BRODSKY (Joseph).
A Part of Speech.
First edition. 8vo., original dark blue cloth, dust jacket. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1977.
BRODSKY (Joseph).
A Part of Speech.
A tremendous association copy, with Brodsky's bold inscription "For my dear David and Jane with tenderness and gratitude from Joseph" and Cornwell's further inscription "This is Joseph Brodsky's dedication, made a couple of minutes after learning he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1987, at the Moonlight restaurant in Hampstead, on Oct 22 .87 at 1.15 pm. John le Carré on 22/x/'87 and hooray!".
A fine copy, top edge slightly dusty.
From the library of David Cornwell aka John Le Carré.
Maggs Bros. Ltd., Catalogue 1526, John Le Carré: Books from The Library of Jane and David Cornwell at Tregiffian, Item 38.
Stock No.
253338
