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New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Elizabeth Bishop on the title page, "to Ilse and Kit Barker." She has also hand corrected the title of the poem "The Gentlemen of Shalott" to "Gentleman" in ink on both the table of contents and the poem itself. Kit Barker, the inscribee, was a British artist. Of Ilse Barker, The Guardian wrote in her obituary, "In the world of literature, she is now perhaps best known as the influential American poet Elizabeth Bishop's 'Dear Ilse,' a reference to their mutual passion for letter-writing which nurtured a friendship begun at Yaddo, an artists' retreat in New York State, in 1950." viii, 95pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in white, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with toning to spine, fading at edges. Light edge wear, heavier at spine ends, with foxing and soiling to boards and endsheets; slight musty odor. The author's second published book of…

Elizabeth Bishop's first published book, 'North & South', containing poems focused on travel, landscapes, and identity.