The Gum Trees signed by Roy Campbell limited edition Ariel Poems 1930
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CAMPBELL, Roy; JONES, David. The Gum Trees. London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1933.
Limited signed large-paper edition, 140 x 220 mm. Original publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the upper cover. 16 pages (excluding the front and rear blank leaves), printed on English hand-made paper and illustrated by David Jones. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Roy Campbell on the limitation page, this being number 262. Near fine, with only the lightest rubbing to the extremities and a hint of offsetting from the illustrations to facing pages.
Number 30 in Faber's celebrated Ariel Poems series, The Gum Trees reflects Roy Campbell's enduring attachment to his South African homeland. One of the rarer signed Ariel Poems.