Books

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (Dec. 1925). Second Edition. Hardcover. Evidence of removal of bookplate on the front pastedown; light edgewear. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Later Printing (December 1925) of Frost's second book. Portrait frontispiece of the author. SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper with a three-line stanza from a poem in the book "Blueberries": "Who cares what they say? It's a nice way to live/Just taking what Nature is willing to give/Not forcing her hand with harrow and plow/Robert Frost/For Fred Black." A small (3-3/8" x 4-3/8") original photograph of Frost in a suit standing with two other men is tipped to the front endpaper below the inscription. Fred Black was editor of Henry Ford's DEARBORN INDEPENDENT.

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.