Geography lll by Elizabeth Bishop
Geography lll by Elizabeth Bishop
£400.00
Geography III. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1976.
Hardcover. 50 pages. 22 x 16.5 cm. First edition, first printing. Full brown cloth with title in gilt.
Geography III, first edition first printing of Bishop's final book of poems, includes masterpieces ‘In the Waiting Room’, ‘The Moose’, and ‘One Art’. Won the 1976 Poetry Award of the National Book Critics Circle in the US. One of the high points of contemporary American poetry. Infinitely collectible.
Crisp and fresh copy. Near fine jacket and book.