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London: David Nutt, 1913. First edition. Near Fine. Second issue, binding "D," in cream linen-paper wraps, stamped in black, and with four-petaled flowers. Rubber-stamped "Printed in Great Britain" on the copyright page. Inscribed to William Manthey-Zorn, the son of Otto Manthey-Zorn, a professor of German at Amherst who, with his wife Ethel, were neighbors and good friends to Robert and Elinor Frost. A lovely Near Fine copy overall with the wrappers a bit wavy, but otherwise bright and fresh. Housed in a custom maroon cloth clamshell with a black morocco spine label. Robert Frost's first commercially published collection of poems, the text is semi-autobiographic, reflecting in-part on the early years of Frost's life, and engages with themes of nature, introspection, and emotional life. A Boy's Will was described by Ezra Pound in a contemporary review as "a little raw...[with] the tang of the New Hampshire woods, and it has just this utter sincerity." Frost's poems were…

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.