- Author = George Lamming
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THE PLEASURES OF EXILE.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1996.). SIGNED - Originally published in 1960, at a time when the colonies were moving towards independence and Caribbean literature was making its first worldwide impact, this series of interrelated essays focus on his life as a writer in self-imposed exile in England and of his travels in the Caribbean, West Africa, and the United States and on the experiences of other writers from the Caribbean - Salkey, Naipaul and more. Index. Includes a foreword by Sandra Pouchet Paquet, with references. INSCRIBED by Lamming on the dedication page, with the words "best wishes." Index. xxvii, 232 pp. ISBN: 0-472-064703.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80334More details Price: $50.00 -
NATIVES OF MY PERSON.
Edition: First thus.
New York & London: Allison & Busby, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A reissue of Lamming's allegorical novel which tells the story of a journey of a slave ship toward San Christobal during the early colonial period. Originally published in 1972, this is one of the most important novels by this award-winning author, who was born and educated in Barbados. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-850316952.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83250More details Price: $85.00 -
NATIVES OF MY PERSON.
Edition: First thus.
New York & London: Allison & Busby, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A reissue of Lamming's allegorical novel which tells the story of a journey of a slave ship toward San Christobal during the early colonial period. Originally published in 1972, this is one of the most important novels by this award-winning author, who was born and educated in Barbados. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-850316952.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83508More details Price: $25.00 -
CALLALOO: Callaloo Volume 20, Number 4 Fall 1997: Eric Williams and the Postcolonial Caribbean.
Edition: First printing.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1997. SIGNED first edition - A special issue devoted to the work of Dr Eric Williams, as an historian and a politician. SIGNED by George Lamming at his article "The Legacy of Eric Williams." Includes an excerpt from William's works, articles by Selwyn Cudjoe, Patricia Mohammed, William Darrity Jr, a select bibliography by Deborah Craig Nestor and more. Photograph. ix, pp 703-912. ISBN: 0161-2492.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (one corner bent.)
Book ID: 52898More details Price: $65.00