Frost, Robert:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

A MASQUE OF REASON. First trade edition. Presentation copy to Wilbert Snow, inscribed on the date of publication by the author on the front free endsheet: "To Bill from one of the oldest friends of him and all his works Robert Wesleyan March 26 1949." With pencil markings (presumably in Snow's hand) in the margins and traces of erased pencil annotations throughout the text.Charles Wilbert Snow (1884–1977), a poet of the Maine seacoast (especially near Spruce Head, Maine) and a professor of English at Wesleyan University (from 1921 to 1952), often arranged visits of varying lengths for Frost at Wesleyan. "During those visits the two poets became affectionate friends, although the Socialist liberalism of Snow's political views and activities offended RF's conservatism" (Thompson).

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