Midsummer: Poems (Inscribed First Edition, First Prnting)

Walcott, Derek

ISBN 10: 0374208840 / ISBN 13: 9780374208844

Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (FSG), 1984

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this collection of poems by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. The inscription is on the front endpaper and reads "To J, DW: the One and Only." 59 pages. Has the embossed stamp of a previous owner (the person to whom the book is inscribed) on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 010430

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Midsummer: Poems (Inscribed First Edition, First Prnting)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (FSG)
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374208840
• ISBN 13: 9780374208844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Displaying Walcott's characteristic blend of soaring imagery and plain fact, this sequence of fifty poems explores such themes as the relationship of poetry to painting and the pull of sea, family, and friendship

About the Author

Derek Walcott was born in St Lucia, in the West Indies, in 1930. The author of many plays and books of poetry, most recently White Egrets (2010), he was awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.