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A Masque of Reason
by Frost, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition, first printing of A Masque of Reason by Robert Frost.. Octavo, 23pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to some leaves. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, a few chips and short closed tears to top edge. A near fine piece. (Crane A27.1) 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 #
- 15049
- Title
- A Masque of Reason
- Author
- Frost, Robert
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition, first printing of A Masque of Reason by Robert Frost.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- 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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- Jacket
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- Copyright page
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Fine
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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