A-wishing well/ by Robert Frost, 1874-1963.

Title:

A-wishing well/ by Robert Frost, 1874-1963.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963,

Call Number:

811 FV97cc

Publication Information:

New York: The Spiral Press, 1959.

Physical Description:

5 unnumbered pages: illustrations; 14.5 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This 1959 Christmas card is the first edition of the poem which was published in the collection In the Clearing. Thomas Nason provided the wood-engraved illustrations. The Spiral Press printed 10,760 copies, including 30 extra sets for Robert Frost, imprints, as follows: 1. Robert Frost, 670 copies; 2.Leslie Frost Ballantine and Joseph W. Ballantine, 370 copies; 3. Ann and Joseph Blumenthal, 445 copies; 4. Lillian Frost, 75 copies; 5.Elinor and Malcolm Wilber, 75 copies; 6.Phyllis and William Prescott Frost, 100 copies; 7. Marguerite and Fred Melcher, 160 copies; 8. Leda and Stanley Burnshaw; 9.Leslie Lee Francis, 75 copies; 10. Walter I. Bradbury, 210 copies; 11.Eleanor and Al Edwards, 105 copies; 12.Al Edwards, 185 copies; 13. Gwen and Ed Rigg, 50 copies; 14. Edgar T. Rigg, 210 copies; 15.Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg, 50 copies; 16. Frank Forsberg, 50 copies; 17. Margaret and Tom Nason, 160 copies; 18. Craig T. Senft, 100 copies; 19.Henry Holt and Company, 6,870 copies; 20. Helen and Alden Clark, 100 copies. This copy has a Robert Frost imprint.

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

Subjects:

Poetry. , Christmas cards.

People:

Van Der Aue, Kathleen, , Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971,

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

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