Moses Ascending

London: David-Poynter, 1975. Very Good-/Very Good. London: David-Poynter, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 149pp. Printed dust jacket. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Light wear and creasing to unclipped dust jacket; general rubbing. Boards edgeworn with some bumping; binding sound. Extensive underlining, highlighting, and dog-earing of pages by either Professor Roberto Marquez of University of Massachusetts Amherst or Howard Winn of the University of Guyana, both of whom have left their ownership inscriptions to the endpapers. A Very Good copy of this mid-career work of Selvon's, following the protagonist of "Lonely Londoners" as he navigates being landlord to a Black Power group, sheltering Pakistani immigrants, and figuring out his role in British society as a black immigrant. (Inventory #: 33460)