A cabin in the clearing/ by Robert Frost.

Title:

A cabin in the clearing/ by Robert Frost.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Call Number:

811 FV97u

Publication Information:

New York: The Spiral Press, 1951.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages: illustrations ; 14.5 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This 1951 Christmas card is the first edition of the poem, which was published in the collection In the Clearing. This collection has two copies. One copy has a Henry Holt and Company imprint. The other has a Robert Frost imprint and is inscribed by him: "Dear Mrs. Olds [At Christmas 1951 a new poem comest to you with Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost] your young protege". Frost added a line underline to the word new. Jean Olds has a PHD in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago and was a personal friend of Robert Frost. Provenance docmumentation is included in the scrapbook that this card is collected in. The Sprial Press printed 3,750 copies, including 25 extra sets for Robert Frost, imprints as follows: 1. Robert Frost, 475 copies; 2. Theodore Amussen, 150 copies; 3. Ann and Joseph Blumenthal, 375 copies; 4. William E. Buckley, 150 copies; 5. Alden H. Clark, 75 copies; 6. Alfred C. Edwards, 100 copies; 7. Eleanor and Alfred Edwards, 75 copies; 8. Leslie Frost, 150 copies; 9. Henry Holt and Company, 1, 325 copies; 10. Marguerite and Fred Melcher, 175 copies; 11. Edgar T. Rigg, 100 copies; 12. Gwen and Ed Rigg, 75 copies; 13. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg, 75 copies; 14. Ben Wright, 75 copies.

[This card is a part of the Holiday Greetings form Frost scrapbook; 811 FV97.]

Subjects:

Poetry. , Christmas cards.

People:

Van Der Aue, Kathleen.

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Credit Line:

Gift of Kathleen Van Der Aue in memory of her brother Harrison "Dinty" Moore; February 24, 2022;