New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop and warmly inscribed, "For Isle and Kit - I always seem to be signing my books years later for you- anyway - lots of love ^ again! - Elizabeth." Kit Barker, the inscribee, was a...... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First edition, first printing. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop at the "Poetry Forum - February 1st, 1978" on title page. [viii], 54 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine in an edge-chipped about Very Good dust jacket, a hint of restoration along verso top..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First edition, first printing of the poet's rare first book. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in silver. Near Fine with faint mottling to cloth, offsetting to endsheets with lengthy owner inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown, contents tanned. In a Near Fine..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Edition, first printing of this Pulitzer Prize winning collection of poetry. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in white. Near Fine with light rubbing at edges, faint fading to spine, evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper and pages toned. In a...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First edition. Inscribed on title page "For Maggie Haford [?]- Best wishes, & kindness of Carly [?] - [signed] Elizabeth Bishop Seattle, January 1966." 95 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with red, silver and green spine lettering. Housed in a custom slipcase. A little..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First edition, first printing. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop on the title page, inscribed to British artist Kit Barker and his wife, Ilse. Their collection of correspondence with Bishop is held at Princeton. Kit Barker, the inscribee, was a British artist. Of Ilse Barker, The Guardian..... More
New York: New Directions, 1979. First American edition. Signed by Octavio Paz on half-title, inscribed to former owner. [vi], 186 pp. Original brick red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with small creased tear in top of front panel, another in bottom of back panel, basically..... More