FROST, Robert. Steeple Bush. (FIRST TRADE EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY - 1947)

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AUTHOR: FROST, Robert

TITLE: Steeple Bush.

PUBLISHER: NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1947.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 volume, 8-1/2" x 5-3/4", inscribed by Frost on the front blank endleaf "To Mabel Connick in fond memory of the man whose colors will always light my windows Robert Frost 1947". Bound in the publisher's original green cloth, NEAR FINE, with the original DJ, VG+.

REFERENCE: Crane A30.1.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The recipient was the wife of Charles Jay Connick whose "Adventures in Light and Color" (NY, 1947) contained the first appearance of Frost's poem, "Unless I call it a pewter tray... [first line]". See Crane C36.