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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 edge, spine slightly dulled, price intact.… Read more about this item

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Very Good. Second printing of the first edition. Signed by Elizabeth Bishop on the front free endpaper, inscribed "For Ilse and Kit Barker, with esteem and affection, Elizabeth Bishop." viii, 54 Bound in publisher's blue cloth binding lettered in silver, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with toning to spine and edges,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with minor edgewear, a small chip on the front panel near the spine and a larger chip at the rear lower corner with a closed tear extending a few inches. Bishop's first book, of which only 1000 copies were printed. Winner of… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First printing. Very good plus in a very good jacket.. Signed first edition of Bishop's first book, along with the original ticket from Bishop's reading where the book was signed. Bishop's famed debut, containing several of her best-known and most beloved poems, such as "The Fish," "The Man-Moth," and "The Map." Scarce signed, rare… Read more about this item

Boston: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in close to near fine dust jacket. (Couple small chips at extremities. Two 1/2"-inch edge tears on rear panel of jacket. ) The Poet's FIRST book. Winner of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award. 1000 copies printed. (B)… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. 54 pages. Bishop's first book, a slim collection of poems with a first printing of only 1000 copies The winner of the tenth anniversary Houghton Mifflin Fellowship Award for a Volume of Poetry. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with some minor wear. No dust jacket. A… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The scarce first edition - Elizabeth Bishop's first book, winner of the Houghton Mifflin Prize for poetry. A very good copy in original jacket (jacket price-clipped with minor nicks to edges; poetic ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; neat small ink name on front pastedown).