CAMPBELL (ROY) Archive of autograph and printed material relating to South African poet, Roy Cam...

CAMPBELL (ROY) Archive of autograph and printed material relating to South African poet, Roy Campbell (1901-1957), much relating to the 1950 edition of Adamastor, comprising: i) Four autograph manuscript poems, 'The Gum Trees' (signed 'Roy Campbell'), 'Choosing a Mast', 'Pomegranates', and 'Luis de Camoes' (with pencilled annotation 'Roy Campbell given to Patric Dickinson in 1947. Holograph of the author'), 7 pages, in ink on lined and squared paper, dust-staining, discolouration and marks, some small holes, rust stains, the last two mentioned in cardboard mounts, the rest in paper sleeves from dealer Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., Grafton Street, London, 300 x 192mm. and smaller, [n.d.]; ii) Autograph illustrated letter signed ('Roy Campbell'), to Miss Facey of Faber's, giving an amusing critique of the artist's attempt at drawing a sailboat ('...It is only the perversity of the sail that is also flying a mile out, in the wrong direction, that keeps this little man from being capsized and sunk at once – as he deserves to be...'), including several pen and ink drawings of sailboats and horses to illustrate his point, 4 pages, in ink on lined paper, dust-staining and discolouration, rust stains, 270 x 210mm., [n.p., n.d.]; iii) Fourteen illustrations by Roy Campbell, thirteen for the Cape Town edition of Adamastor: 'Dedication (To Mary Campbell)', p.10; 'St.Peter of the Three Canals (The Fisher's Prayer)', p.28; 'The Making of a Poet' (2), p.36; 'To a pet Cobra', p.44; 'Tristan da Cunha (3), p.66; 'Horses on the Camargue' (2), p.78; 'Estocade', p.84; two extra images for 'Sonnet' (not published); one for Taurine Provence: 'Ad Deo Solo Invicto Mithrae', p.79, some captioned on reverse, some signed ('Roy Campbell'), pen and ink and pencil, dust-staining and marks, 123 x 180mm. and smaller, [n.d.]; with autograph letter to Mr Koston enclosing the illustrations and making various amendments ('...I enclose also a Pet Cobra. Alas it's twenty five years since I had one and I've forgotten the markings...'), 2 pages, 4to; autograph manuscript preface to Adamastor signed ('Roy Campbell'), in blue biro, with accompanying letter, 4 pages, 4to, [n.d.]; iv) Autograph manuscript signed ('Roy Campbell'), a review of Guy Butter's Stranger to Europe with note to publisher Antony Delius on reverse, 4 pages on squared paper, 205 x 160mm., [1952]; with Hector Bolitho's manuscript account of his visit to South Africa, 1924-1925 describing '...my strange conflict with Roy Campbell...', 14 leaves, rectos only, on lined paper, paper folder, 255 x 202mm., [n.d.]; and autograph statement signed ('William Plomer') on Campbell's low opinion of Durban, one page, 4to, September 1966; copy of Satire & Fiction including article by Campbell, The Arthur Press, Enemy Pamphlets, no.1, [1930]; v) CAMPBELL (ROY), Poems, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, publisher's morocco-backed printed boards, Paris, Hours Press, 1930--Taurine Provence, NUMBER 70 OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, Desmond Harmsworth, 1932--Flowering Reeds, NUMBER 3 OF 69 COPIES, SIGNED, publisher's cloth, The Alcuin Press, 1933--Adamastor, publisher's half calf, Cape Town, Paul Koston, 1950, 8vo and 4to (4) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing