Lot 500
Heaney, Seamus
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
North. London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1975. First edition in wrappers, 8vo., publisher's light wrappers, slight fading and a little tear at extremities, signed by the author on the titlepage. (Brandes & Durkan A12b); [Idem] Sweeney astray. London: Faber and Faber, 1986. 8vo., publisher's printed wrappers, inscribed on the half-title "To Bruce: Best wishes - Seamus Heaney 26. X. 89."; [Idem] New selected poems 1966-1987. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. First edition in wrappers, 8vo., publisher's printed wrappers, 8vo., very slight wear at edges of covers, and with crease to the upper cover (Brandes & Durkan A46b); [Idem] Hallaig Somhairlie MacGill-Eain; translated by Seamus Heaney. [s.l.]: Sorley MacLean Trust, 2002. First edition, 8vo., printed wrappers, signed by Heaney; [Idem] The burial at Thebes: Sophocles' Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney. Dublin: Abbey Theatre, 2004. 8vo., printed wrappers, signed by Heaney on the titlepage; [Idem] Fuori campo. Novara: Interlinea Edizione, 2005. 12mo., printed paper wrappers, signed by the author on the titlepage; [Idem] Human chain. London: Faber and Faber, 2010. First edition, 8vo., publisher's paper boards, dustwrappers; [Idem] Room to rhyme: 'Greatest Minds" lecture delivered at the Celebrations of Graduation at the University of Dundee, July 2002; images by Brigid Collins. Dundee: University of Dundee, 2004. Small 4to., publisher's illustrated boards; [Idem] Sweeney's flight: based on the revised text of 'Sweeney astray'; photographs by Rachel Giese. London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 4to., publisher's green cloth boards, dustwrappers (Brandes & Durkan A34h), and two others (11)