Selected Poems by Derek Walcott
Publishing: 1964, Farrar, Straus, and Company; New York. First edition.
First major selection of Walcott's works with precise pieces that show his shift from Caribbean lyricism into a sharper, more cosmopolitan voice. The book captures him balancing landscape, memory, colonial tension, and identity, essentially marking the moment he steps onto the international stage as a major poet.
Condition: Book featuring green paper boards with green cloth spine, gilt title to spine, dust jacket unclipped with original price, some browning to rear of jacket, corners slightly bumped, light discoloration to top edge, interior clean in very good condition.