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Vellum bound, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges, in plain card slip case with gilt titles to spine. Rare limited edition of only 125 copies. Signed by V. Sackville-West (author) and George Plank (artist). This is copy number 83 of 125. With 5 woodcut illustrations by George Plank, full page frontispiece and smaller illustration to the start of each of the 4 seasonal sections of the poem. Condition: Very good. Spine darkened, with a darker stain halfway down. Endpapers with browning and spotting. Text pages age toned. Light creasing to the pages close to the gutter, which runs through the book, possibly due to slight mis-binding. Owner's name and date in pencil to ffep. Slip case browned to edges. Top and spine edges partly torn along the folds. Size: 9x6.5in / 23x16cm. 107pp. Weight: 410g.

Vita Sackville-West's 'The Land' is a celebrated long poem published in 1926, admired for its rich description of the English countryside and agricultural life.