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Originally published in England [David Nutt, 1914], and in America [Henry Holt, 1915], this is the Second American Edition, with illustrations by James Chapin. Limited to 500 copies, it's beautifully printed letterpress on special paper, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A Fine copy in quarter dark green cloth over dark green paper covered boards, spine gilt, with front cover label (rather tarnished as usual), in a Near Fine or better example of the fragile dark green dustwrapper, tiny nicks to rear top spine-fold and lower front spine-fold. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Crane A3.3. Lovely copy. Q14620.

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.