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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed, American first edition, first printing of the author’s first published book. This edition saw a first printing of 750 copies in April 1915, one month after the American edition of North of Boston (reversing the publication order of the British first editions). Condition is near fine in a very good dust jacket. The blue cloth binding is square, tight, and beautifully clean, with deep color, and vivid gilt. Trivial shelf wear appears confined to the bottom edges. The contents are clean with no spotting. Age-toning is mild and the sole previous ownership mark is a neatly inked name on the front free endpaper. Second state of the first printing is confirmed by absence of the misspelling in the last line on page 14. The first state jacket features “75 Cents Net” on the spine and front face and a blank rear face. Loss is minor, confined to the spine ends, flap fold corners, a…

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.