[POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE] LAMMING, George

Natives of My Person [Inscribed to Roberto Marquez]

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black and green on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-34,[1]pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, with his ink name on the upper front endpaper, and his holograph notations and markings (also in ink) to the first 33 pages. Inscribed to him by Lamming on the front endpaper: "For Roberto / with much admiration / George Lamming." Spine ends nudged, modest external wear, with a hint of foxing to text edges; Very Good and sound. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), shelfworn, spine-sunned, with several shallow chips, small tears, and attedant creases; Very Good.

The Barbadian author's sixth novel, concerning "a voyage of slavery and colonization in the 17th century: the voyage of the Reconnaissance from Europe to Africa, and thence to the Americas. In the equivocal ideals of the ship's Commandant, and in the tortured introspection of its officers and crew, the doomed and hollow nature of colonialism is starkly exposed from within" (from the front flap). A key association copy: Marquez has written extensively on Lamming and his work, and has translated several of Lamming's books from English into Spanish. BLOCKSON 7149.

Price: $250.00

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