omeros de walcott derek, Original o primera edición (24 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. Features a poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, this book charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. With publisher issued request for review slip and promotional material. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condición: Bien. 1ª Edición.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fine. First edition. First editon, first printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 325 pp. Walcott's "Omeros" is a poem in seven books, of circular narrative design.

Clean, no marks, stated First Edition/Second Printing, 1990, from an attorney's private collection. As shown, dust jacket is colorful and bright with light wear along outside edge, but book comes with a protective Mylar cover to prevent any future wear. Dark blue cover is clean with very light fading along top edge and gold lettering on spine. Corners are sharp. No marked, creased, or torn pages. No remainder marks. An excellent copy with stated cosmetic flaws. Book will be carefully packaged for safe delivery. Paper Dragon is a 5-Star seller of popular books and does not solicit buyer ratings. LRBC #3 GA1120.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (just some very light foxing to top outer page edge block). A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. First Edition, First Printing ("First edition, 1990" stated to copyright page). 325pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed on the half-title page by Walcott, 'To Anthony best Derek Walcott 2003.' Stated First edition, 1990. Spotting to top page edges. $25.00 on front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. Size: Octavo . Category: Poetry;

8° , Gewebe, gebundene Ausgabe. Condición: Gut. 343 S. ; 22 cm EA. Ein Besitzvermerk im Vorsatz ! --Schnitt geringfügig staubfleckig, SU leicht lichtverschienen sonst ein gutes Exemplar 621 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 575.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Omeros by Derek Walcott, Hardcover, First English Edition (1990), with Newspaper Articles. Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book and dust jacket have slight bumping to the top of the spine. The book also has ageing to the top of the page edges. Overall a very good, tight copy of this book. (See pictures). Included inside the front cover are newspaper articles relating to the author, Derek Walcott, being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. The author was also awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988. Omeros is the Greek name for Homer. It was described at the time as Derek Walcott's stunning new poem, it being his longest and most ambitious work to date.

First UK edition, first printing. Original blue cloth lettered in white to the spine, A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The merest bump visible to the upper outer corner of the front panel. Neatly pencilled ownership name and date of Simon Currie (1938-2022), Leeds-born poet and neurologist, to the front free endpaper. In the bright dustwrapper, rubbed to spine tips and corners. Not price-clipped (£17.50 net to the front flap). Published simultaneously in paperback and cloth editions in the UK, the hardback is uncommon. Walcott's book-length channelling of, and tribute to, Homerian epic is centred on the island of St. Lucia, where the author was born and (intermittently) lived. At once epic and personal, the poem explores "the visible history charted in events and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile" (from the jacket). Derek Walcott was winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 325 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Dark gray spine with cream rectangle containing black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$25.00", has mild bending wear along the rear flap corners, and mild shelving wear. Boards have general shelving wear. Textblock has discoloration along the edges and from 325 to the rear pastedown page, and minor foxing along the pastedown pages, end-pages and edges. Signed flat by Derek Walcott on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1394367. Special Collections.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning authorâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul with his name to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Sigrid Nama. A wonderful connection linking these two Caribbean born writers who went on to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Omeros is an epic poem based on Homer and Odysseus. The title, which is Homer's name in Greek, nods to the wandering and exile of the great poet himself, who learned and suffered while traveling. "No poet rivals Mr. Walcott in humor, emotional depth, lavish inventiveness in language, or the ability to express the thoughts of his characters and compel the reader to follow the swift mutations of ideas and images in their minds. This wonderful story moves in a spiral, replicating human thought, and in the end, surprisingly, it makes us realize that history, all of it, belongs to us" (Mary Lefkowitz, The New York Times Book Review).

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning authorâs masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dagmar thanks for a wonderbar evening in der kneipe Derek." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Derek Walcott. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Author photograph by Sigrid Nama. Uncommon signed and inscribed. Omeros is an epic poem based on Homer and Odysseus. The title, which is Homer's name in Greek, nods to the wandering and exile of the great poet himself, who learned and suffered while traveling. "No poet rivals Mr. Walcott in humor, emotional depth, lavish inventiveness in language, or the ability to express the thoughts of his characters and compel the reader to follow the swift mutations of ideas and images in their minds. This wonderful story moves in a spiral, replicating human thought, and in the end, surprisingly, it makes us realize that history, all of it, belongs to us" (Mary Lefkowitz, The New York Times Book Review).