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Death of a Naturalist
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. 57 pp. Greenish blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning, fading to the spine and several short closed edge-tears with light associated creasing. The Nobel Prize-winning poet's first collection, comprised of sheets from the first English edition with a new title page.
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
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943546
- Title
- Death of a Naturalist
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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