Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements…

Sonata Mulattica:  A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play : Poems by Rita Dove.  W.W. Norton, New York. 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. 229 pages. Gold lettering on brown and cream-colored hardcover. Fine condition throughout, without any trace of wear, in fine dustjacket  Ambitious poem and play about a bi-racial virtuoso musician, George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower, the Polish son of an African prince, who travelled from England to Vienna to visit Beethoven during Napoleonic times.  Yes… a true story!  $18.00