NORTH OF BOSTON
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (Dec. 1925). Second Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Later Printing (December 1925) of Frost's second book. Portrait frontispiece of the author. SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper with a three-line stanza from a poem in the book "Blueberries": "Who cares what they say? It's a nice way to live/Just taking what Nature is willing to give/Not forcing her hand with harrow and plow/Robert Frost/For Fred Black." A small (3-3/8" x 4-3/8") original photograph of Frost in a suit standing with two other men is tipped to the front endpaper below the inscription. Fred Black was editor of Henry Ford's DEARBORN INDEPENDENT. Evidence of removal of bookplate on the front pastedown; light edgewear. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Item #019762
Price: $2,500.00