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A Limited Edition Broadside of the last Stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “Two Tramps in Mudtime”, issued during a presentation at Dartmouth College by Robert Frost, 25 February 1955, 1pp, 6*9 inches, original envelope, near fine.

Inscribed by Robert Frost to his cousin Joseph Frost. WorldCat locates just a single institutional holding at Dartmouth College. Exceptionally rare thus, and even more so inscribed with this noteworthy association. 

Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) was a historian and writer from Maine who, throughout his life, would share a close bond with his cousin Robert. With about fifty years between them, the two first met when Joseph was a young boy during Robert and Elinor's visit to the Frost ancestral home in the late 1920s. Later, Joseph's college years would be marked with frequent visits to stay with his cousin, even accompanying Robert to some of his many speaking engagements. In adulthood, he dedicated part of his time to researching and compiling records related to Frost family genealogy, a collection of which is now housed within the Portsmouth Athenaeum of New Hampshire. 

The "R.N.” referred to in the dedication is Dartmouth professor Ray Nash, who in 1943 held an exhibition at the College celebrating Frost's return as a Ticknor Fellow for the Humanities after a brief enrolment period in 1892.

"Two Tramps in Mudtime" (1936) recounts two nomadic travellers looking for work and a narrator who, despite his passion for wood cutting, ultimately gives the tramps a job, thus allowing himself to enjoy the surrounding nature.

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A Limited Edition Broadside of the last Stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “Two Tramps in Mudtime”, issued during a presentation at Dartmouth College by Robert Frost, 25 February 1955, 1pp, 6*9 inches, original envelope, near fine.

Inscribed by Robert Frost to his cousin Joseph Frost. WorldCat locates just a single institutional holding at Dartmouth College. Exceptionally rare thus, and even more so inscribed with this noteworthy association. 

Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) was a historian and writer from Maine who, throughout his life, would share a close bond with his cousin Robert. With about fifty years between them, the two first met when Joseph was a young boy during Robert and Elinor's visit to the Frost ancestral home in the late 1920s. Later, Joseph's college years would be marked with frequent visits to stay with his cousin, even accompanying Robert to some of his many speaking engagements. In adulthood, he dedicated part of his time to researching and compiling records related to Frost family genealogy, a collection of which is now housed within the Portsmouth Athenaeum of New Hampshire. 

The "R.N.” referred to in the dedication is Dartmouth professor Ray Nash, who in 1943 held an exhibition at the College celebrating Frost's return as a Ticknor Fellow for the Humanities after a brief enrolment period in 1892.

"Two Tramps in Mudtime" (1936) recounts two nomadic travellers looking for work and a narrator who, despite his passion for wood cutting, ultimately gives the tramps a job, thus allowing himself to enjoy the surrounding nature.

Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

A Limited Edition Broadside of the last Stanza of Robert Frost’s poem “Two Tramps in Mudtime”, issued during a presentation at Dartmouth College by Robert Frost, 25 February 1955, 1pp, 6*9 inches, original envelope, near fine.

Inscribed by Robert Frost to his cousin Joseph Frost. WorldCat locates just a single institutional holding at Dartmouth College. Exceptionally rare thus, and even more so inscribed with this noteworthy association. 

Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) was a historian and writer from Maine who, throughout his life, would share a close bond with his cousin Robert. With about fifty years between them, the two first met when Joseph was a young boy during Robert and Elinor's visit to the Frost ancestral home in the late 1920s. Later, Joseph's college years would be marked with frequent visits to stay with his cousin, even accompanying Robert to some of his many speaking engagements. In adulthood, he dedicated part of his time to researching and compiling records related to Frost family genealogy, a collection of which is now housed within the Portsmouth Athenaeum of New Hampshire. 

The "R.N.” referred to in the dedication is Dartmouth professor Ray Nash, who in 1943 held an exhibition at the College celebrating Frost's return as a Ticknor Fellow for the Humanities after a brief enrolment period in 1892.

"Two Tramps in Mudtime" (1936) recounts two nomadic travellers looking for work and a narrator who, despite his passion for wood cutting, ultimately gives the tramps a job, thus allowing himself to enjoy the surrounding nature.

Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.