The woe shirt; Caribbean folk tales, translated

by Howard A. Norman, drawings by Norman Laliberté by Paulé Bartón

$16 · Offered by Bolerium Books

Port Townsend, WA: Graywolf Press, 1980. Paperback. 62p., b&w illustrations photographs of what look like soft sculptures , rubricated titlings throughout, a very good copy of the unlimited wraps edition of the original 1980 letterpress run done by Penmen Press. Barton a Trinidadian folklorist; Norman's introduction incorporates a page-long excerpt from Peter Matthiessen's memories of him. Matthiessen blurbs the back cover most enthusiastically.

• Binding: Paperback

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