Kitty Hawk: 1894/ by Robert Frost.

Title:

Kitty Hawk: 1894/ by Robert Frost.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963,

Call Number:

811 FV97z

Publication Information:

New York: The Spiral Press, 1956.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages: illustrated; 15 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This 1956 Christmas card is the first edition of this poem which has never appeared in this form again. Frost revised it three times and the third revision became his central theme for In the Clearing. The Spiral Press printed 7,000 copies, including 25 extra sets for Robert Frost, imprints as follows: 1.Robert Frost, 600 copies; 2. Leslie Frost Ballantine and Joseph W. Ballantine, 250 copies; 3. Ann and Joseph Blumenthal, 400 copies; 4. William E. Buckley, 250 copies; 5.Howard Cady, 100 copies; 6.Alden Clark, 25 copies; 7.Al Edwards, 125 copies; 8.Eleanor and Al Edwards, 100 copies; 9.Leslie Lee Francis, 50 copies; 10.Leona and Antonio Frasconi, 150 copies; 11.Lillian Frost, 50 copies; 12. Marguerite and Fred Melcher, 150 copies; 13.Gwen and Ed [Rigg], 50 copies, 14.Edgar T. Rigg, 100 copies; 15.Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg, 50 copies; 16.Elinor and Malcolm Wilber, 75 copies; 17.Ben Wright, 50 copies; 18.The Ben Wrights, 50 copies; 19.Henry Holt and Company, 2,950 copies; 20. Phyllis and William Prescott Frost, 100 copies; 21. Mr. And Mrs. J. Patrick Lanahan, 600 copies. This copy has an Eleanor and Al Edwards imprint. Illustrations by Antonio Frasconi.

[This card is a part of the Holiday Greetings from Frost scrapbook; 811 FV97z.]

Subjects:

Poetry. , Christmas cards.

People:

Van Der Aue, Kathleen, , Frasconi, Antonio, 1919-2013,

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;