(FROST, Robert)

The Quest of the Orchis" in the Independent. June 27, 1901. Frost's Third National Publication

New York, 27 June 1901. First Edition. wraps. Contains Frost's third national appearance in print, here as R. L. Frost, after the poem "My Butterfly: An Elegy" which appeared in the same magazine in 1894 and "The Birds Do This," also in this publication in 1896. The importance of this magazine to Frost predated his writing for it. According to Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, Frost's first encounter with the publication was of immense importance to him: "I happened into the old library, and found on the magazine rack a copy of the INDEPENDENT, with a poem on the front page.. This experience gave me my very first revelation that a publication existed, anywhere in my native land, that was a vehicle for the publication of poetry." . Small stain to the front cover; minor wear and small chips. Very Good and quite scarce .

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Book number: 015098

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Robert Frost, Literary Periodical, First Appearance, Modern First Editions, First Book, First Books Modern Poetry Literature: American First Book Modern First Editions

[FROST, Robert]

Robert Frost. A Chronological Survey

Middletown, CT, Olin Memorial Library, 1936. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Cloth-backed boards. Copy #122 of 250 of this survey of an exhibit of Frost's work at the library. Owner name on the front endpaper dated Middletown, April 30, 1936, the month of the exhibit. Very Good, lacking the original glassine but with new mylar .

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Book number: 010902

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Keywords: Modern Poetry, Limited, Modern Firsts 20th Century American Literature Robert Frost Books on Books Bibliography

FROST, Robert

Robert Frost Reading. Dartmouth College Recordings

Hanover, NH, Department of Speech, 1951. record. Two 12" long-playing microgroove needle record albums comprising four sides of Frost reading his poetry recorded on 27 November 1951. Enclosed in a green album cover that has room for a third record which may or may not have been issued with this set. Attached to the inside of the front cover is a handwritten note to someone named Bob advising that the records must be played from the center out (a similar statement is on each album label) and also stating: "Mr. Frost's reference to a dream he'd had echoes a story Mr. Dickey [John P. Dickey, president of Dartmouth] told in his introduction about a dream he'd had. Unfortunately Mr. D's introductory remarks were not included in the recording." This note is signed "E.H.B. Not played but apparently Fine .

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Book number: 010937

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FROST, Robert

Selected Poems

New York, Henry Holt, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. The First Expanded Edition, originally published in 1923. Crane A9: 3475 copies printed. Spine tips of book slightly dull; 1930 owner inscription on front endpaper. Dustwrapper with a few small chips on the front and rear panels, an inch chip at the head of the spine eliminating the title and about five inches of the bottom of the spine lacking. Bright, Near Fine copy in most of the scarce dustwrapper .

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Book number: 010892

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Keywords: 20th Century American Literature Robert Frost Literary Firsts Modern Poetry

FROST, Robert

West-Running Brook

New York, Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Crane A10: Presumed Second State with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. Illustrated by J. J. Lankes. Contains the title poem, "Spring Pools," and "Acquainted With the Night," among others. Laid in is an undated but contemporary letter on Holt letterhead from Leonard Blizard, a designer/typesetter with the publisher, to Dr. [Robert] Leslie, founder of The Composing Room, a leading typesetting firm of the time, and a mentor to many of the top designers of the period. The letter presents this copy of the book to Dr. Leslie with Blizard stating, "It is a 'First Printing' & we hope you will enjoy it." Crane based her bibliographic point of the "First Edition" statement on information provided by the earlier bibliographers Clymer and Green who state that "it seems more likely that copies without 'First Edition' were printed first and the oversight remedied only after the greater part of the edition had been distributed." Does this letter refute that? Alas, the possibility that the letter was laid into a different copy exists, and the language of the letter itself is not strong enough to confirm the dissent and provide a conclusive answer, but it certainly raises the question. A short tear and slight chipping to the upper front corner of the front endpaper. The dustwrapper has a short closed tear at the top rear edge of the spine with a small chip on the spine about an inch or so down. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015091

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Robert Frost Modern First Editions Robert Frost Literature: American Modern Poetry

GADDIS, William

A Frolic of His Own

New York, Poseidon Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. National Book Award winner. Remainder stripe on the bottom edge. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 001792

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[GALSWORTHY, John]

John Galsworthy: An Appreciation Together with a Bibliography

London, William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps; 22 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 001552

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Literary Criticism, Bibliography, Modern First Editions, Books on Books Modern First Editions Bibliography Literary Criticism Literature: English

GARDNER, John

Flyer for a Reading at the State University of New York

Brockport, SUNY, Fall 1977. First Edition. Document. Printed blue wraps; 4 pages. Contains a poem from A CHILD'S BESTIARY as well as a self-profile by Gardner. Fine .

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Book number: 008331

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GARDNER, John

October Light

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 001097

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GARDNER, John

On Becoming a Novelist

New York, Harper & Row, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Raymond Carver. Covers slightly bowed; spotting bulked edges of text. Very Good in a bright, Very Good or better dustwrapper with a very small tear near the top of the spine .

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Book number: 001102

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Keywords: Literary Firsts, John Gardner, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Literary Criticism, Raymond Carver Raymond Carver Creative Writing Literature: American Literary Criticism

GARDNER, John

The Wreckage of Agathon

New York, Harper & Row, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Accomplished writer's second novel, a metaphysical jaunt in ancient Greece. A bit of soiling to the covers. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 008325

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Ancient Greece Modern First Editions Literature: American Ancient Greece

GARNETT, David

The Golden Echo

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). First American Edition. Hardcover. AN INTIMATE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE PORTRAIT OF A LITERARY GENERATION. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. Fine in a slightly browned, close to Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015145

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Autobiography, David Garnett Modern First Editions 20th Century British Literature Literature: English Autobiography

GARRETT, George

The Sleeping Gypsy

Austin, University of Texas, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Garrett's third book. Illustrated with drawings by Jo Alys Downs. Ill.: Jo Alys Downs. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 004987

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Southern Literature Jo Alys Downs Modern First Editions Southern Literature Modern Poetry Literature: American

GASS, William

Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps with publisher's material stapled to inside front cover. Fine .

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Book number: 020706

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Uncorrected Proof, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Literature: American Modern Firsts Uncorrected Proof

GIBB, Robert

Entering Time

(Daleville, IN), (The Barnwood Press), (1986). First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps. Poetry by this Pennsylvania native. Minor wear. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021461

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Keywords: Modern Poetry, Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Pennsylvania Poetry Literature: American