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Death of a Naturalist
by Seamus Heaney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Barmouth, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Second impression. Hardback. Green linen boards, gilt titles, age toned at the edges in faded dustwrapper, not price clipped, aged at the edges and on rear jacket, short tears on flap fold, chipped at base of jacket spine and top of jacket spine and spine rubbed. Small loss just after the 'Heaney' on front of dw. Signed and inscribed. See images, more images available on request
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024145
- Title
- Death of a Naturalist
- Author
- Seamus Heaney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom
Biblio member since 2023
Barmouth, Gwynedd
About Walter Lloyd Jones Saleroom
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- Gilt
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