Urban Nocturne [Signed, Limited]
by [LA RAZA] ROIS, Robert; Oscar Melara (design)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: La Raza Silkscreen Center, 1978. First Edition. Limited issue, no. 4 of 40 signed copies; this copy inscribed to poet Edgar Bowers: "For Edgar Bowers / from a clumsy admirer," signed, undated. 12mo. Staple-bound card wrappers; [24]pp. Fine, unworn copy.
A brief collection of poems organized around the theme of "escape from the ghetto" (from the author's introduction). It is the first book by Rois, a Cuban-American poet born in 1951, later a professor of Romance languages at Los Angeles Valley College. The cover is by the noted Bay Area Mexican-American artist Oscar Melara, co-founder of the La Raza Silkscreen Center. Uncommon.
A brief collection of poems organized around the theme of "escape from the ghetto" (from the author's introduction). It is the first book by Rois, a Cuban-American poet born in 1951, later a professor of Romance languages at Los Angeles Valley College. The cover is by the noted Bay Area Mexican-American artist Oscar Melara, co-founder of the La Raza Silkscreen Center. Uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80761
- Title
- Urban Nocturne [Signed, Limited]
- Author
- [LA RAZA] ROIS, Robert; Oscar Melara (design)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- La Raza Silkscreen Center
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Latin America;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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