The constant symbol/ by Robert Frost.

Title:

The constant symbol/ by Robert Frost.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963,

Call Number:

811 FV97gg

Publication Information:

New York: The Spiral Press, 1962.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages; 23 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This pamphlet was sent by Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Waller Barrett for Christmas 1962. The Spiral Press printed 500 copies. Waller Barrett was a friend of Robert Frost and his pre-eminent collector, whose collection is now housed at the University of Virginia in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library.The pamphlet begins with a frost quotation, then there is a photograph of Frost signed To Cornelia and Waller from Robert. There is next a foreward written by Mr. Barrett detailing major events in Frost's life during the year 1962. Next comes the first separate edition of A Constant Symbol, which first was published in 1946 as the introductory essay in the 1946 Modern Library edition of Frost's poems. A copy of the hand written first page of the essay is also included. Next is the poem To the Right Person, which was first printed in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 1946).

This is the last officially recognized Frost Christmas card; he died on January 29, 1963.

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

Subjects:

Poetry. , Essays. , Christmas cards.

People:

Van Der Aue, Kathleen, , Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991,

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;