COFFIN, Robert P. Tristram The Substance That Is Poetry New York: Macmillan Company, 1942. Price: $85.00 Hardcover. First edition. Fine in spine-toned very good dustwrapper with light chipping at the spine ends. Signed by the author. Item #434216 Add to Cart Ask a Question item image Robert Coffin birth name: Robert Peter Tristram Coffin born: 3/18/1892 died: 1/20/1955 View Reference Info Biography American poet whose works were based on New England farm and seafaring life. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore