Sweeney Astray

London Faber and Faber, 1984, paperback. Reprint edition. -- SIGNED by the author on title page. Poetry. 123 pages. Softcover. Condition: very good minus (rear cover has surface scratches including over price; light wear at corners; owner name). ISBN 0571133037

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1983. First printing. Very Good+ in a Fine dustjacket. Pale green boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic green. 85pps. First Printing. A previous owner's brief inscription is near the top of the ffep. Also, page 41 has a crease as well as a small tear… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 85 pp. About fine. Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibhne. Its hero, Mad Sweeney, undergoes a series of purgatorial adventures after he is cursed by a saint and turned into a demented flying creature… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. First American trade edition. INSCRIBED and signed by the author, dated May 1985. "This version of 'Buile Suibhne' is based on J.G. O'Keeffe's bilingual edition, which was published by the Irish Texts Society in 1913" (jacket). Bound in tan cloth over light green paper covered boards wiht… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber , 1984. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5" . None . A lovely first London edition of Seamus Heaney's version of 'Buile Shuibhne,' complete with dust wrapper. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize for verse in 1985, this book contains Seamus Heaney's version of mediaeval Irish poem Buile Shuibhne, based on a translation… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 85 p.p. Quarter-bound cloth. Inner flaps of dust-jacket price clipped. Fine copy of book. This collection of poems is a version of the Irish poem 'Buile Suibhne Geilt', written by Seamus Heaney.

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1983. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Limited edition of 350 specially bound copies but this an out of series copy. Heaney's version of the medieval Irish work "Buile Suibhne." Features illustrations by Barrie Cooke. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in very fine slipcase. Signed by Heaney on… Read more about this item

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. First US edition. Limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Heaney on the limitation page. Copy #169. Green full-cloth with embossed decoration on front board. Illustrated by Barrie Cooke. Introduction by Heaney. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Fine condition in a Fine slipcase with the publisher's original shipping carton.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers.… Read more about this item

Derry: Field Day Theatre Company Limited, 1983. First Edition. First Impression, cloth issue, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (23.75cm); greyish-white rexine cloth boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,77,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated August, 1993. Fine in a Fine dustjacket, with some trivial wear along… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1984), 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 3-85, [1] pp. Quarter-bound in brown cloth over light green paper with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $13.95 on front jacket flap. A nice copy of Heaney's translation of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibhne centered upon the mad king… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 374272212 . First American edition. SIGNED by Seamus Heaney on title page. Fine in price-clipped otherwise near fine dust jacket. (85pp. ) (6 1/4" X 9 1/4") (Tiny speck of foxing at top edge. Orange titles at spine discolored. )… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1984. First English Edition. First impression. Cloth issue. Inscribed on the title page, in a cartoon balloon Heaney has drawn from the brain of Sweeney: "Glenn? Glen? To Horowitz from Heaney? I can never think of an inscription. Seamus Heaney. 23.XI.'99." Octavo. Black-paper covered boards in dust jacket; 86 pp. Fine copy, in the original… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983. First American trade edition. 86pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth and green boards. Fine in fine pictorial dustjacket. First American trade edition. 86pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep "Seamus Heaney to Mike November 1984.

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1984. Signed Limited Edition. hardcover. Fine. The signed limited edition, one of only 350 signed and numbered copies, this copy is as new still sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Publisher's slipcase. First US edition. Limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Heaney on the limitation page. Green full-cloth with embossed decoration on… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber / FSG, 1985 2nd US printing softcover. A long custom poem inscription by Seamus Heaney. Ends "Yours in Sour Mash and and good feeling, Seamus Heaney 21 April 1985". I heard him read poetry at Emory University on his last US visit. Heaney was the most memorable of the many poets and authors I have seen talk.… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY.: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Very Good+. 1984. Hardcover in dust jacket. Stated First American Edition. This book is hard-bound in light green paper covered boards, with a brown cloth spine, with green stamping, in a dust jacket with light toning. The covers show edge-wear and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in a near fine spine faded dust jacket.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [10], 85 pp. First America edition. As issued, in publisher's cloth-backed-boards with dust jacket. Boards are moderately to heavily toned and the edges of the textblock are foxed; slight forward lean; contents are clean but for an inscription on the title page; dust… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.