Descrizione

First American edition, First Printing, SIGNED BY SEAMUS HEANEY. Tall 8vo, publisher's original black cloth, the upper cover embossed in blind, the spine gilt lettered and tooled, in the original dustjacket. 273 pp. A very fine copy, the book essentially as pristine, the jacket has small abrasions at the lower extremity of the front fold which is barely noticeable, otherwise as pristine, and very fine with no fading, rubbing, or edge-wear.

Edizione: signed by the nobel-award-winning poet on the titlepage. selected poems 1966-1987 includes over 100 poems selected by heaney from nine of his earlier collections. these include a slightly revised version of his long poem "station island" as well as a number of poems which had previously not been included in american publications. selected poems clearly demonstrates the range, sureness, and quality of the first 21 years of heaney's career.