# Is "Come In, and Other Poems" by Robert Frost a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Come In, and Other Poems by Robert Frost (Henry Holt, 1943) is identified by: Introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. US Holt.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. A first-thus selection of previously published poems (not new work); first printing per Holt convention, with no later-printing statement
- Colorful Cosgrave dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, and black-and-white vignettes throughout; cream cloth binding
- Publisher imprint reads Henry Holt
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Frost |
| Publisher | Henry Holt |
| Year | 1943 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. A first-thus selection of previously published poems (not new work); first printing per Holt convention, with no later-printing statement. Colorful Cosgrave dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, and black-and-white vignettes throughout; cream cloth binding.

## Is this the true first?
US Holt. A first-thus collected selection rather than all-new work. Later expanded and reissued as 'The Road Not Taken: A Selection of Robert Frost's Poems' (1951), same illustrator and editor.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable club issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Come In, and Other Poems* by Robert Frost a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/come-in-and-other-poems
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.