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“Robert Frost” Author Signed Book “Mountain Interval”
ROBERT FROST (1874-1963). American Poet and Writer on complex social and philosophical themes, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his Poetical works.
Original 1931-Dated Hardcover Book, Author Signed, “Robert Frost” of "MOUNTAIN INTERVAL", Choice Near Mint. This important work was written by renowned American Poet Robert Frost, published by Henry Holt and Co., New York. The present treatise was author's first book to be published originally in the United States. It includes the first appearance of arguably his best known poem, "The Road Not Taken". The front flyleaf bears the Inscribed and Signed special presentation, which reads: "To Dorothy Hood - from - Robert Frost - Hanover 1948".

Interesting and timely association with Hanover, home to Dartmouth College where Frost taught in the 1940s. He would depart Hanover the same year (1948) for his beloved Amherst College, where he returned as the Simpson Lecturer, a position he will hold until his death. This rare book remains in excellent overall condition, being bound in original green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering; light cover wear, a few of the deckled page edges remain uncut, fresh and clean throughout. Volume numbers 75 pages with terminal publisher's leaf; and measures approx. 9" tall x 6" wide x .5" thick. Quite a find and a very worthy collector acquisition indeed.


Robert Frost (1874-1963) was a celebrated American poet, highly regarded for his realistic depictions of the rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work often employed themes from the early 1900's rural life in New England, using the setting to examine complex social and philosophical themes. An immensely popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes.

Although he is commonly associated with New England, Robert Frost was a native of California, born in San Francisco, and having lived there until he was 11 years old. In 1894 he sold his first poem, "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to the "New York Independent" for fifteen dollars. He married Elinor Miriam White shortly after and began supporting his growing family. Grandfather Frost purchased a farm for the young couple in Derry, New Hampshire, shortly before his death. Frost worked on the farm for nine years.

He wrote early in the mornings, producing many of the poems that would later become famous. His attempts at farming were not successful however, and Frost returned to education as an English teacher at Pinkerton Academy from 1906-11, then at the New Hampshire Normal School [now Plymouth State University] in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

In 1912, Frost sailed with his family to Great Britain, living first in Glasgow, before settling in Beaconsfield, outside London. His first book of poetry, "A Boy's Will," was published the next year. In England he made some important acquaintances, including Edward Thomas [a member of the group known as the Dymock Poets], T.E. Hulme, and Ezra Pound. Pound would become the first American to write a [favorable] review of Frost's work. Surrounded by his peers, Frost wrote some of his best work while in England

Frost returned to America in 1915, buying a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he launched a career of writing, teaching, and lecturing. From 1916-38, Frost was an English professor at Amherst College, encouraging his students to account for the sounds of the human voice in their craft. Starting in 1921, and for most of the next 42 years, Frost spent his summers and into late fall teaching at the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. In 1940 Frost bought a five acre property in Coconut Grove, Florida [which would later become South Miami]. He called the place "Pencil Pines" and spent the winters there for the rest of his life.

Frost was 86 when he spoke at the inauguration of President Kennedy in 1961. He died in Boston a little more than two years later, from a blood clot in the lungs, and was buried at the Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont. Harvard's 1965 alumni directory indicates his having received an honorary degree there; Frost also received honorary degrees from Bates College and Oxford and Cambridge universities, and he was the first to receive two honorary degrees from Dartmouth College. During his lifetime, the Robert Frost Middle School in Fairfax, Virginia, as well as the main library of Amherst College, were named after him. Though widely acclaimed, Frost's poems are also sometimes criticized for their frequently pessimistic and menacing undertones.