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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. Early printing of Frost's second published book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with an excerpt from his poem, The Wood Pile, "I thought that only Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks Could so forget his handiwork on which He spent himself, the labor of his axe. And leave it there far from a useful fireplace To warm the frozen swamp as best it could With the slow smokeless burning of decay. Robert Frost For Mrs. R.R. Chappell." With the recipient's bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition. Frost's North of Boston represents a pinnacle of his career, containing such classic poems as "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial," and "The Wood-pile.

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.