From a milkweed pod/ by Robert Frost.

Title:

From a milkweed pod/ by Robert Frost.

Author:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963,

Call Number:

811 FV97x

Publication Information:

New York: The Spiral Press, 1954.

Physical Description:

5 unnumbered pages: illustrations ; 14.5 cm.

Series Title:

Kathleen Van Der Aue Robert Frost Collection.

Description:

This 1954 Christmas card is the first edition of the poem which was published in the collection In the Clearing under the title Pod of the Milkweed. This card includes illustrations by Thomas Nason. The Spiral Press printed 5,076 copies, including 25 extra sets for Robert Frost, imprints are as follows:1.Robert Frost, 598 copies; 2.Leslie Frost Ballantine and Joseph W. Ballantine, 266 copies 3.Ann and Joseph Blumenthal, 400 copies; 4.Marjory and Howard Cady, 112 copies; 5. Howard Cady, 111 copies; 6. Alden Clark, 32 copies; 7. Al Edwards, 136 copies; 8. Eleanor and Al [Edwards], 106 copies; 9. Henry Holt and Company, 1767 copies; 10. Lesley Lee Francis, 31 copies; 11. Marguerite and Fred Melcher, 154 copies; 12.Margaret and Tom Nason, 224 copies;13. Edgar T. Rigg, 104 copies; 14.Gwen and Ed [Rigg], 50 copies; 15. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg 55, copies; 16. Ben Wright, 52 copies; 17. The Ben Wrights, 254 copies. This copy has an Eleanor and Al Edwards 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;