On Holy Week [Inscribed to Roberto Marquez]

Kingston, Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores, 1976. First Edition. Slim octavo (20cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; [4],5-32pp, with black & white illustrations throughout by Lorna Goodison. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "Roberto / Every good wish / Mervyn." Morris has also signed his full name above his printed name. Sunning to spine, minimal wear, with a faint dampstain to lower left corner; Very Good. Early collection of verse by the first poet laureate of Jamaica, several of which first appeared in the pages of The Daily Gleaner and Bim, and were broadcast by the Jamaica Information Service and Radio Jamaica. A nice association copy inscribed to Marquez, who at the time was founder and editor of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. 84942. (Inventory #: 84942)