Published by Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Serge L. Gaston, 1969., 1969
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed yellow wraps titled in black on the front cover and with a decoration in black on the rear cover. The covers are slightly soiled with minor creases. 47 pages, with a full page illustration and a portrait of the author. The bottom edges of the pages are bumped. Very good. First edition. RARE.The text is in French, with a Preface by Luce D. Jean.Fourteen poems by the Haitian female author Nyldde which, according to Guynonneau, evoke the deceptions of life. [Ref.: "Francophone Women Writers From Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Diaspora: A Preliminary Bibliography" by Christine H. Guyonneau, item #1165].