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Robert Frost. Complete set of 21 variations of imprints of his Christmas keepsake "Kitty Hawk."...
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Robert Frost. Complete set of 21 variations of imprints of his Christmas keepsake "Kitty Hawk." [New York: The Spiral Press, 1956].21 volumes, 12mo (in ten). Publisher's illustrated wrappers, with a map design by Antonio Frasconi, interior woodcuts also by Frasconi. Gathered together in original brown paper band; housed together in a green cloth slipcase, with matching chemise.
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS BIOGRAPHER LAWRANCE THOMPSON on the brown paper wrapper holding the complete set: "Lawrance Thompson / from / R F. / All the imprints · 21."
Crane records that The Spiral Press printed 7,000 copies over 21 varying names (imprints) of this 1956 Christmas poem, the first appearance of "Kitty Hawk." After this first appearance of the poem, Frost revised it three times, the final revised version provided the central theme for Frost's last book, In the Clearing (1962). Here, Frost transmits one of each of the 21 variations. The names include his own; his daughter and son-in-law, Lesley Frost and Joseph W. Ballantine; other family members; his typographer and wife, Ann & Joseph Blumenthal; his publisher, Henry Holt and Company; the artist and wife, Leona & Antonio Frasconi; and others.
Lawrance Thompson (1906-1973) was an English professor and noted academic. He authored numerous books on American poets, including a three-part biography of Robert Frost. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Biography in 1971 for the second part of his biography of Frost.
Condition: Fine.
References: Crane B28.
Provenance: Lawrance Thompson (presentation inscription); purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, Inc., New York, in 1975. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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