[Rarebooks] FS: Robert Frost WEST-RUNNING BROOK with Interesting Letter

[Charles Agvent]

FROST, Robert. WEST-RUNNING BROOK. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 
(1928). First Edition. Crane A10: Presumed Second State with "First 
Edition" printed on the copyright page. Illustrated by J. J. Lankes. 
Contains the title poem, "Spring Pools," and "Acquainted With the 
Night," among others. Laid in is an undated but contemporary letter on 
Holt letterhead from Leonard Blizard, a designer/typesetter with the 
publisher, to Dr. [Robert] Leslie, founder of The Composing Room, a 
leading typesetting firm of the time, and a mentor to many of the top 
designers of the period. The letter presents this copy of the book to 
Dr. Leslie with Blizard stating, "It is a 'First Printing' & we hope you 
will enjoy it." Crane based her bibliographic point of the "First 
Edition" statement on information provided by the earlier bibliographers 
Clymer and Green who state that "it seems more likely that copies 
without 'First Edition' were printed first and the oversight remedied 
only after the greater part of the edition had been distributed." Does 
this letter refute that? Alas, the possibility that the letter was laid 
into a different copy exists, and the language of the letter itself is 
not strong enough to confirm the dissent and provide a conclusive 
answer, but it certainly raises the question. A short tear and slight 
chipping to the upper front corner of the front endpaper. The 
dustwrapper has a short closed tear at the top rear edge of the spine 
with a small chip on the spine about an inch or so down. Near Fine in a 
Near Fine dustwrapper. (#015091)        $250

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