FROST, ROBERT. West-Running Brook. New York: Holt, [1928]. Woodcut illustration by J.J. Lankes. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, paper label (fore-corners a bit worn), imperfect dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, second state (presumed) with the words "First Edition" on the copyright page. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Frost to Norma Brickell and with the 12-line poem "Revelation" WRITTEN OUT AND SIGNED BY FROST on a front blank page. The poem originally appeared in Frost's first book, A Boy's Will (1913). The recipient was the wife of Herschel Brickell (see following lots). Crane A10.

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FROST, ROBERT. West-Running Brook. New York: Holt, [1928]. Woodcut illustration by J.J. Lankes. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, paper label (fore-corners a bit worn), imperfect dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, second state (presumed) with the words "First Edition" on the copyright page. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Frost to Norma Brickell and with the 12-line poem "Revelation" WRITTEN OUT AND SIGNED BY FROST on a front blank page. The poem originally appeared in Frost's first book, A Boy's Will (1913). The recipient was the wife of Herschel Brickell (see following lots). Crane A10.
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