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)