Beowulf
by Heaney, Seamus
Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255).
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London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition. First British edition of Heaney's translation, first printing. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. xxx, 106 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with spine lettering stamped in gilt. Fine and unread in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The Old English epic poem, translated and brought into modern times by the Irish… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, Heaney, Seamus. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 2000. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 213pp. Quarter black cloth over black boards, silver spine titles. Volume is in unread, unmarked condition; unclipped jacket is fine with very light shelf scuffing. Bilingual Edition with text in English and Old English. This is a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback in black covers with French Flaps [Gatefold], decorated in silver and gold. i - xxxi, 213 pages. Introduction by translator and a brief "Note on the Names" by Alfred David. Bilingual edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Faber and Faber. 1999. First edition. First edition. Signed, numbered, limited edition. Original cream boards, quarter-bound in red cloth, the spine lettered in gilt to a gilt-framed black label. Housed in the original stiff green card slipcase with upper and lower edges in red cloth. Dark green endpapers. Frontispiece colour reproduction of the opening of the only surviving… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beowulf
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Beowulf
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BEOWULF: BILINGUAL EDITION.
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New York, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First bilingual edition--in English on the recto and the original Old English on verso--in this new verse translation by the Nobel-prize-winning Dublin author. In 213 pages with Introduction, Family Trees, & "A Note on Names" by Alfred David. A FIRST EDITION, First… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEOWULF
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Beowulf: A New Translation
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London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example. "How did he do it?… Read more about this item Item Price
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