Letter, 1951 January 13, to Herbert West.

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Letter, 1951 January 13, to Herbert West.

Letter to Herbert West, January 13, 1951, commenting on the sale of Bernheimer's collection of Frost, including the only copy of Twilight, at auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1950. Refers to Frederic Melcher's essay on the sale.

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Parke-Bernet Galleries.

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Auction house; New York, N.Y. From the description of Parke-Bernet Galleries auction catalogs, 1956-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122395181 ...

Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963

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Publisher and editor. From the description of Papers of Frederic Gershom Melcher, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448861 ...

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Bernheimer, Earle J.

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West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974

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West was born in Jamaica Plain, Mass. in 1898. He attended Pennsylvania State College before serving in the United States army, 1918-1919. He received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1922 and his A.M. degree from Dartmouth College in 1924, after working as an Instructor of English at the college. During 1924 and 1925 he pursued post graduate studies in London and Berlin, before returning to Dartmouth College as an Instructor of Comparative Literature. In 1929 he became an assistant pro...