13th Edition 1961. Presentation inscription from Robert Frost. From the library of Artist Anthony Rossiter and friend of Robert Frost. In 1962 Rossiter made his first trip to the USA after winning an Arts Council Bursary. He had been invited to stay with the poet Robert Frost in New Hampshire and they became friends. On his return from the USA, Rossiter began work on The Pendulum, which was published by Gollancz in 1966. Occasional pencil marks (by Anthony Rossiter), a little occasional finger-soiling and other marks, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'To Anthony from Robert, with affection, Ripton Vermont USA, Sept. 18 1962', Anthony Rossiter RWA MSIAD was a British landscape painter who was educated at Eton and studied painting at Chelsea Art School from 1947-51. He was a romantic visionary, a “poet” whose particular heaven was the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Gnarled hedgerows, tumbling stone walls, broken gates, reflections in water and ploughed fields were all his subject matter. His works also included portraits, most notably that of W.H.Auden. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Small loss to spine tips. Edges quite rubbed, creased and nicked with a few odd small closed tears.