[Rarebooks] FS: Robert Frost's THE LONE STRIKER with superb inscription

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Mon Jul 9 12:53:34 EDT 2007


One of about 60 interesting Robert Frost items that can be found on our 
web page: http://www.erols.com/agvent

FROST, Robert THE LONE STRIKER
(Knopf) (New York) (1933) First Edition. A small pamphlet containing 
just the title poem and issued as Number Eight of the Borzoi Chap Books 
series. Crane A17: 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the 
author with his initials on the blank page opposite the beginning of the 
text: "To Richard Hocking/from one whose life/has been spent 
in/questing(?) without/prejudice to anyone/or anything --R.F./Christmas 
1933." Upper right corner slightly bumped, minuscule closed tear at 
bottom of front cover. Rare with such a superb inscription. Near Fine 
$1500.00
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