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Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$3.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$3.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$3.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1976 variant cover design. Light scratches, scuffs, creases & marks to softcover. Faded along spine & edges. Dedication on first page. Tanned textblock edge. Content is good & clear.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$8.39 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: This item has slightly warped pages,spotting on some of the pages and yellowing on pages from age
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$24.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
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Condition: New
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Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$25.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Brand: Faber n Faber, 1966.
Price: US$27.17 + shipping
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Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
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Condition: New
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Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
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Condition: New
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Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$30.13 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$35.22 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$39.33 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. DEATH OF A NATURALIST. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$60.29 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.18
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
Seamus Heaney. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Third impression from 1966. The book is in fine condition, pages clean, spine firm, no markings, the jacket appears to be fine, however for some reason the white part of the spine (1cm x5mm) has been neatly removed, this is not apparent with the book in its mylar sleeve (with white backing) it is only obvious when removed, no other markings, not price clipped, please see pics, paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
HEANEY, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. London: Faber and Faber, 1966.
Price: US$352.90 + shipping
Description: Second impression. 8vo. 57, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, dust jacket, not price clipped. Two tears to the head of the head of the upper panel of the jacket, slight tanning to the spine and the white lower panel, else an attractive copy. The poet's first book, first published earlier the same year.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber and Faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$417.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1966. First printing. Ex-library with fairly minimal marking. 57pp. The inner flaps of the jacket (front and back) have a line of historical Sellotape staining along the edge. These tape stains also present on inner boards and the staining has also transferred to feps. Stamp on the ffep has been neatly erased and is now barely visible. Only other library stamp is to rear of title page and has almost entirely been erased leaving the paper looking thin. The unclipped dust jacket has a little creasing along the top and the pink has faded from the bottom of the spine as is common with this title. Overall the jacket is in very good condition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$423.50 + shipping
Description: Third printing of the author's first book. 8vo, 57 pp. Covers lightly rubbed at edges, slight toning to page edges. Jacket edgeworn, sunned, lighlty dustsoiled.
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seamus Heaney. Death of a Naturalist. Faber and Faber Limited, 1966.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a limited edition paperback book. There is slight wear to the cover of the book. There is a slight wave to the cover and pages. Otherwise the book is clean and unmarked. The spine is unbroken and the binding is tight.
Seller: The Castle Bookshop, Castlebar, MAYO, Ireland
HEANEY, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. London: Faber and Faber, 1966.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, third impression, published in the same year as the first impression. Octavo, pp 57. Teal green cloth covered hard boards in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (18s. net). Fine condition book in a Very Good jacket which has slight fading to the salmon coloured bottom half of the spine and small wear and chipping to the spine ends.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A third impression of the true first edition of Seamus Heaney's first full collection, published in 1966 - the same year as the first impression. ***Near fine in emerald-green cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright, and the boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases to the boards. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding and no warping to the thin boards (as is sometimes found). Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions or annotations. No major creases or tears - just very light creasing to a few leaves at the top corner - please note that this is not very noticeable. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a near fine original printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 18s net. The dustwrapper is complete, with just very slight rubbing and loss at the head and tail of the spine, and a small closed tear at the bottom edge of the back panel. The dustwrapper is really clean, with just a couple of small marks to the front panel. The back panel, which is white, is clean and unmarked. Unusually, there is virtually no fading to the light-sensitive green and pink colours on the spine, which is extremely uncommon with this title. ***224mm x 142mm. 57 pages. ***'His words give us the soil-reek of Ireland, the colourful violence of his childhood on a farm in Derry. The full-blooded energy of these poems makes "Death of a Naturalist" the best first book of poems I've read for some time.' (C. B. Cox in the Spectator) ***'The power and precision of his best poems are a delight, and as a first collection "Death of a Naturalist" is outstanding.' (Christopher Ricks in the New Statesman) ***'What delights, in poem after poem, is the accuracy and freshness with which sense-impressions are recorded.' (Richard Kell in the Guardian) ***'I have completely persuaded myself that he is a poet of unusual quality, a poet to be grateful for.' (Karl Miller in The Critics, BBC) - Review quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper. ***A third impression of "Death of a Naturalist", Seamus Heaney's first poetry collection, in really nice collectable condition, with an unusually unfaded dustwrapper. Of interest to collectors of Seamus Heaney's poetry. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seamus Heaney. Death of a Naturalist. Faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$1154.94 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of Heaney's first collection in 1966. No markings on the book. Some light toning and wear on the edges of the wrapper and the spine sunned. Price clipped.
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Heaney (Seamus). Death of a Naturalist.. Faber and Faber, 1966.
Price: US$1283.27 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. 57, crown 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, single small spot to top edge, ownership inscription at head of flyleaf crossed through with marker, dustjacket with gentle fading around backstrip panel, this with a little creasing around a tiny nick at head, touch of rubbing at extremities, very good.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
HEANEY Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1966.
Price: US$1283.27 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 57pp. Green cloth w gilt title to spine. 6cm tear to front wrapper dust-jacket and edges sunned o/w very good. Contents clean and tight, a lovely bright copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Price: US$1604.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine, 1966, First edition, first issue. In green cloth, gilt titles to spine lower edge rubbed. In VG+ DJ, not clipped. Internally, half title, [6], 9-57 pp, 34 poems. The spine lower half, pink part, of the DJ has faded as often happens plus a couple of spots. The authors very successful first book. (216*138 mm).
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013). Death of a Naturalist [Signed]. Oxford University Press, New York, 1966.
Price: US$1624.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing of the poet's critically acclaimed first commercially published work (preceded by the privately printed pamphlet, Eleven Poems, in 1965), one of only 1,000 copies (bound from sheets purchased from Faber and Faber, Heaney's London publisher). Tall, slim 8vo: 57,[1]pp. Publisher's aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gilt; typographic dust jacket, in salmon-pink, olive and white, lettered in black and priced $3.75. Signed by Heaney on the title page. A stunning copy, tight, square and likely unread; about Fine jacket, fresh and bright, with usual fading to the fugitive salmon-pink on bottom half of spine panel but all lettering undiminished. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Cholmondeley Award, the Eric Gregory Award, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Heaney received the Nobel Prize in literature, in 1995. Brandes & Durkan A2b. A collection of 34 poems largely concerned with rural life, often in the context of childhood experiences and the formulation of adult identities and intimate relationships. It includes "Digging," "Death of a Naturalist," "Blackberry-Picking," among others. "Seamus Heaney has been, for good or ill, internationally the most prominent and the most popular Irish poet of the latter part of the twentieth century and the first part of the twenty-first. . . . His first two collections, Death of a Naturalist and Door into the Dark [a signed copy of which we also have on offer], largely written before the renewed outbreak of the so-called 'Troubles' in 1968, show Heaney alerting his audience to the violent history of colonisation on his native ground, but preoccupied also by the rhythms of life in a rural setting remembered from his childhood. He also, in a Wordsworthian manner, focuses upon the sources and resources of his own poetic voice and power." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, 1966.
Price: US$1860.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1966 Faber & Faber Hardback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Fine clean tight copy in near fine unclipped dustjacket . An excellent copy.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
HEANEY, Seamus. DEATH OF A NATURALIST. Faber, 1966.
Price: US$1924.90 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original green cloth in olive and pink dustwrapper. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper indeed, which shows the typical fading to the pink of the spine, but is otherwise bright and crisp with just a touch of wear to the head of the spine. The author's first commercially published work which earned Heaney the E.C. Gregory, the Cholmondeley and the Somerset Maugham awards as well as the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. It is now recognised as one of the most significant collections of poetry in modern times.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$2502.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber in 1966. The BOOK is in near Fine condition being tightly bound and with no inscriptions. Minor spotting to the top edge but the text block and foredges are clean. The original WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Slight wear to the top of the spine and a light diagonal crease above the price. The usual fading to the spine but this is much lighter than usually encountered and has not encroached onto the front panel. A couple of very small closed tears to the rear panel edges. Light toning to the rear cover edges. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Accompanied by a loosely inserted paper card which has been simply Signed by Seamus Heaney in black ink. Housed in a custom green slip case. A much better copy than is usually encountered of this the author's first commercially published collection of poetry. Although Heaney would not win the Nobel Prize in Literature until 1995, 'Death of a Naturalis't won the young poet notable awards, including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Cholmondeley Award, the Eric Gregory Award, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Increasingly scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Seamus Heaney. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Faber & Faber, 1966. First UK Edition. Signed by the author without inscription and dated "23 . ii . 89" on flyleaf. Octavo; 57pp. Tan and salmon dust jacket with 18s net price intact; bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Front free endpaper has been razored out and is lost, with a bit of a stub remaining, scars to flyleaf from blade, and some adhesive residue along gutter (possibly an excised bookplate, or perhaps a library plate, though the book shows no other institutional markings. Jacket rubbed along edges, corners, and spine ends with a couple shallow tears at folds and toning to back panel; expected fading to salmon portion of spine and adjacent on front. Boards rubbed along edges with a small and faded spot of brown staining to front and some stray smudging and soiling. "10 October '66" in pen at top corner of front pastedown, mostly obscured by flap, with a small spot of tape residue. Opens a bit easily between gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked. Heaney's debut collection, which won the Cholmondeley Award, the Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
HEANEY Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. , 1966.
Price: US$3849.80 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers. London, Faber and Faber. Loosely inserted is a publisher's compliments slip, with a typed note on the verso from the Faber poetry editor, Rosemary Goad, saying that she had ? failed to get hold of Seamus Heaney; but I enclose a proof copy. Publication date not yet finally settled but it will probably be around June 2nd, 1966? Slightly browned overall, otherwise an excellent copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
HEANEY, SEAMUS. Death of a Naturalist. Faber & Faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$4812.25 + shipping
Description: First edition of the Nobel Prize-winner in Literature's break-through collection, inscribed by the author: "Seamus Heaney with good wishes 26.1.67". Previous owner's name on front free endpaper inked through else a nice copy with typical fading to lower part of the dust-wrapper.
Seller: Peter Grogan, London, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death Of A Naturalist : Signed By The Author. Faber and Faber, 1966.
Price: US$5068.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber in 1966. The BOOK is in Very Good condition. Some fading with a little pushing at the spine ends. Light rubbing to the edges The book has a very slight lean. A little dustiness to the text block edges. Light spotting to the prelims and end papers with a little spotting and light handling marks to some of the pages. Some mild age related mustiness. The original WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. Some wear to the upper spine end with a little loss. A light vertical crease to the rear panel. A little rubbing with loss at the corners. The usual fading to the spine and adjacent front panel area with light rubbing to the folds in places. A couple of very small closed tears to the rear panel edges. Light toning and marking to the rear cover edges. The wrapper remains very presentable in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) and dated (20th March 1967) by Seamus Heaney to the front blank end paper. Housed in a custom green clamshell box with gilt lettering and decorated paper interior. Despite its issues, this copy remains a very presentable copy of the author's first commercially published collection of poetry with a very early dated signature of the Nobel Laureate. Although Heaney would not win the Nobel Prize in Literature until 1995, 'Death of a Naturalist' won the young poet notable awards, including the 'Somerset Maugham Award', the 'Cholmondeley Award', the 'Eric Gregory Award', and the 'Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize'. Increasingly scarce to find with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
HEANEY Seamus. Death of A Naturalist. , 1966.
Price: US$6416.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, dust jacket. London, Faber and Faber. A presentation copy of Heaney?s first regularly published collection, inscribed by the author in the year of publication with a quotation from James Graham's 'To his Mistress': 'For E.R. Patton - He either fears too much/ or his deserts are small/ who will not put it to the touch/ And stand to lose it all. Seamus Heaney, October 1966'. An earlier owner has identified the recipient as Elsie R. Patton, who appears to have grown up as a daughter of the manse in Cloughwater, Co. Antrim, and later taught at Bangor Grammar School (a prize for poetry is given in her memory). She was sister in law of Leopold Richardson, Hon. Professor of Classics at TCD, described on an inserted note as a friend of Heaney?s. Heaney?s inscription has been added to, presumably by Patton, to include 'his fate' to read: 'He either fears his fate too much'. On the front pastedown in the same hand is a lengthy note quoting variants of the poem. A very good copy, spine sunned as usual, some wear to extremities of jacket, and chips to the tips and head and tail of spine. Brandes & Durkan A2a.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist.. Faber and Faber, London, 1966.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Heaney's first major published volume. Octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his aunt in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, "For Aunt Annie: who is content only with the right word. Love, Seamus." Additionally signed by Heaney in full on the title page. Fine in very good dust jacket with sunning to the pink portion of the spine and some overall wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Association copies of this caliber seldom enter the market. The Death of a Naturalist is the first regularly published book by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. It consists of 34 short poems and is largely concerned with childhood experiences and the formulation of adult identities, family relationships, and rural life. The collection begins with one of Heaney's best-known poems, "Digging", and includes the acclaimed "Death of a Naturalist."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.