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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1942 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Frost to Roberta and Gordon Chalmers on the front free endpaper: "For Roberta and Gordon / From Frost / 1942." Publisher's coarse blue cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with tree illustration by Alan Haemer to the front panel. Near fine book, with light toning to spine, light rubbing to bottom edges of boards, and very light spotting to endpapers and pages; in a very good unclipped dust jacket, with light fading and scuffing to spine, light wear and chipping to spine ends, some edgewear to panels with a few small closed tears, tiny chip to bottom edge of rear panel, and light staining to top of rear flap fold. Overall, a great association copy. A Witness Tree is Frost's seventh book of poems, which earned him the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The volume includes forty-two poems divided into five sections - poems…