Questions of Travel.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, , 1965. Hand-corrected and affectionately inscribed First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, with her printed name struck through, "Elizabeth Bishop's [Questions of Travel] that were much alleviated by the kindness of friends in Seattle, including Jean Russell. April 24th, 1966", and with three corrections in Bishop's hand (on pp. 16, 40, and 95). The recipient was a noted Seattle art collector and patron, whom Bishop met while teaching in Seattle in early 1966. The two took a day trip to Lummi Island, together with the palaeontologist Wesley Wehr. It was during her time in Seattle that Bishop began her affair with Roxanne Cummings, which partly contributed to the breakdown of her relationship with Lota. Questions of Travel is Bishop's third collection and includes poems based on her experiences living in Brazil, notably "The Armadillo" and "Sestina". It is also her first collection to include a short story, "In the Village". Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in purple, silver, and green, green endpapers, top edge pink. With dust jacket, designed by Adrianne Onderdonk. A couple of tiny nicks to foot of spine, cloth lightly rubbed at extremities; jacket lightly rubbed, a few tiny marks and nicks, one small chip to head of spine, light crease to rear flap, unclipped: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.