RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

106 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 762. Heaney (Seamus) Hailstones, 8vo, D. (The Gallery Press) 1984, Signed Limited Edition of 250 Copies, black cloth, blue d.j., good copy; together with paperback General Edn., (slight fading), otherwise good copy. (2) €300 - €400 763. Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1970, Fourth Edn., inscribed on f.e.p. “Seamus Heaney, Slainte!” green cloth, and d.j. (price clipped), nice copy; Field Work, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1979, First Edn., brown cloth, d.j. (2) €350 - €420 764. Heaney (Seamus) Beowulf, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1999, Signed Limited Edition, NO. 227 (300) copies, cloth backed boards, matching slip case. Good copy. (1) €250 - €320 765. Heaney (Seamus) District and Circle, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 2006, Signed Limited Edition No. 158 (300) Copies, cloth backed boards, matching slip case. (1) €250 - €320 766. The Author’s First Volume of Poetry Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1966, First Edn., First Impression, duck egg blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. (not clipped), some staining, otherwise good copy. (1) €500 - €700 767. Signed by Heaney as Gaeilge Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray - A Version from the Irish, 8vo Derry (Field Day Publication) 1983, First Edn., Inscribed on hf. title ‘ Seamus O h-Eanaig 3u Mi Nollaig 1985,’ illustrated by Colin Middleton, grey cloth, d.j. Nice copy. (1) €225 - €350 768. Heaney (Seamus) Station Island, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., inscribed “Seamus Heaney, 3/12/85 in Maynooth,” cloth & d.j.; Spelling It Out, 8vo D. (Gallery Press) 2009, Signed, illus. by Basil Blackshaw, full cloth gilt lettering; Human Chain, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2010, First Edn., cloth & d.j., all clean copies. (3) €180 - €220 769. Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, 8vo, N.Y. (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) 1984, Signed Limited Edition, No. 133 (350) copies, illustrated by Barne Cooke, green cloth, slip case, cardboard box; Stations Island, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1984, First Edn., cloth & d.j., clean copy. (2) €250 - €320 764 766 768 767 & detail 762