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1928. First Edition. Signed. FROST, Robert. West-Running Brook. New York: Henry Holt, [1928]. Octavo, original half green cloth, mounted cover label, marbled endpapers, uncut, original dust jacket. $4500.First edition, first issue, of Frost’s fifth collection of verse, widely hailed as one of his greatest, boldly signed by the poet: “Robert Frost Wesleyan 1929.”In addition to the title poem, this volume contains ""Acquainted with the Night,"" ""Spring Pools, ""Tree at My Window"" and ""Once by the Pacific,"" among others. With four full-page woodcut illustrations by J.J. Lankes. ""Welford D. Taylor, a prominent Lankes scholar, describes the appreciation that the poet and the printmaker had for each other's work: 'What had impressed each man was a recognition of the aesthetic and thematic values he shared with the other—a ""coincidence of taste,"" as Frost put it. Both based much of their work on rural subjects, employed understatement and symbol and explored…

West-Running Brook is a collection of poetry by Robert Frost, first published in 1928. The book includes some of Frost’s well-known poems, reflecting his views on individualism and nature.