Books

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. J. J. Lankes. This is a jacketed first trade edition, first printing of the book that won Robert Frost his first Pulitzer Prize. New Hampshire includes several of Frost’s most well-known poems, including “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, “Fire and Ice”, and “Dust of Snow”. The first edition is a lovely production, bound in quarter dark green linen cloth over dark green paper-covered boards, with a gold paper label on the front cover illustrated and printed in black, and gilt print and decoration on the spine. The contents are printed on white wove paper with gilt top edge, illustrated with four woodcuts by J. J. Lankes (1884-1960), and bound with mottled tan endpapers and yellow and green head and foot bands. This copy is very good in a good plus dust jacket. The lovely but fragile publisher’s binding is square, tight, and unfaded. Wear is substantially…

New Hampshire is a collection of poems by Robert Frost that captures the essence of rural life in New England, brilliantly balancing themes of nature and human beings. One of its most famous poems is 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.'

First editions have the date '1923' on the title page, and 'Printed in U.S.A.' on the copyright page.