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Robert Frost. West-Running Brook, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1928.

 Item

Dates

  • From the Collection: Creation: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1964
  • From the Collection: Creation: 1920-2004

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Registration with the collection is required. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 109 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Materials Specific Details

1st edition, limited (1/1000) numbered and signed, top edge gilt, green cloth spine with leaf patterned boards. The book is signed in full by Frost on the colophon page, which states the present copy is "Number 204" of the limited edition. The volume is additionally illustrated by artist J.J. Lankes with four full page woodcut illustrations, each of which is signed in pencil by Lankes. The original tissue guard also accompanies each of the four illustratins. The text of this collection includes Frost's popular poem "Acquainted witht eh Night." Slight unobtrusive discoloration to cloth at foot of spine, else a fine copy.

Repository Details

Part of the Nicholson Library Special Collections Repository

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