Description
The first paperback edition of Ammunition! Poetry and Other Raps, inscribed by Sam Greenlee.
Octavo, 84pp. Illustrated wrappers, with cover design by Marvin Young. No additional printings noted, aside from the hardcover edition. With an introduction by Andrew Salkey. Light ring mark on front cover, mild shelf wear. Solid text block, internally clean.
Inscribed on the dedication page by Greenlee: “For Bill, Trudi, Alan + Kim / With love, Sam Greenlee / 25 July 77.”
Greenlee’s second collection of poetry, following Blues for an African Princess. Ammunition! was issued by Bogle-L’Ouverture, the pioneering Black British press established by Jessica and Eric Huntley and associated with writers including Walter Rodney, Andrew Salkey, and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
