WALCOTT, Derek

In A Green Night: Poems 1948-1960

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First Edition. First impression. Small, slim octavo. Cream cloth spine over patterned paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 79pp. A fine copy, free of any notable wear. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, else bright and clean, very Near Fine. Small bookseller stamp ("The Book Shop / Port-of-Spain") beneath imprint on title page.

The St. Lucian poet's first collection of poetry to be published in England. A superlative copy. In A Green Night was well-received and launched Walcott's impressive career; among many literary honors Walcott would win the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Price: $750.00

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