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Heaney, Seamus; Hughes, Ted. The School Bag. Faber and Faber Ltd, 1997.
Price: US$426.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Great condition, As new. Signed by Seamus Heaney
Seller: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Heaney, Seamus (Edited By). The School Bag. Faber And Faber, London, 1997.
Price: US$515.05 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: & Ted Hughes (Edited by) A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Wrapper - absolutely first class copy. Just a very tiny, tiny bit of light foxing to the very top edge. Signed by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes to the title page. The First Edition, First Issue with the numbering correct.
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
HUGHES, TED AND HEANEY, SEAMUS (EDIT). The School Bag. Faber & Faber, London, 1997.
Price: US$740.39 + shipping
Description: One of 300 numbered copies signed by both editors of an anthology of poetry that they enjoyed - or, in some cases, endured - at school. Foreword by Heaney. Fine in slipcase.
Seller: Peter Grogan, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$772.58 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 590. Yellow paper covered hard boards over blue cloth spine with black title piece. In original blue slipcase. Limited edition of 300 copies, this being #49. Signed by both editors to the title page. Foreword by Heaney. An eclectic anthology of poetry read in schools together with poetry that the editors enjoyed in their school days. Both book and slipcase are in absolutely Fine condition.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus; Hughes, Ted (eds.). The School Bag (Signed First). Faber & Faber, 1997.
Price: US$804.77 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression; the second poetry anthology jointly edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes - SIGNED TO THE TITLE PAGE BY BOTH, and scarce, thus. (Please note that this is the regular trade edition, and not the more common limitation page signed special edition.) Complete with a ticket for the 'Evening of Poetry' with Heaney and Hughes held in London at the time of publication. A Fine copy: tight and square binding in sharp blue boards, and very crisp and clean with bright white pages, presenting as unopened. The unclipped dustwrapper is about Fine: bright, crisp and clean, with a touch of rubbing to the top corners and a tiny (3mm) closed tear to the heel of the spine; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. SEAMUS HEANEY SPECIALISTS
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
HEANEY Seamus.; HUGHES Ted. editors. The School Bag. , 1997.
Price: US$811.21 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original quarter black cloth over yellow boards, spine lettered in gilt, slip case. London, Faber and Faber. Signed by both Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney to the limitation page. An anthology of poetry by authors the two poets read at school. A fine copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Heaney, Seamus; Hughes, Ted. The School Bag. Faber & Faber, 1997.
Price: US$836.96 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket in near fine condition. pp.590. SIGNED by both Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes on the title page. Anthology of British poetry selected by Heaney and Hughes, with an emphasis on diversity of form and spanning languages such as Welsh, Gaelic and Old English. First edition. Navy cloth boards with only minor bump to top right hand corner and in otherwise very good condition. Dust jacket minor crease to top right hand corner and in otherwise very good condition. Scarce.
Seller: Henry Pordes Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom