[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Limited Seamus Heaney POEMS AND A MEMOIR

[Charles Agvent]

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HEANEY, Seamus. POEMS AND A MEMOIR. (New York): Limited Editions Club, 
(1982). First Edition. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 12") bound in full 
vat-dyed, dark-brown leather consisting of a top-grain aniline skin. The 
8 illustrations by Henry Pearson, adapted from prehistoric carvings 
found just north of Dublin, are original graphics printed directly from 
relief engravings. The selection includes eight early and previously 
uncollected poems as well as a preface and memoir by Heaney. Copy #122 
of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by Heaney, Pearson, and Thomas Flanagan 
who wrote the introduction. The nature of the leather of this binding 
leads to some variation in color and texture. Typical sunning to the 
spine. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#009759)        $500.00

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