In a Green Night: Poems 1948-1960 [Uncorrected Proof]

  • London: Jonathan Cape, 1962
By Derek Walcott
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Very Good +. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Uncorrected Proof. Small, slim octavo; publisher's light olive card wrappers printed in black with repeating Cape logo; 78pp. Very light wear and toning, else a Very Good to Near Fine example.

Early uncorrected proof copy in generic publisher's wrappers of the Saint Lucian poet's first work published outside of the Caribbean--another proof copy featuring the dust jacket art was issued later. Thirty years later Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1992.

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