In the Clearing.
“A GOLDEN AGE OF POETRY AND POWER OF WHICH THIS NOONDAY’S THE BEGINNING HOUR”: FIRST EDITION OF FROST’S IN THE CLEARING; SIGNED BY HIM
In the Clearing.
FROST, Robert.
Item Number: 135688
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication, “Robert Frost 62.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelander.
This collection of new poems, published the year prior to Frost’s death, includes “For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration” (although, because the bright sunlight of January 20, 1961 prevented the poet from being able to read his manuscript, Frost actually recited from memory “The Gift Outright,” also included). Crane A41.
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