In the original dust cover. Navy cloth binding with silver title on the spine.
POETRY: Homely evocations
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Hardcover. First printing of Robert Frost’s final volume of poetry, published on Frost’s 88th birthday, 26 March 1962, ten months before his death.

“For years, Frost’s intention was to call his last book of poetry ‘The Great Misgiving’, from line 229 of ‘Kitty Hawk.’ He finally determined, upon the urging of friends, to name the volume in a more positive light.” By associating the book with his poems from the Derry days, Frost must have been aware of a sense of closure and completion to what he must have felt would be his final volume. Publicity made ‘In the Clearing’ one of Frost’s best-selling volumes and one of his most widely read.” Iconic American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963), the quintessential poetic voice of New England, was actually born in San Francisco and first published in England.

Promising as both a student and writer, Frost nonetheless dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard, supporting himself and a young family by teaching and farming. Ironically, it was a 1912 move to England with his wife and children that finally catalyzed his recognition as a noteworthy American poet. The manuscript of A Boy’s Will was completed in England and accepted for publication by David Nutt in 1913. A convocation of critical recognition, introduction to other writers, and creative energy supported the English publication of Frost’s second book, North of Boston, in 1914, after which “Frost’s reputation as a leading poet had been firmly established in England, and Henry Holt of New York had agreed to publish his books in America.” Holt would remain Frost’s exclusive U.S. publisher for the rest of his life.