Derek WALCOTT

First edition of this poetry collection, which was awarded the Cholmondeley Prize on publication, complete with its dust jacket illustrated by Leigh Taylor.

Publisher's binding in brown half-cloth, title, author's name and publisher's device gilt to spine, bronze-coloured glossy paper to boards. To recto of rear endpaper, a manuscript quotation in black pen by a celebrated English poet: "the mind can only repose on the stability of truth... Samuel Johnson."

Head of spine very slightly pushed. To the dust jacket, head of spine and upper left corner slightly chipped, old crease to head of upper board, a tiny tear to lower board, price clipped.