1983 The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott Signed Illustrated Slipcase Limite

  
The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott and the Art of Romare Bearden. Derek Walcott; Joseph Brodsky [introduction]. The Limited Editions Club : New York.

A lovely signed limited edition containing the poetry of Derek Walcott, featuring vibrant art by Romare Bearden. Colour Plates, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Slipcase.

This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed. Limited to 2,000 copies that were printed for the Limited Editions Club, of which this is number 673.

With an original lithograph tipped in numbered 258/275. Scarce to find a copy with one of these lithographs still present. The colophon is signed by both the author and the artist. Bound in the publisher's vibrant pictorial cloth. With a monthly letter of The Limited Editions Club (May 1983) tipped in to the work.

Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. This work poems from the following works: Selected Poems (1964), The Gulf (1970), Another Life (1973), Sea Grapes (1976), The Star-Apple Kingdom (1979) and The Fortunate Traveller (1981). Bearden became a founding member of the Harlem-based art group known as Spiral, formed to discuss the responsibility of the African-American artist in the civil rights movement. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. In the publisher's slipcase.

Externally, excellent with shelf wear only. Slipcase is sunned to the spine, with marks and minor rubbing.

Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear. Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy.

Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones. Often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy. Some more serious faults as will. Be described in the condition report under'condition.

Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair. As with good only above but with other faults. Leaving a compromised copy even after repair.

Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them. Major defects will be described. Please ask for details and conditions.

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