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London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. This first edition, first issue, final binding state of the author’s second published book is inscribed by Frost in black ink in four lines on the front free endpaper recto: "To Gladys C. Combes | from | Robert Frost | Amherst April 1935”. This inscribed “Binding F” copy is in very good condition. The green cloth binding is tight and square with bright spine and front cover gilt and no discernible fading to the green cloth or color shift between the boards and spine. We note only trivial wear to extremities and faint mottling to the cloth. The book is clearly unread; signatures from page 13 on remain uncut. We find no spotting or previous ownership marks apart from the author’s inscription. The contents show modest age-toning and transfer browning to the pastedowns and facing endpapers from the pastedown glue. Frost and his family moved to Little Iddens in early April, 1914, occupying a two-story cottage with a vegetable…

First published in 1914, North of Boston is a collection of poems by Robert Frost that solidified his reputation as one of America's most important poets. The themes in this collection include ordinary rural life and the complexities of modern existence.

The first edition features a brown cloth cover with gold lettering on the spine and an embossed design on the front cover.