signed
1975 · [Kingston, Jamaica]
by [JAMAICA] BENNETT, Louise (poems); NETTLEFORD, Rex (notes & introduction)
[Kingston, Jamaica]: Sangster's Book Stores, 1975. Third Impression. Octavo (21cm); pictorial card wrappers; [ii],8,9-224,[2]pp, with a portrait frontispiece of the author. Signed by the author on the preliminary blank. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, with his holograph name to upper half-title page. Gentle sunning to spine, some light external wear and a few unobtrusive creases, original sticker price to verso of front wrapper, with faint dust-soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Early printing of the Bennett's collection of 128 poems, written primarily in Jamaican patois. (truncated)