FROST, Robert. Selected Poems. (1932 - INSCRIBED WITH A POEM - NEW EDITION FOURTH PRINTING)

AUTHOR: FROST, Robert. 

TITLE: Selected Poems.

PUBLISHER: NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1932.

DESCRIBITION: INSCRIBED WITH A POEM NEW EDITION FOURTH PRINTING. 1 vol., bound in the publisher’s original gilt stamped green cloth backed boards, inscribed on the title-page with a four line quote on page 11 from the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, “Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower. Robert Frost For Marion Ayres Guion”.

CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, a VERY GOOD copy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The opening line "Nature's first green is gold" sets the foundational metaphor for Robert Frost's famous 8-line poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay." It is deeply important because it equates the earliest, most tender moments of spring growth with precious gold, establishing a theme of transient youth, innocence, and ultimate impermanence.

The recipient Marion Ayres Guion (1902-1968) was a Dallas philanthropist and library benefactor who was briefly married to American composer David Wendel Guion (famous for arranging "Home on the Range"). While David Guion's musical career and various poetry settings intersected with the broader literary and-music circles of his era he had received awards named after Robert Frost.