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First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Door Into The Dark; Signed by Him
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Door Into The Dark.
New York: Oxford University Press 1969.
First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 151
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"Who Is Content Only With The Right Word": First Edition of Death of a Naturalist; Inscribed by Seamus Heaney to his Aunt
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Death of a Naturalist.
London: Faber and Faber 1966.
First edition of Heaney’s first major published volume. Octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his aunt in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “For Aunt Annie: who is content only with the right word. Love, Seamus.” Additionally signed by Heaney in full on the title page. Fine in very good dust jacket with sunning to the pink portion of the spine and some overall wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Association copies of this caliber seldom enter the market.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 3529
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First Edition of Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.
London: Faber & Faber 2009.
First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 4179
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First Edition of Poets from the North of Ireland; Signed by Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Poets from the North of Ireland.
1979: Blackstaff Press Belfast.
First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Edited by Frank Ormsby.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141441
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux 2000.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142139
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142996
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Signed by Him
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber 1999.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142391
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"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere": First Edition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.
London: Faber and Faber 1999.
First edition, early printing of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Seamus Heaney 13 March 2002 Sutton House.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142416
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The Haw Lantern; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney
HEANEY, SEAMUS.
The Haw Lantern.
New York: The Noonday Press / Farrar Straus Giroux 1989.
First printing of the Noonday Press edition of the poet’s seventh collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Seamus Heaney March 1991.” In very good condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 146785