[Rarebooks] FS: Signed Robert Frost contract dated March 20, 1909 (for his poem "The Flower Boat")

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Frost, Robert. Printed contract (approx. 8" x 5") completed in manuscript, 
signed by Robert Frost, March 20, 1909, for his poem "The Flower Boat." 
Frost received $10.00 payment from the Perry Mason Company, the publisher of 
"The Youth's Companion" magazine, for the poem.     $1,000.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The poem was printed 2 months later in the May 20, 1909 issue of "The 
Youth's Companion." It was later printed in Frost's famous collection of poems, 
WEST-RUNNING BROOK in 1928. A very early contract; Frost's first book 
publication was 1913.

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