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ANGLE OF ASCENT: New and Selected Poems.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Liveright, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An association copy INSCRIBED on the half title page "For Robert, with friendship and admiration" and dated in the year of publication. "Robert" is Robert Chrisman, activist , poet, and co-founder of 'The Black Scholar' (his name and address appear on the front pastedown, underneath the dust jacket flap) 131 pp. ISBN: 0-87140-6136.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket with a chip on the front cover and at the top of the spine and other edgewear. Uncommon in the hardcover first edition, and especially so with a significant association.
Book ID: 58079More details Price: $250.00 -
BAY OF ALL SAINTS AND EVERY CONCEIVABLE SIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Brazilian artist and poet, a story of 'murder, rebellion and revenge' set in Bahia, the capital of 17th century colonial Brazil. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontierro. The translator's note quotes a contemporary history as saying that Bahia was 'a hell for blacks, a purgatory for whites and a paradise for mulattos.'. ISBN: 0-670-834556.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 85831More details Price: $17.50
