WALCOTT. BROWN, Stewart ed.

The Art of Derek Walcott.

Seren Books, 1991. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text) in dj. Scarce. Provides a review of Walcott's achievements as poet, playwright, cultural commentator and artist. 231pp. ISBN 1854110217.

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Book number: 58360

Keywords: literature english literary analysis history historical criticism 20th century derek walcott poetry caribbean

Derek Walcott; Joseph Brodsky [introduction]

The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott and the Art of Romare Bearden

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1983. Cloth. A lovely signed limited edition containing the poetry of Derek Walcott, featuring vibrant art by Romare Bearden. 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).With six double-page colour plates and two full page colour plates from American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988).  Collated complete. 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. Near Fine . Ill.: Romare Bearden. Near Fine .

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Book number: 911Y34

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Derek Walcott Signed Limited Edition Derek Walcott Romare Bearden