Derek Walcott
Collected Poems 1948-1984
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux [1986].
First edition.
8vo (6 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in). 516 pages.

Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip, a promotional piece, and a promotional photo of the author laid in.

Collects poems from eight previous books, along with the long narrative poem Another Life, by the acclaimed St. Lucia-born poet and playwright. Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. 

Very good in boards and dust jacket. As seen in the photographs that accompany this listing, this is a nice copy of this book. The dust jacket is faded at the spine and wrinkled at the top left inch of the rear panel. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is protected under a plastic cover which was removed to better scan and photograph it for this listing.

The front and back images of the dust jacket and the hardcover binding were scanned. The remaining images are digital photographs that were taken in natural light with an iPhone 6s. The images have not been retouched or adjusted in any way, other than being cropped.
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