A Scuffling of Islands: Essays on Calypso [Inscribed to Roberto Marquez]

San Juan, Trinidad: Lexicon Trinidad, Ltd, 2004. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [vi],486,[4]pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "For Roberto + Maddie / from Stonehauler at St. Augustine / G.Rohlehr / 14 February 2005." Light wear to extremities, faint diagonal crease to lower right corner of front wrapper, with a faint vertical crease to left edge of same; Very Good+. A substantial book of essays on by the Guyanese author and scholar, noted for pioneering the academic study of Calypso. (truncated) "This collection of essays are about the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso, and most focus on pressing contemporary issues as they are viewed through the sometimes clear, sometimes distorted lens of Calypso" (from the preface). Uncommon in commerce. 85065. (Inventory #: 85065)