Description
The first editions, first printings of the complete three-volume biography of Robert Frost by Lawrance Thompson, winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize.
Octavo, [three volumes], xxvi, 641pp; xxi, 743pp; xxiii, 468pp. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt over black label on the spine. Each volume a first printing, with corresponding statement or number line. All appear unread, clean throughout. In the publisher’s near fine dust jackets, light shelf wear, volume I price clipped, retail price on front flap of volumes II and III. Label removed from rear panel of volume I.
A handsome set.
The set includes Robert Frost: The Early Years, 1874-1915; Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938; and Robert Frost: The Later Years, 1938-1963, the final volume completed with R.H. Winnick after Thompson’s death. The Years of Triumph won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, and The Early Years was a 1967 National Book Award finalist.
