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Sweeney Astray. A Version from the Irish
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0946755035
- ISBN 13
- 9780946755035
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Derry: A Field Day Publication, 1983. Seaumus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Here he rendered into English one of the great Medieval epics of Ireland. Published by the Field Day Theatre Company, which was founded by Brian Friel, another prominentt Irish author. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Light gray "oatmeal" cloth binding with titling on the spine in black; helmet decoration on the front cover. Clean text; x, 77 pages. The dustwrapper is also Fine; in an archival plastic protector.. First Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Colin Middleton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Sweeney Astray is a version of the Irish poem Buile Shuibhne written by Seamus Heaney and published in 1983. It is based on an earlier translation by J.G. O'Keeffe. Heaney's version was well received in many circles and, much like his later take on Beowulf, has largely become the standard translation on college syllabi.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004923
- Title
- Sweeney Astray. A Version from the Irish
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Illustrator
- Colin Middleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Ed
- ISBN 10
- 0946755035
- ISBN 13
- 9780946755035
- Publisher
- A Field Day Publication
- Place of Publication
- Derry
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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