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Geography III
by Bishop, Elizabeth
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. 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 British artist. Of Ilse Barker, The Guardian wrote in her obituary, "In the world of literature, she is now perhaps best known as the influential American poet Elizabeth Bishop's 'Dear Ilse,' a reference to their mutual passion for letter-writing which nurtured a friendship begun at Yaddo, an artists' retreat in New York State, in 1950."
[xii], 50 pp. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with light edge wear; top edge dust soiled with moderate foxing to all edges. Pastedowns are irregularly toned. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear.
An acclaimed final work by the American poet with many of her best-known poems such as "One Art," "In the Waiting Room," "The Moose," and "Crusoe in England."
A nice association copy between Bishop and British couple the Barkers (whose collection of correspondence with Bishop is held at Princeton).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946156
- Title
- Geography III
- Author
- Bishop, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Kit Barker, Ilse, artist
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Association Copy
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- Edges
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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