Title: North & South Author: Bishop, Elizabeth Place: Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Date: 1946 Description: Title page printed in blue and black. (8vo), blue cloth decorated in silver, illustrated dust jacket; housed in custom cloth clamshell box with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Bishop on the title page: "Elizabeth Bishop - Poetry Town - February 1st, 1978." Scarce signed copy of the poet's first book, winner of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award, housed in handsome custom box. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to jacket, with darkening, minor chips and tears to edges with a bit of repair work done to verso near top edge, light wear to cloth with rubbing to extremities, some darkening to edges; light toning to endpapers, a solid copy; very good. Item number: 288841
Title: North & South Author: Bishop, Elizabeth Place: Boston Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Date: 1946 Description: Title page printed in blue and black. (8vo), blue cloth decorated in silver, illustrated dust jacket; housed in custom cloth clamshell box with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Bishop on the title page: "Elizabeth Bishop - Poetry Town - February 1st, 1978." Scarce signed copy of the poet's first book, winner of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award, housed in handsome custom box. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to jacket, with darkening, minor chips and tears to edges with a bit of repair work done to verso near top edge, light wear to cloth with rubbing to extremities, some darkening to edges; light toning to endpapers, a solid copy; very good. Item number: 288841
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