Flaming Terrapin by Campbell, Roy - 1924

New York: Dial Press, 1924. A beautiful copy, about fine, of the poet's first book. Quarter cloth and marbleized paper boards. Apparent binding error causing a thin line of vertical creases to front pastedown.. 1ST U.S. ED.. Hardcover.

Jonathan Cape, 1930T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1930 fourth impression on half bound orange cloth with small tear to title pages

Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are worn, stained and cocked. book may have been damp marked. ownership inscription. thorough tanning, foxing and markings. unevenness on page ends. several poems pasted at the back of book. small chips on pages that do not affect text. a very poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape, 1924. 2nd impression. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-library. Rubber stamps. boards are shelf rubbed, marked and lightly edge worn.a couple of library marks.foxing.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 94 pages (complete). 'The Flaming Terrapin' was Campbell's first long poem and it was to earn him instant recognition and acclaim. This copy of the first edition of the first poem has been subjected to forgetful storage. The covers - board with cloth spine - are grubby. They have wear, scuffing, many marks. The spine is worn to the head and foot. Beyond all this the covers and the spine are firm, resolute and considerate. Inside, there is foxing throughout. The pages are generous, thick, firm, clear, eloquent and confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. Frontispiece by John Austen. Small octavo. Orange papercovered boards, cloth spine with label. Offsetting and foxing on endpapers, darkened spine label, boards rubbed and toned with a bit of chipping at edges, about very good, lacking the dust jacket. South African poet's first book.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924.. 94pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards, minor insect damage, with paper label on spine, a little frayed. Bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. A very good copy.. First Edition.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 94 pp. The author's first book. Bound in orange paper over boards with orange cloth spine. Offsetting to endpapers, bookseller's label on front paste-down endpaper, edgeworn, corners bumped, covers lightly soiled, head and foot of spine bruised, spine label darkened and a bit frayed.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 94 p. 20 cm. Brown cloth spine with orange paper boards. In mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has light soiling and chipping to edges. Ink and pencil notations on front free endpaper as well as a small ink stamp. Often considered to have been one of the best poets of the interwar period, Roy Campbell is not so well known today. He persisted in defending unfashionable causes, both religious and political, and managed to make enemies of many of the influential people of his time.

New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1924. Hardcover. 83p., bookplate on front free endpaper and small shop label on rear pastedown, untrimmed fore-edge, very good first US edition in marbled boards with black cloth spine, gilt spine titles and red topstain as issued. Mylar protective jacket. South African poet's first book. He moved to England where and his wife Mary settled in with Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, becoming members of the Bloomsbury Group. However Mary became involved with Vita in a lesbian romance. He became a translator of Garcia Lorca.