Castaway Poems by Walcott Derek (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Covers are slightly scuffed and sunned. Edges are a little bumped and rubbed. Page block and page edges are lightly tanned. Pages are othrewise clear and binding is sound. LW. Used.

Condition: Fair. 1965. First Edition. 62 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth to spine and patterned paper covered boards. Rear free endpaper torn and missing. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen & pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Sticker to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

p/back. Condition: Fine-. 1st paperback ed. (1st-1963). 62 pp., textblock edges red, publisher's review request slipped in; front cover has harmless curl, a few very slight hints of edge-rubbing. This edition apparently uncommon in UK. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 13.5 Cm x 21.5 Cm.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1965. First edition. 62pp. Sir Derek Alton Walcott (1930-2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright, and in 1992 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book he is an interpreter between the Old World and the New. Making use of Caribbean imagery, he is mainly concerned with the themes of isolation, and the resolution of identity through loneliness. The book is bound in the original paper covered boards with a black cloth spine and gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with browning around the top and fore edges of the boards. The spine ends are lightly bumped and there is a very light dent on the top edge of the rear board. The contents are tight and clean with light browning around the top and fore margins of the pages. We believe this copy was previously owned by Richard Alexander Kell (1927-2023), the Irish poet, composer and teacher, and several of the pages have short and neatly written pencil notes by Kell. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear with light soiling and the spine is slightly faded and browned. There is also browning on the top and fore edges, mostly noticeable on the reverse. The top edge is lightly creased with small nicks and there is a tear of about 3/4" on the top front edge that has been repaired on the reverse with tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Signed and dated 20th 1989 by Derek Walcott on the half-title page; some curling to front and back covers; previous owner's name at top of half-title page; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 62 pages. Signed by Author(s). Book.

62 p., clothbacked cardboard with illustrated dustjacket mylar protected. Signed by the Nobel Laureate on frontleaf, dated September 90.- Fine, unclipped review copy.- Additional photos available upon request.

First edition. Octavo. 62 pages. Cloth-backed patterned paper boards. The author's third book in the U.K. Thirty-three poems.Fore-edge a bit spotted. Near fine in very near fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition first edition. Lightly read. Age toned text block. Mild shelfwear. Rear coverboard has amber stains near top that may have been from original archival sleeve. Inside corner of rear cover looks like it may have been exposed to moisture in the past, as red top tint has wept down the pasted-down sheet a hair. Knock base rear coverboard. Knocked base/top spine. Dust jacket has rubbed edges, particularly at bend to flaps and top/base spine, where one flap has 1/16" notch tear at top. General surface scuffing, and sunning spine. Price intact. In protective archival sleeve. Additional photos available upon request.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition first edition. Lightly read. Age toned text block. Shelfwear includes smudging/soiling along and on base edge coverboards and dry paint transfer on cloth base edge. Knock base rear coverboard. Knocked base/top spine. Dust jacket has rubbed edges, particularly at bend to flaps and top/base spine. General surface scuffing, and sunning spine. Price intact. In protective archival sleeve. Additional photos available upon request.