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Seamus Heaney. Beowulf: A New Translation Signed. Faber and Faber, London, 1999.
Price: US$581.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, signed by Heaney on the title page. Dust jacket not price-clipped:nearly slightly faded spine tiny bumped corner. A nice collectable copy
Seller: AlmostAll1stEditions, London, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus [Translates].. Beowulf.. Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1999.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First British Edition, First Impression. A Fine copy, as new, in a Fine jacket, price-clipped. SIGNED (no inscription) by Heaney on the title page. 106pp. with an Introduction. Modern English text only. Q13984
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
HEANEY, Seamus. BEOWULF. A New Verse Translation.. London: Faber and Faber., 1999.
Price: US$1098.35 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents, clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 to the front flap). Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. Dedicated to the memory of his friend, Ted Hughes, Heaney's line-by-line translation from the original Anglo-Saxon of this great Northern epic and foundational work of English and European literature was winner of the 1999 Whitbread Poetry Prize. (Brandes & Durkan A72a). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.. Faber and Faber, London, 1999.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: 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? How did Seamus Heaney fashion verses, singularly handsome verses that not only capture the somber grandeur and mythic vigor of the Anglo-Saxon original, but also reflect the rhythm and timbre of the English we speak today. This newborn translation makes accessible to everyone the first supremely great poem to be written in the English language" (Colin Campbell, Christian Science Monitor).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation.. Faber and Faber, London, 1999.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Barrie Cooke. Author photograph by Caroline Forbes. A very sharp example. "How did he do it? How did Seamus Heaney fashion verses, singularly handsome verses that not only capture the somber grandeur and mythic vigor of the Anglo-Saxon original, but also reflect the rhythm and timbre of the English we speak today. This newborn translation makes accessible to everyone the first supremely great poem to be written in the English language" (Colin Campbell, Christian Science Monitor).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf. Faber & Faber, 1999.
Price: US$1227.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition published by Faber and Faber in 1999. This is a near fine copy. The jacket is in excellent condition with very little if any wear. It has not been price clipped and there is no fading. The blue cloth boards have no marks. The front two corners are gently pushed. The pages have started to yellow as is common with this title. Overall a near fine copy and rare to find signed by the Nobel Laureate poet, to the title page without dedication. A key Seamus Heaney title. His translation of the great anglo-saxon epic poem. It has become increasingly rare to find signed. [Brandes & Durkan A72].
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf : Signed By The Nobel Laureate Author. Faber, London, 1999.
Price: US$1227.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by Faber, London in 1999. The BOOK is in Near Fine condition and appears unread. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with NO fading to the the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the Nobel Laureate author to the title page. Heaney's translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic, which he dedicated to the memory of Ted Hughes. The title won the 1999 'Whitbread Book of the Year' award. (Brandes & Durkan A72a). Increasingly elusive with such attributes. A very sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$1285.71 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (slight wear) - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY SEAMUS HEANEY - Pictures available upon request.
Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
HEANEY, Seamus (trans.).. Beowulf.. London: Faber & Faber, 1999, 1999.
Price: US$1292.17 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, signed by Heaney on the title page, of his translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic. Dedicated to the memory of Ted Hughes, it won the 1999 Whitbread Book of the Year award. This copy has a contemporary gift inscription to George Bain on the title page. Bain was Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, where he opened The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in 2004. Brandes & Durkan A72a. Octavo. Original dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, orange endpapers. With dust jacket. Head of spine lightly bumped, small mark to fore edge of rear board; unclipped jacket spine panel gently sunned, minor creasing to top edge: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus;. Beowulf.. Faber,, London, 1999.
Price: US$1386.27 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, no 10 of 300 copies specially bound and signed by the author.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Heaney, Seamus [Translator]. Beowulf. Faber and Faber, London, 1999.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 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 poet and Nobel laureate.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf Translated by Seamus Heaney. Faber and Faber (1999), (London), 1999.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 106p octavo. 22p foreword by Heaney. Signed by Heaney on the title page. Winner of the 1999 Whitbread Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket, housed in a custom green cloth clamshell box with the title and Heaney's facsimile signature in gilt. Brandes & Durkan A72a
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus (translator). Beowulf: A New Translation. Faber & Faber, 1999.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. SIGNED to title-page. U.K. First Edition.
Seller: LensLairLibrary, Eastsound, WA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus.. Beowulf.. Faber & Faber Ltd, 1999.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Impression. Limited Issue, #194/300 copies specially bound in pale tan cream paper over brown cloth, in publisher's dark green paper over same cloth, Numbered and SIGNED by the Poet on the limitation page preceding the text. 106pp. with an Introduction, and some textual matter at the end. Absolutely AS NEW condition. Nobel Prize winner. Q15680
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf. Faber and Faber, 1999.
Price: US$1615.22 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Signed by the poet to the title page. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some light white marks to lower board fore-edge, else fine in a beautiful, fine dust jacket bearing the Waterstones 'Signed First Edition' wraparound band. A superior example of one of the poet's highlight titles.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
HEANEY, Seamus. BEOWULF: A New Verse Translation.. London: Faber and Faber., 1999.
Price: US$1615.22 + shipping
Description: 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 manuscript of the original Anglo-Saxon poem, now held at the British Library. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents bright and clean throughout, in the equally fine slipcase. A lovely, sharp copy. Signed in black ink by Seamus Heaney, and numbered to the limitation page. One of 300 signed and numbered copies bound by Smith Settle, Otley, West Yorkshire, this copy being number 294 (25 copies numbered I-XXV were reserved for the author). Dedicated to the memory of his friend, Ted Hughes, Heaney's line-by-line translation from the original Anglo-Saxon of this great Northern epic and foundational work of English and European literature was winner of the 1999 Whitbread Poetry Prize. (Brandes & Durkan A72b). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
HEANEY, Seamus. Beowulf (signed limited). Faber and Faber, 1999, 1999.
Price: US$1615.22 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by Heaney, hand-numbered 28 of 325 copies specially bound in cream cloth with burgundy quarter spine lettered in gilt on black panel (25 copies were reserved for the author). Fine condition, green endpapers, facsimile of the opening page of the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf, fine pages, in green slipcase edged in burgundy. Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English, and this is a beautiful example of the limited edition of Heaney's translation, winner of the 1999 Whitbread Book of the Year Award.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
Heaney Seamus [Translator]. BEOWULF. London Faber and Faber 1999, 1999.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, LIMITED FIRST ISSUE SIGNED BY HEANEY, and one of only 325 copies of which only 300 hand-numbered copies were for sale, this being 162. With a facsimile of the opening page of the only surviving Beowulf manuscript, this illustration was not included in the trade issue and is exclusive to this Limited Printing. 8vo, the issue specially bound by Smith Settle, Otley, West Yorkshire, in cream paper-covered boards backed in reddish-brown linen, with a black cloth spine label gilt lettered, and in the publisher's green paper and reddish-brown linen slipcase. xxx, 106 pp. A mint copy, the book pristine, even the slipcase shows no hint of use, wear, or age. THE SCARCE LIMITED ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AWARD-WINNING POET. Heaney gives us a new translation of one the great Northern classics-- BEOWULF, a foundational piece of European literature. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Book of the Year, 1999.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.