LOT #91060 |
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Robert Frost. "One More Brevity". [New York: The Spiral Press,] 1953....
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Description
Frost's Personal 1953 "Christmas Card" Signed by the Poet
Robert Frost. "One More Brevity". [New York: The Spiral Press,] 1953.First edition, this copy being one of 587 copies reserved for Frost's personal Christmas card, with his name printed on the title-page. Twelvemo. Unpaginated [8 leaves]. Designed by Philip Grushkin.
Yellow-cream stapled wrappers. Two tiny spots of foxing on front cover. Warmly inscribed to "Bill and Julie" (Frost's one-time editor William Sloane and his wife) and signed "your faithful old friend, Robert." A fine copy.
In 1929, The Spiral Press issued a small run of a little holiday booklet containing a Christmas poem by Robert Frost which served as a private holiday greeting for a handful of people. Beginning in 1934, Frost and The Spiral Press began issuing this "Christmas Card" every year through Christmas, 1962 (Frost died in January, 1963). The title-page of this 1953 publication reads: "One More Brevity, A New Poem by Robert Frost. It Comes To You With Warm Holiday Greetings At Christmas 1953 From Robert Frost." This copy, signed by Frost and inscribed to his friend and former editor is a wonderful association piece.
Crane B25.
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
16th-18th
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