signed first edition 216 pp. 8vo
1969 · New York
by Bishop, Elizabeth
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First edition, first printing. 216 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; printed dust jacket designed by Roxanne Cumming. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with light toning and several soft creases to the inner flaps. First edition, first printing. 216 pp. 8vo. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the division title for the first work: "Jean Doreski, regards from Elizabeth Bishop / Harvard, December 4th, 1970." This edition consisted of 5,500 copies and was awarded The National Book Award for Poetry. MacMahon A9
(Inventory #: 345635)