Brush Fire [Geoffrey Hill's Copy]

Ibadan, (Nigeria): Mbari Publications, 1964. Softcover. Fine. First English-language edition. Translated by Sangodare Akanji. Slim small quarto. Profusely illustrated, presumably by the author. Printed wrappers. A fine copy. English poet Geoffrey Hill's copy, with his owner signature ("Geoffrey Hill, Ibadan, February 1967") on a front blank. U'Tamsi was a Congolese journalist and author who lived in France until he returned to Congo in 1960. The first edition of this book, *Feu de Brousse*, was published in Paris in 1957. Geoffrey Hill was visiting lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1967. A nice association. (Inventory #: 559521)