Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

104 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 889. Heaney (Seamus) Remembering Malibu, A collection of his working papers for this major poem, comprising four A4 sheets of manuscript drafts in Heaney’s hand extensively corrected, some on Harvard University headed notepaper, five typescript sheets some with extensive manuscript corrections by Heaney, and a typescript cover sheet [cyclostyled], the collection neatly held in a custom made folding clamshell box, green cloth, morocco gilt title label on upper cove. A little foxing, else VG. An important collection, which allows us to trace the development of this significant poem from conception through various drafts and redrafts to completion (First published in book form in Station Island, 1984, preceded by a broadside in 1982.) (1) €3,500 - €5,000