New Hampshire. A Poem With Notes And Grace Notes [INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FROST]

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923. First edition, First printing. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Octavo. x, 113 [1]pp. Original half green cloth over gray paper-covered boards with black lettering on gilt paper-plate, gilt lettering and tooling on spine; protected by modern mylar. Textured endpapers. Small woodcut on front free endpaper. Frontispiece woodcut. Inscribed to Campbell Bonner, the American classicist and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences "For Campbell Bonner and his whole poetical family from their friend Robert Frost" on front endpaper. Dedicated to Vermont and Michigan. Illustrated with four full page and two small woodcuts by J. J. Lankes.

"It becomes more and more apparent that Robert Frost is New England’s most authentic poet, and by authentic poet we mean the most sincere, foursquare and forthright who has tried to lay a finger on the slow and positive pulse of the New England north of Boston and sound the secret of its heart." (Mike Pride). Contains "Stopping By Woods On A Smokey Evening," the first printing of Frost's most famous poem. Without dustjacket. Minor wear of binding, and small, light brown paper chip laid in with offsetting to top of pages 78/79 at gutter. (Inventory #: 54762)