A young birch/ by Robert Frost.

Title:

A young birch/ by Robert Frost.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Call Number:

811 FV97p

Publication Information:

[New York]: The Spiral Press, 1946.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages: illustrations; 13.5 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This 1946 Christmas card is the first edition of the poem which was also published in the collection Steeple Bush. Illustrations by Joseph Low. The Spiral Press printed 3,445 copies with imprints, as follows:1. Robert Frost, 300 copies; 2. Siri Andrews, 500 copies; 3. Ann and Joseph Blumenthal, 225 copies; 4. Joseph A. Brandt, 250 copies; 5. Joe Duffy, 240 copies; 6. Alfred C. Edwards, 50 copies; 7. Henry Holt and Company, 1,160 copies; 8. Denver Lindley, 150 copies; 9. Ruth and Joseph Low, 150 copies; 10.Marguerite and Fred Melcher, 150 pages. The discrepancy of 250 copies between the totalnumber and the number of various names is accounted for by 25 sets with all names represented made up for Robert Frost. In 1946 and form 1949 on, 25 or 30 sets were sent to Frost. This copy has a Siri Andrews imprint.

[This card is a par tof hte Holiday Greetings from Frost scrapbook; 811 FV97.]

Subjects:

Poetry. , Christmas cards.

People:

Van Der Aue, Kathleen, , Low, Joseph, 1911-2007,

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;