Campbell, Roy

Roy Campbell - 2 First Editions

Published: Jonathan Cape/ Maskew Miller, London/ Cape Town, 1928/1960

Edition: 1st/1st

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\'The Wayzgoose\' and \'poems of Roy Campbell\' both first edition. The first has no jacket, contents clean, cloth boards fairly worn but good; the second is lacking the f.f.e-p. but contents good, and jacket very good, though spotted. \'Attend my fable if your ears be clean, In fair Banana Land we lay our scene - South Africa, renowned both far and wide For politics and little else beside: Where, having torn the land with shot and shell, Our sturdy pioneers as farmers dwell, And, \'twixt the hours of strenuous sleep, relax To shear the fleeces or to fleece the blacks: Where every year a fruitful increase bears Of pumpkins, cattle, sheep, and millionaires -\'[The Wayzgoose, extract].
  • Jacket Condition: no jacket/ very good
  • Binding Condition: Good plus/ Good plus
  • Overall Condition: Good Plus
  • Size: 8vo
  • Sold By: Imagine Books
  • Contact Person: Steven Duckworth
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833587398
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT & International payments via Capitec
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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