HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf. London: Faber and Faber. 1999.
8vo. Publisher’s black boards lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust jacket with printed price of £14.99 to front flap, orange endpapers; pp. [ii], xxx, 106, [vi]; slight wearing to edges of jacket, with small white markings to back cover, bump to back board’s lower left corner; near fine.
Signed first edition, first impression.
Seamus Heaney’s translation of the epic anglo-saxon poem that transcends time, and speaks to readers across generations through touching upon the most important aspects of the human condition. Heaney dedicated his book to the memory of his friend Ted Hughes who passed away in 1998.
This copy is signed by Heaney to the title page in black ink.
SKU: 2123898