In The Clearing – Robert Frost
NF/VG 1st Print

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of In The Clearing by Robert Frost in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1962 Holt. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, cloth boards, strong title ink on a square spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the half title page. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with the $4.00 price on the front flap, mild surface wear and heavy edge wear on the rear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

This was the last collection of new poems to appear during Robert Frost’s lifetime and it became a national best-seller upon publication. Nominated for the National Book Award for Poetry and selected as an ALA Notable Book for that year, this classic includes “The Gift Outright,” which Frost recited at JFK’s inauguration on January 20, 1961.

Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap. Thin volume.