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Published by New York: George Braziller, 1989, 1989
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-2005. Robert Frost Himself. New York: George Braziller, 1989, 3d printing, 342pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good. 9780807612347 ISBN 0807612340.
Published by New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963) dj, 1963
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. A collection of new poems with a small selection of poems from his 1952 book "Early and Late Translation." In addition to being a rather prolific - and important - poet, whose career spanned 70 years, Burnshaw was a novelist, publisher (founder of the Dryden Press), editor, translator, critic, biographer and friend of Robert Frost and much more. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1965. Notes. 158 pp. Very near fine in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (a bit of offsetting to the endpapers) in a very good dustjacket with some rubbing and wear to the folds.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
The poet-author has written a 50 line letter in response to Valerie Gates Steven who he knew in Michigan in the late 1920's, he even has a copy of her poem in "Poet Folio"'s final issue (May-June 1929). He reminds them of his poor friend Tony who had died of throat cancer. He then refers to his last published book of poems "In the Terrified Radiance" (Barzillier, 1972), and points to page 55 which memorializes his oldest and closest friend. He writes that he was died in 1908 and died in 1967. He then writes about Tony's extended family. He goes on to say he is glad she read his "My Friend, My Father" (1981) which he says was Leon Edel's idea and he is pleaded [Leon] wrote the introduction. He writes of her later poems which were never published, and kindly suggests that his own succes was largely luck. He notes his forthcoming "Robert Frost Himself" which is already in the bookstore though the release was supposed to be November 10 [a nearly three week pre-issue of his book]. He thinks she will find the Frost book much to her interest. Note: she had a correspondence with Frost, Wallace Stevens, and John Hall Wheelock (the latter who had written dozens of letters to her). Burnside now mentions that the Forst book will be of interest since it deals also with their mutual old friend Tony and someone she might have known at Michigan, Wade Van Dore. He writes it was largely through Tony and Wade that and what I call the 'Michigan network' that I learned so much of Frost in the years before I came to know him intimately. I was his friend and editor for the past five years of his life, and just before he died he urged me to write a book about him. He thought it was impossible but now the book is just out. He writes about his wife's surgery, he signs the letter Stanley and notes in a [p.s.] that his only living daughter is also named Valerie.