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First separate edition, no. 67 of 91 copies printed by James & Hilda Wells, each signed by the author. [32] pp. 1 vols. Square 16mo. Frost s whimsical play, the second book of the Slide Mountain press of James R. Wells, "an attractive playboy, with enough money to engage in fine press printing" (Thompson). Crane A13; Thompson, Selected Letters of Robert Frost, nos. 268, 277, 279, and note at pp. 346-7; Ransom p. 421 Publisher's patterned paper boards, printed paper spine label. Binding slightly darkening and bowing, spine very fragile First separate edition, no. 67 of 91 copies printed by James & Hilda Wells, each signed by the author. N° de réf. du vendeur 370071
Titre : The Cow s in the Corn. A One-Act Irish Play ...
Éditeur : The Slide Mountain Press, Gaylordsville, [Conn.]
Date d'édition : 1929
Reliure : [32] pp. 1 vols. Square 16mo
Signé : Signé par l'auteur
Vendeur : White Mountains, NH Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. A Uniquely Bound example of this scarce work with an inscription by Frost dated Mar 7, 1933 in Amherst, Mass. A variant HC not listed in any online sources, possibly privately bound. Edition & printing # unknown. Photos available. One page states the permission to perform the plat transferred to ??? in Amherst, Mass., 1933. N° de réf. du vendeur 018394
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Vendeur : Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. First Separate Edition. This is a singular copy of the limited, numbered, and signed first separate edition of Frost's whimsical "One-Act Irish Play". While other copies of the 91 produced often feature just Frost's signature, this copy is signed and dated in three lines on the half-title: "Robert Frost | Franconia | 1929" in addition to being hand-numbered "51" and signed by the publishers "James R. Wells & Hilda Wells" on the colophon. Frost's dated Franconia signature, along with superlative condition of the book, which is still housed in the original envelope, would render this copy special. Rendering it truly exceptional is provenance. This book is housed in a special pamphlet binder with an integral envelope. This binder houses the book and original publisher's envelope, as well as a 17 October 1929 autograph letter signed from Frost's friend and fellow poet Edward Arlington Robinson to the publisher thanking him for the gift of this copy. The pamphlet binder and provenance notes within are those of the great bibliophile Frederick B. Adams Jr., evidenced by Adams's handwriting and bookplate.Condition of the volume is near-fine. The illustrated paper-covered boards are clean, square, and tight. The original printed paper spine label is intact. The contents, printed on laid paper with untrimmed fore and bottom edges, are clean, with no spotting, soiling, or previous ownership marks. Robinson's ALS is near fine, complete, with just a tiny bit of soiling and a miniscule closed tear at the bottom edge. It retains its original, neatly slit, franked envelope, hand-addressed by Robinson. The original laid paper envelope housing the book, on which is typed "Robert Frost, THE COW'S IN THE CORN" is complete and unsealed, with only minor wear to extremities. Most of the face of the envelope is filled with Adams's notes about Frost's 7 September 1929 letter to the publisher, requesting that Wells "send the. books along for me to sign and so earn a maximum royalty on the retail published price." Further notes from Adams fill the flap side of the binder's larger, tipped-on envelope that houses both the book and its original envelope. Adams discusses Robinson's perhaps cheeky comment in his letter that "the Frost book" for which he thanks Wells for sending "appears to be a masterpiece of drama and suspense." Adams also notes Wells's previous publication of Robinson's Fortunatus (1928) and notes that this copy of "The Cow's in the Corn" lacks the errata slip present in some other copies. Adams's case (identified by a sticker as a "PHOTOMOUNT PAMPHLET BINDER. Manufactured By GAYLORD BROS.") is quarter dark red buckram over gray paper-covered sides with two paper labels affixed to the front cover, one for the book, the other for Robinson's ALS to Wells. Adams's distinctive bookplate is affixed to the inner front cover. The case shows modest shelf wear to extremities."Franconia" in Frost's inscription is the town in northwest New Hampshire where Frost and his family made their home on a farm from 1915 to 1920, and summered for 18 years thereafter. The home is now a museum that hosts poetry conferences, workshops, and an annual festival. That E. A. Robinson received and commented on this copy gifted by the publisher represents a lovely intersection of two great contemporary poets. Early in Frost's career, he developed "a friendship based on mutual admiration" with fellow poet and playwright Edward Arlington Robinson (1869-1935), who was then considered the leading poet of New England. Robinson would win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry three times (1922, 1925, 1928) - second to Frost's still-unrivalled four (1924, 1931, 1937, 1943). Quite remarkably, between them, these two poets won nearly a third of the first 22 Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry awarded.This may help explain why the first and second publications of The Slide Mountain Press were of Robinson and Frost, respectively. Wells has been described as "an attractive playboy, with money enough to engage in fine press. N° de réf. du vendeur 008740
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