# Is "North of Boston" by Robert Frost a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of North of Boston by Robert Frost (David Nutt, 1914) is identified by: Frost's second book, again a London first. The UK David Nutt edition of 1914 precedes the US Henry Holt edition of 1914.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Frost's second book, again a London first
- About 1,000 sets of first-edition sheets were bound in several variant states over roughly eight years
- The genuine first issue, first binding state is coarse olive-green cloth bearing a blind-rule border at the edges of the front cover and lacking any rubber-stamped 'Printed in Great Britain' on the title-page verso; roughly 350 copies were bound and sold before the First World War
- The David Nutt imprint and the '6/-' price are present
- Publisher imprint reads David Nutt
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Frost |
| Publisher | David Nutt |
| Year | 1914 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Frost's second book, again a London first |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Frost's second book, again a London first. About 1,000 sets of first-edition sheets were bound in several variant states over roughly eight years. The genuine first issue, first binding state is coarse olive-green cloth bearing a blind-rule border at the edges of the front cover and lacking any rubber-stamped 'Printed in Great Britain' on the title-page verso; roughly 350 copies were bound and sold before the First World War. The David Nutt imprint and the '6/-' price are present.

## Is this the true first?
The UK David Nutt edition of 1914 precedes the US Henry Holt edition of 1914. The London printing is the true first; the Holt edition is the first American.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club. Later first-issue binding states were rubber-stamped 'Printed in Great Britain' on the copyright/title verso; the earliest (Binding A) lacks that stamp. The US Holt 1914 carries an American imprint.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *North of Boston* by Robert Frost a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/north-of-boston
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.