Government Of the Tongue

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The Government of the Tongue

The Government of the Tongue

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE: The 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures  and Other Critical Writings (signed by author)

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE: The 1986 T.S. Eliot Memorial Lectures and Other Critical Writings (signed by author)

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The Government of the Tongue - The 1986 T S Eliot Memorial Lectures and other critical writings
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The Government of the Tongue - The 1986 T S Eliot Memorial Lectures and other critical writings

by HEANEY, Seamus

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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

by Seamus Heaney

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The government of the tongue : The 1986 T.S. Eliot memorial lectures and other critical writings / Seamus Heaney

The government of the tongue : The 1986 T.S. Eliot memorial lectures and other critical writings / Seamus Heaney

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London : Faber and Faber, 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 172p. ; 22cm. Subjects: English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

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Government of the Tongue, The

Government of the Tongue, The

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US: Faber & Faber, 1988-10-01. reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. 172 pages. Binding cracked by title page. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 465569
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The Government of the Tongue

The Government of the Tongue

by Seamus Heaney

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1989
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London: Faber And Faber, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The 1986 TS Eliot Memorial Lectures and other critical writings from Heaney. Stock toned but otherwise all in VG order throughout. Light wear only to covers. 12mo. 172pp
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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

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1989
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. octavo, blue and gray boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good condition, jacket shows edgewear and toning, book shows wear to boards and foxing to the text block, 170pp.
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The Government of the Tongue; Selected Prose 1978 - 1987

The Government of the Tongue; Selected Prose 1978 - 1987

by Heaney, Seamus

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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [7], vii-xxiii, [3], 3-169, [5] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of dust jacket.
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The Government of the Tongue

The Government of the Tongue

by Heaney, Seamus

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE

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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose, 1978-1987

by Heaney, Seamus

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Collectible - Good. SIGNED! New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. 1st American edition. 8vo hardcover. 169pp. Signed by author on front endpage. Near Very Good book and dust jacket. Endpapers age toned and lightly offset. Small notation and owner's name to the front endpage. Light marginalia. (poems, poetry, prose literature, literary criticism) Inquire if… Read more about this item
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Government of the Tongue

Government of the Tongue

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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose 1978-1987

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The Government of the Tongue: Selected Prose, 1978-1987

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE

by Heaney, Seamus

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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. The 1986 T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures and Other Critical Writings. Pp. xxiv+172; tall demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in white, the upper board faintly marked; dust wrapper; bottom edge of pp. 143/4 a trifle creased and split; Faber and Faber, London, 1988. First edition. Brandes & Burkan A44a *Critical essays selected from… Read more about this item
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