Between the Covers

Hardcover. First edition. Corners very slightly bumped else fine in fine dustwrapper. Bishop's final book, Inscribed by her to another woman poet: "For -- love - from Elizabeth Bishop. Nov. 11th 1979." Laid in is the typed and hand-corrected manuscript of an introduction of Bishop, written by another poet for a reading. Also laid in is a copy of an email from the poet mentioning: "Elizabeth misdated this book Nov. 11, 1977 [sic] - she died on Oct. 6, of a stroke. Probably she had a slight stroke when on the Penn campus - she was tired and took a nap in a room in the Faculty Club." An uncommon title signed and a note that sheds some light on Bishop's waning health.

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