Books

Second American and First illustrated edition. Neat contemporary dated (1919) ownership signature of artist Eleanor Norcross to the front endpaper. Short split to the upper front inner hinge, else fine in darker green cloth over dark green boards with a cover label of gold Chinese paper with titles in green; in the original matching dark green printed dust jacket with chipping to the crown of the spine. The poet's second book illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Frost and fourteen tissue-guarded plates by James Chapin. An unstated limited edition of 500 copies printed on white laid linen-rag paper with fore-edges uncut. A lovely edition. Crane A3.3.

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.