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HEANEY, Seamus. The Cure at Troy. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1961). Reprint edition. Fine in wrappers. #89645... $12 X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (HEANEY, Seamus). [Poem]: The Indomitable Irishry [in] Poetry Ireland Number 3, Spring 1964. (Dublin): Dolman Press 1964. Small octavo. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. An uncommon little poetry magazine. #83839... $100 X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (HEANEY, Seamus). [Poems]: End of a Naturalist [and] Valediction [in] Poetry Ireland Number 5, Sprint 1965. (Dublin): Dolman Press 1965. Small octavo. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Slight offsetting and a small bump, both on the rear wrap, else fine. An uncommon little poetry magazine. #83838... $125 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. New York: Oxford University Press 1966. First American edition. Discreet ex-library copy with pocket removed from rear fly, but no other markings, small owner's name and some dampstaining on the front fly, only good in a good only dustwrapper exhibiting some light but pervasive dampstaining. Author's first commercially published book. #99291... $450
(HEANEY, Seamus, Norman Dugdale, Everard Flintoff, Julian Ennis, G. Gallen, John Montague, E. J. Killick, James Scott, Michael Longley, David Selzer, Barry Tebb, Jim Burns, Amy Costellano, Veronica Forrest, Veronica Horwell, Michael Gill, Brian Oxley, and Anthony Barrell) CHAMBERS, Harry, edited by. Phoenix No. 2. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Phoenix Summer 1967. Magazine. Small octavo. 64pp. Stapled wrappers. A touch of wear at the extremities, near fine. A literary magazine published in Northern Ireland with contributions from Seamus Heaney, Norman Dugdale, Everard Flintoff, Julian Ennis, G. Gallen, John Montague, E. J. Killick, James Scott, Michael Longley, David Selzer, Barry Tebb, Jim Burns, Amy Costellano, Veronica Forrest, Veronica Horwell, Michael Gill, Brian Oxley, John Pakenham, and Anthony Barrell. #333560... $50 HEANEY, Seamus and John Montague. [Vinyl record]: The Northern Muse. London: Ceirníní Cladaig / Claddagh Records 1968. First edition. Original 33 1/3 rpm vinyl album, illustrated sleeve by Barrie Cooke with a note from each author. Lightly bumped and rubbed near fine plus. #323511... $150 HEANEY, Seamus. (Benedict Kiely). [Magazine]: The Hollins Critic: Seamus Heaney. Vol. VII, No. 4. October, 1970. Hollins College, Virginia: Hollins College 1970. Large octavo. Stapled wrappers as issued. 16pp. Corners bumped, else a near fine copy. The issue is devoted to Seamus Heaney, the entire issue comprised of a long essay by Benedict Kiely: "A Raid into Dark Corners: The Poems of Seamus Heaney". #99300... $40
X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Anthology) COUZYN, Jeni, edited by. Twelve to Twelve. Poetry D-Day Camden Festival 1970. London: Poets Trust 1970. First edition. Octavo. Wrappers. Fine. Contains poems by Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith, George MacBeth, Peter Redgrove, Adrian Henri, Lee Harwood, Tom Pickard, Michael Hamburger, Edward Lucie-Smith, Seamus Heaney, Jon Silkin, and William Plomer. #275187... $35 X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (HEANEY, Seamus). Workshop 11: A Magazine of New Poetry. (London: Workshop Press 1970). First edition. Edited by Norman Hidden. 12mo. Stapled printed wrappers. Slight sticker remant over price on front wrap, else near fine.seamus Heaney contributes two poems, with additional contributions from Wolf Mankowitz, William Plomer and others. #96990... $35 X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Anthology) (HEANEY, Seamus and others). Responses. (London?): National Book League & The Poetry Society 1971. First edition. Quarto. Red wrappers. An extremely faint stain on the front wrap, still very near fine. One of 500 copies printed on handmade paper. Contributors include Heaney, William Plomer, Dannie Abse, Jon Silkin, Sydney Carter, Adrian Mitchell, Derec Morgan, D.M. Black, Roger McGough, Stewart Conn, Earle Birney, Iain Crichton Smith, Ted Walker, Tony Harrison Patricia Beer, John Ormond, Vernon Scannell, and Leslie Norris. #76911... $75 HEANEY, Seamus. Wintering Out. London: Faber & Faber (1972). First edition. Paperback original. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers. Slight age-toning to the wrappers, else fine. Author's scarce third collection, this wrappered edition precedes the hardcover issue by a year. #311155... $750
HEANEY, Seamus. Wintering Out. London: Faver and Faber (1978). Reprint. Near fine in wrappers. #89712... $20 HEANEY, Seamus. The Fire i' the Flint: Reflections on the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. (London): Oxford University Press (1975). First edition. Thin octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine. #315172... $45 Seamus Heaney. Copenhagen: Dansmarks Radio/Skoleradioen (1977). First edition. Fine in wrappers. First part of the book is the script of a radio interview from Novermber 22, 1977 in Denmark. The second part develops and complements the themes outlined in the first half. #312552... $100
HEANEY, Seamus. The Makings of a Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats. Liverpool: University of Liverpool 1978. First edition. Printed stapled wrappers. 18pp. Fine. Signed by Heaney. #307128... $125 HEANEY, Seamus. The Makings of a Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats. (Liverpool: University of Liverpool 1978). First edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine. Lecture delivered on 9 February, 1978. #312533... $30 HEANEY, Seamus. Field Work. London: Faber and Faber (1979). First edition, wrappered issue. Rubbed, about very good in wrappers. #307140... $65 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. Field Work. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1979). First American edition. Very good with a lightly sunned spine, a slightly cocked spine, ink notation on the front endpaper, in a near fine dustwrapper with a lightly tanned spine. #312359...... $50
HEANEY, Seamus. Field Work. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1986). Sixth American printing. Fine in decorated wrappers. Signed by the author. #312362... $125 HEANEY, Seamus. Ploughshares Volume 6 Number 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ploughshares, Inc. (1980). First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. #312442... $15 HEANEY, Seamus. Poems 1965-1975: Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, North. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1980). First American edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a slight bit of light offsetting. #310698... $100 HEANEY, Seamus. Preoccupations: Selected Prose 1968-1978. London: Faber and Faber (1980). First American edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a lightly tanned spine. #312579... $80
HEANEY, Seamus. The Names of the Hare. [London: Waddington Galleries 1982]. First edition. Large broadside. 17" x 22". Fine. Illustrated by Barry Flanagan. A single poem in Middle English with Heaney's translation. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by both Flanagan and Heaney. #315878...... $1,500 HEANEY, Seamus. Among Schoolchildren. A lecture dedicated to the memory of John Malone given by Seamus Heaney on Thursday 9th June, 1983 at Queen's University, Belfast. (Belfast): John Malone Memorial Committee 1983. First edition, second issue. Octavo. Original printed navy blue wrappers. Fine copy, with copyright slip laid in. #312526... $35 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. Sweeney Astray. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1984). First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper but for the usual agetoning to the flaps. Advance Review Copy with slip, photo, and promotional material laid in. #274639...... $100
HEANEY, Seamus. Sweeney Astray. London: Faber and Faber (1986). Reprint. Fine in wrappers. Signed by the author. #312583... $150 HEANEY, Seamus. Place and Displacement: Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland. (Cumbria): Dove Cottage (1985). First edition. Stapled wrappers in dustwrapper. 22pp. Faint crease to the corner of last page still fine. The text of a lecture. Scarce. #9980... $125 HEANEY, Seamus. Salmagundi: A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social Sciences: Fall 1985-Winter 1986. Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College 1986. No. 68-69. Near fine in wrappers with a small chip to the foot of the spine. This issue features contributions from Seamus Heaney, John Fowles and Erich Heller. #74495... $15 HEANEY, Seamus. The Government of the Tongue. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux (1989). First American edition. Fading along the top edge of the boards else fine in fine dustwrapper. #309896...... $40
HEANEY, Seamus. The Place of Writing. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press (1989). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper, an as new copy. #306484...... $85 HEANEY, Seamus. Seeing Things. London: Faber and Faber (1991). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. #312581... $75 HEANEY, Seamus. Dylan the Durable? On Dylan Thomas. (Bennington, Vermont): Bennington College 1992. First edition. Stapled wrappers. A couple of small marks on front wrap, else near fine. One of 1000 numbered copies. #277324... $50 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X A 25th Anniversary Retrospective: The Seneca Review Volume XXV, No. 1 Spring 1995. Geneva, New York: Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1995. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Contains work by Donald Justice, Charles Simic, W.S. Merwin, Charles Wright, Donald Hall, Stephen Dobyns, Seamus Heaney, William Heyen, Denise Levertov, many others. #317218... $40
HEANEY, Seamus. Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture. Loughcrew, Ireland: Gallery Books (1995). First Irish edition. Fine in wrappers. #312357...... $65 HEANEY, Seamus. Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux (1996). First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. #312360... $30 KOCHANOWSKI, Jan. Laments. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1995). Uncorrected proof. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Seamus Heaney. Light abrasion to the front wrapper plus soiling thus near fine. #276211... $18
KOCHANOWSKI, Jan. Laments. London: Faber & Faber (1995). First edition. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Seamus Heaney. Fine in wrappers. #312441... $20 HEANEY, Seamus. The Redress of Poetry. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1995). First American edition. A little fading along the bottom of the spine, else fine in a fine dustwrapper. #309911... $45 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. The Redress of Poetry. New York: The Noonday Press (1996). First American paperback edition. Fine in wrappers. #110411... $35
(HEANEY, Seamus). Cathal Ó Searcaigh. (Lament). Caoineadh. Baile: Clodoiri Johnswood Press [no date - c. 1995]. First edition. Translated by Seamus Heaney. Large photographic broadside. Fine. Gaelic poem translated by Heaney. #315877... $275 HEANEY, Seamus. The Spirit Level. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1996). First American trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance review copy with publisher's letter laid in. #337038... $40 VENDLER, Helen. Seamus Heaney. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University 1998. Uncorrected proof with publisher's letter laid in. Glossy, illustrated wrappers. Minor crease down front wrapper, else fine. #280426... $25 HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Translation. Debut Publication in The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Seventh Edition. New York: W.W. Norton (1999. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Quarto. Tape bound printed green wrappers. Fine in wrappers. The first appearance of Heaney's celebrated translation of the poem, published in a college anthology. #312524...... $400
HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. New York: W. W. Norton (2000). Paperback edition. Fine in fine selfwrappers. #89642... $12 HEANEY, Seamus. Diary of One Who Vanished. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (2000). First American edition. Fine in decorated wrappers. #312356... $40 HEANEY, Seamus. Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (2000). First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. #313567... $50 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. The Midnight Verdict. (County Meath, Ireland): Gallery Books (2000). First paperback edition. Covers a little rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. #91010... $25
HEANEY, Seamus. Electric Light. London: Faber (2001). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. #312588... $80 HEANEY, Seamus. Electric Light. London: Faber (2001). First edition, wrappered issue. Fine in wrappers. #312589... $18 HEANEY, Seamus. Electric Light. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux (2001). First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. #312590... $20
HEANEY, Seamus. Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001. London: Faber and Faber (2002). First edition. Fine in a dustwrapper with light sunning to the spine, else fine. #312563... $60 HEANEY, Seamus translated by. The Burial At Thebes Sophocles' Antigone. (London): Faber & Faber (2004). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. #309905... $45 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X HEANEY, Seamus. District and Circle. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux (2006). First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. #89481...... $40
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