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First edition, first printing, first issue binding (of which there were 350 copies or less from the overall edition of 1000) of Frost's first published book. Original bronze pebble grain cloth lettered in gilt. Covers with some sporadic spotting, corners bumped, internally quite clean. Overall a Near Fine, solid copy housed in custom folding case. I Vow to Thee, My Country (British song based on a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice circa 1921) written on rear end papers in contemporary hand - presumably by a very patriotic, poetry loving Englishman.****** "The author's first book published in England where the 40 year old poet was living in a Bungalow at Beaconsfield. He had published an earlier work in 1894 called 'Twilight. Five Poems' in an edition of 2 copies one for his future bride, Elinor White, and one for himself. He destroyed his own copy. The remaining copy is at the University of Virginia. **** Frost is closely linked with the New England region, he attempted to catch 'the…

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

The first edition of 'A Boy's Will' was published by David Nutt in 1913 and features a brown cover with gilt lettering.