Elizabeth. Geography III.

by BISHOP

£300 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

The Inner and Outer Eye BISHOP, Elizabeth. Geography III. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux . 1986. 8vo. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; light brown end papers, pictorial dust jacket; pp. [xiv], 50, [2]; gilt lettering to spine faded with a very minimal marking to front cover of jacket; otherwise near fine. First edition, first printing, of the author's last work. "The art of losing isn't hard to master;/ so many things seem filled with the intent/to be lost that their loss is no disaster". - One Art Bishop’s final book and winner of the Book Critics' Circle Award for 1977, Geography III contains eight perfect poems. SKU: 2122626

• Binding: Hardcover

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