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FROST, Robert. Dedication. The Gift Outright... Presented on the Steps of the Nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. as Part of the Inaugural Ceremonies January the Twentieth, 1961. New York: The Spiral Press, 1961.
4o. Title printed in red and black. Original grey printed boards, Presidential seal at center of front cover; glassine dust jacket. Provenance: John Ciardi (1916-1986), American poet (presentation inscription).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, number 443 of 500 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FROST TO THE POET JOHN CIARDI on the half-title: "To John from Robert. American par excellence." Ciardi, known for his fine translations of Dante, was a protégé of the thorny Frost and was his hand-picked successor as Director of the Bread Loaf writers conference at Middlebury College. VERY SCARCE INSCRIBED. Crane A40.
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KENNEDY, John F. The Place of the Artist in Society. New York: The Spiral Press, 1964. 12o. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, one of 600 copies of Kennedy's address at the dedication of the Frost Library at Amherest in 1963.
[With:]
CIARDI, John. In Ego with Us All. Offprint from: The Grecourt Review, Vol. II, No. 2, February 1959. 8o. Original printed wrappers. RARE OFFPRINT ISSUE, SIGNED BY CIARDI, probably one of 50 or fewer copies. (3)
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FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, number 443 of 500 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FROST TO THE POET JOHN CIARDI on the half-title: "To John from Robert. American par excellence." Ciardi, known for his fine translations of Dante, was a protégé of the thorny Frost and was his hand-picked successor as Director of the Bread Loaf writers conference at Middlebury College. VERY SCARCE INSCRIBED. Crane A40.
[With:]
KENNEDY, John F. The Place of the Artist in Society. New York: The Spiral Press, 1964. 12
[With:]
CIARDI, John. In Ego with Us All. Offprint from: The Grecourt Review, Vol. II, No. 2, February 1959. 8