Description
Signed first edition, first printing of A Masque of Reason by Robert Frost.
Octavo, 23pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt spine. Stated “First Printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to some leaves. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, a few chips and short closed tears to top edge. A near fine piece. (Crane A27.1)
Signed on the front free endpaper: “Robert Frost / Albany 1947.”
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. He was the recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the Congressional Gold Medal, and was named the poet laureate of Vermont in 1961. He won Pulitzer Prizes for the following works: New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes, Collected Poems, A Further Range and A Witness Tree.
