Octavo, green boards and cloth lettered in black; slightly rubbed. First edition, later printing. A presentation copy, inscribed: "To William M. Pinkerton, for a number of reasons from his friend and teacher, Robert Frost, Harvard 1941," on the free endpaper ---- The descendant of the Pinkerton family, who founded Pinkerton Academy, where Frost taught, William M. Pinkerton was a student of Frost's at the University of Michigan and subsequent director of public affairs at Harvard University. A significant work with a distinguished provenance.