Death of a Naturalist
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover in green cloth . Very Good/very good. First American edition, first printing. Thin octavo ( standard size). Dj has slight wear at corners and head and heel of spine and slightly faded at dj spine and along the foredge of the dj. Small closed tear to upper dj edge right after "Death". A few spots on rear cover.
Book itself would be near fine except for the exlibris of the former owner on flyleaf. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on title page. He has drawn a line through his name, and written below : Seamus Heaney / 17th March 1971. Otherwise all correct, a quite attractive copy.
First collection by this great Irish poet and 1995 Nobel Prize winner.
Book itself would be near fine except for the exlibris of the former owner on flyleaf. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on title page. He has drawn a line through his name, and written below : Seamus Heaney / 17th March 1971. Otherwise all correct, a quite attractive copy.
First collection by this great Irish poet and 1995 Nobel Prize winner.
Synopsis
Death of a Naturalist is a collection of poems written by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The collection was Heaney's second major published volume, and includes ideas which he had presented at meetings of The Belfast Group. It won the Cholmondeley Award, the Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.
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- Bookseller
- Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13675
- Title
- Death of a Naturalist
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in green cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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