New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce original glassine has a couple of small chips but is in very nice condition. Fine, bright copy in the original glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a little professional mending. J. J. Lankes. Cloth-backed boards decorated with a pattern of maple leaves. Crane A10.1: "Though printed in the same year as the first [trade] edition by the same publisher, this edition is in an entirely different setting and format with different pagination." Illustrated with a frontispiece and three woodcuts by J. J. Lankes, each plate SIGNED by the artist in pencil. Copy #59 of 1000 SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. Contains the title poem, "Spring Pools," and "Acquainted With the Night," among others.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015968
Title: WEST-RUNNING BROOK
Author: FROST, Robert
Illustrator: J. J. Lankes
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - The scarce original glassine has a couple of small chips but is in very nice condition. Fine, bright copy in the original glassi
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (1928)
Keywords: Signed, Modern First Editions, Limited, Modern Firsts, Robert Frost, Modern Poetry
Bookseller catalogs: Limited;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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