The River Styx, Ohio

by Mary Oliver

$6,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First edition, first printing of the poet's scarce second book. Signed by Mary Oliver on the front free endpaper and inscribed With love to Eleanor . Laid in is a typed letter signed by Mary to Eleanor dated Sept. 23, 1976, Dear Eleanor, I don't think you have a copy of this book and perhaps you'll enjoy some of the poems-- anyway you'll surely recognize some of the people! I'm

• Printing: first

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