[Rarebooks] FS: Robert Frost Inscribed to his printer Joseph Blumenthal

[Charles Agvent]

 From our newly posted internet catalog of 118 Robert Frost items 
including approximately 75 SIGNED items of which approximately 20 
contain lines of poetry, in some cases complete stanzas or poems, in the 
hand of Frost.

FROST, Robert (BLUMENTHAL, Joseph). THE LONE STRIKER. (New  York):
(Knopf)  (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 inside of the  front  cover:  "For
Joseph  Blumenthal/from  R.F." Blumenthal's Spiral Press printed  most
of  Frost's  Christmas  greetings  as well  as  several  other  titles
including  the  1930 Limited COLLECTED POEMS and the 1961  DEDICATION.
THE  GIFT OUTRIGHT. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Also included is the  small
pamphlet--ROBERT  FROST  AND  THE  SPIRAL  PRESS--a  brief  memoir  by
Blumenthal  printed  by  him in an edition of 450  copies  in  1963. A
superb  Association  Copy. Both items are Fine, housed  together  in a
cloth chemise.                                                $2000.00


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