FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1916. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. A VERY FINE COPY.
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FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1916.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth gilt (very slight rubbing to spine ends); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor chipping to spine ends and corners, minor creasing to top edge, short tear).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the repeating lines on p.88 and with "Come" instead of "Gone" on p.93. The first of Frost's books to be published first in America, Mountain Interval. includes the first appearance of two of Frost's best-known poems: "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches." Crane A4. A VERY FINE COPY.
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