Lot 507
Heaney, Seamus
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Poems for Alan Hancox [by] Melvyn Bragg, D. J. Enright … Seamus Heaney…Leominister: The Wittington Press, 1993. First edition, 4to., woodcut vignettes by Miriam MacGregor on the titlepage, publisher's quarter cloth, patterned paper boards, t.e.g., no. 134 of 350 copies. (Brandes & Durkan B136a); [Idem] Keeping going; illustrations by Dimitri Hadzi. Concord: New Hampshire: T. Ewert, 1993. First edition, 4to., publisher's grey wrappers, no. 121 of nos. 51-200 bound in wrappers, signed by the author, the artist and the designer (Brandes & Durkan A56c); [Idem] Midsummer feast. Oldham: Incline Press, 2002. First edition, 8vo., publisher's quarter green cloth, pinkish marbled boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover, with two page prospectus bound in at the end, no. 101 0f 230 copies (Brandes & Durkan B230, describing the binding as quarter leather. The prospectus refers to all copies as bound in cloth spines. They do not refer to the prospectus); [Idem] The river field: printings and drawings by Martin Gale. Old Castle: The Gallery Press, 2007. First edition, 8vo., publisher's dark green cloth, plain dustwrappers, no. 144 of 450 copies, signed by the author (4)