HANDWRITTEN POETIC QUOTATION SIGNED by ROBERT FROST Start Price USD 749.99 Current Price USD 749.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 19, 2008 Location Robert Frost Country See more about 'HANDWRITTEN POETIC QUOTATION SIGNED by ROBERT FROST' Description ***AUTOGRAPHED POETIC QUOTATION SIGNED BY ROBERT FROST*** "AS IF REGRET WERE IN IT AND WERE SACRED" IN WEST-RUNNING BROOK BY ROBERT FROST ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS BY J. J. LANKES New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1928.  First Edition with "First Edition" stated on the Copyright Page [See Crane A10].  Hardcover with dark gray-green paper-covered boards backed with dark green cloth with an illustration on a gold gilt paper label set in a panel stamped on the front cover, and lettered in gold gilt along the spine. 5 3/4" by 8 3/4".  64 pages.  Beautifully illustrated with a Frontispiece and three other full-page black & white Woodcut Engravings by the noted Artist and Illustrator, J. J. Lankes. Robert Frost's Fifth Book of Poetry, West-Running Brook, contains 39 of the Poet's poems, including "Spring Pools," "Acceptance," "Once by the Pacific," "A Minor Bird," "Bereft," "Tree at My Window," "Acquainted with the Night," "Sand Dunes," "The Flower Boat," "The Last Mowing," "The Armful" and the title poem, "West-Running Brook."  Robert Frost was awarded a record-breaking total of Four Pulitzer Prizes in Poetry for his poems. THIS IS AN AUTOGRAPHED PRESENTATION COPY WITH A HANDWRITTEN POETIC QUOTATION BY THE POET AT THE TOP OF THE BLANK FRONT FREE ENDPAPER WITH HIS TYPICAL FOUNTAIN-PEN-AND-BLACK-INK SIGNATURE AND IN HIS UNIQUE AND INIMITABLE HANDWRITING: "AS IF REGRET WERE IN IT AND WERE SACRED"                                                  ROBERT FROST      FOR JESSIE HART WAINWRIGHT The poetic quotation is from line 60 of the title poem, "West-Running Brook," which appears on page 37 of this book.  "West-Running Brook" refers to a stream that flowed westward near the Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire where the Poet lived from about 1900 to 1910.  Corners chipped as usual on this 80-year-old book and covers slightly worn, else a Very Good Autographed First Edition Copy in nice, tight, clean and very collectible condition without any previous owners' bookplates or ink inscriptions or markings of any kind.  Copies of Robert Frost's Books with Autograph Poetic Quotations Signed by the Poet are very rare.  Buyer pays $10.00 Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation in the U.S.  Insurance required and additional at cost. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!