signed first edition
1975 · Kingston, Jamaica
by [JAMAICA] MCNEILL, Anthony
Kingston, Jamaica: Savacou Publications, Ltd, 1975. First Edition Thus. Slim octavo (23.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],[1]-35,[1]pp. Signed by the author in green felt-tipped pen on the title page. Gentle sunning and light wear to wrapper extremities, faint crease to upper right corners, with a shallow tide mark to lower left corner of text and wrappers; Very Good. Collection of verse by the Jamaican poet, gathering 31 poems, many of which first appeared in various periodicals. The collection was first published in 1972, evidently so filled with errors "for it to stand as representative of the author's intention." The publisher has printed an apology to McNeill opposite the title page, "for any distress that first edition may have cuased and are happy to present him and our readers with this new definitive edition." Provenance: From the library of Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, founder of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. 84945.
(Inventory #: 84945)