Tropic Death

  • New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926
By Eric Walrond
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Very Good. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black cloth, yellow titling, dark topstain, bright yellow illustrated endpapers; 282pp. Corners slightly bumped, textblock a bit browned, else Very Good and sound.

The Afro-Caribbean author's short story collection, this printing following the first by just two months. Much of the dialogue is in dialect and the volume concludes with a useful glossary of terms (Obeah: African witchcraft; Buckra: English colonial white, etc.).

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