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First poems by Campbell, George - 1945

First poems

by Campbell, George

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Kingston, Jamaica: City Printery, 1945. Hardcover. 102p. hardcover, scrape on front pastedown endpaper, small stains on rear endpapers and several small faint stains within, otherwise good first edition in original green buckram cloth boards as issued, minor shelf wear. Critical studies on black life and culture, #10. Campbell, the leading Afro-Jamaican poet of the 1940s, was the primary influence on Walcott's early work. His first and only book.
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  • Publisher City Printery
  • Place of Publication Kingston, Jamaica
  • Date Published 1945

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First Poems (Caribbean Modern Classics)
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by George Campbell

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by George Campbell

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First Poems. [A New Edition, with Additional Poems]

First Poems. [A New Edition, with Additional Poems]

by Campbell, George [Introductory poem by Derek Walcott]

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New York: Garland, 1981. 1st Garland ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. xi, 116p. 22cm. No Jacket (as published). Introductory poem for this edition by Derek Walcott. Campbell, a Jamaican, was born in Panama. The first edition was published in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1945. Thirteen poems were added to this Garland edition.
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Kingston, Jamaica: Privately Printed (City Printery Ltd.), 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. Extremities lightly bumped and worn, faint moisture stains on covers, boards bowed about 1/64".
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First Poems

by CAMPBELL, George

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Jamaica: City Printery, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing.. 8vo. 102pp. Green boards with pale green lettering to spine & front board. Normal wear to extremities. No chipping and no splitting to boards. Internally pencil name to endpaper. Also on front and rear endpapers is an ink poem - original or not?. No loose & no missing leaves. An important Jamaican poet. .
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First Poems

by Campbell, George [1916-2002]

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First Edition
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Flyleaves discolored. Some spots & stains to covers. Good. Caribbean City Printery, Ltd. [Kingston, Jamaica] (1945) First Edition orig. wrappers 24x15cm, 102 pp., Rubbed. With an undated [ca. 1957] newsclipping by Derek Walcott from the (Jamaica)newspaper 'Public Opinion' titled "The Poetry of George Campbell" loosely inserted. ["Though he was born in Panama and spent most of his life in the USA, he is assured a place in Jamaican literature as the voice of a movement and of a crucial moment in the nation's history. Formative for Campbell was his friendship, from boyhood, with the Manley family..,.While Campbell's work was not so much an influence as an inspiration, it is fair to say that 'First Poems' directness, vigour and innocence indicated a new direction for West Indian poets of that turbulent period..,.At his concise best Campbell's political poems have the force of William Blake's. Poems such as 'Holy', 'Litany', and… Read More
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