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8vo. 56 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Thomas W. Nason. Original tan cloth. In the original dust jacket (lacking the spine panel). Provenance: Susan Pope (presentation inscription from the author; signature on front free endpaper). Presentation copy, inscribed by Frost under Susan Pope's ownership signature: "from Robert Frost / Agnes Scott 1946." Frost first visited Agnes Scott College in 1935 for a single lecture. He returned in 1940, and from 1945 until his death in 1963 he visited the college every winter. Each time he gave a single lecture and spent the remaining time with students and faculty, "in the president's home, in classrooms, in the library, or in the dining hall. He took late night walks around the campus and the neighborhood, and with his own key to the president's house made himself at home. His last visit to the college was in January 1962" (Agnes Scott College Special Collections). Susan Pope was a student and admirer of the poet and assembled a fine collection of books signed and/or inscribed by Frost during her years at the college. Crane A2.2. A fine copy in a defective jacket.

A Boy's Will, Robert Frost's first published book of poetry, introducing themes that would recur throughout his work.