In a Green Night by Derek Walcott
Poems 1948 - 1960
Publishing: 1962, Jonathan Cape; London. First edition, first impression
Walcott’s first major collection published outside the Caribbean and the book that introduced him to an international audience. It cemented his reputation and is considered a foundational early work for what would later lead to his Nobel Prize.
Condition: publishers quarter cloth paperboards, dust jacket with original price still present (12s. 6d. net) although corners clipped, chipping along the jacket spine edges with closed tear along joint, jacket edges scuffed, clean copy overall in Very Good condition