ELIZABETH BISHOP AND THE NEW YORKER

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of Bishop's collected correspondence with her NEW YORKER editors - inscribed by Biele with great warmth and gratitude to American poet and professor Stanley Plumly. 9.25'' x 6''. Original cream boards with gilt-lettered spine,. In original unclipped ($35.00) yellow dust jacket. 421, [3] pages. Inscribed by Biele to Plumly on title page: "Dear Stan, Thank you for believing in me when I did not. I don't know I would have had the confidence to keep going if it weren't for you cheering me on. Thank you for teaching me what matters - with love and admiration / Joelle." Trace edgewear, minor soil to jacket.