North of Boston

Lot 252
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Lot 252 | North of Boston
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North of Boston
The Swann-Martin copy
FROST, Robert (1874-1963). North of Boston. London: David Nutt, 1914.

The Swann-Martin copy of the first edition, first issue of Frost’s second published book. Two of Frost's most beloved poems, "Mending Wall" and "After Apple Picking," appear in this collection. Critic Edward Garnett reviewed the book in the Atlantic in August 1915: "It seemed to me that this poet was destined to take a permanent place in American literature." Crane A3.

Octavo. Original olive-green cloth (minute touch of rubbing at extremities). Provenance: Arthur Swann (bookplate) – H. Bradley Martin (bookplate, Sotheby's New York, 30 Jan 1990, lot 2047).
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