[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Elizabeth Bishop's First Book

[Charles Agvent]

BISHOP, Elizabeth. NORTH & SOUTH. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 
1946. First Edition. Bishop's first book, of which only 1000 copies were 
printed. Winner of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award. Owner name of 
Marjorie Bailey neatly penned on the front endpaper, quite likely 
belonging to the noted professor of English and Dramatic Arts and 
Literature at Stanford University whose students included John Steinbeck 
and who is considered a great influence in Steinbeck's formative years. 
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. (#020902)        
$1,000

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