First edition of one of Heaney's strongest and most acclaimed collections.
Very good plus in near fine jacket.
Price: $850.00
"I returned to a long strand, / the hammered curve of a bay, / and found only the secular / powers of the Atlantic thundering."
Among the Nobel winner's most important works, his fourth collection addresses both directly and indirectly Northern Ireland's Troubles, and contains his famous "Bog" series of poems. "One of the few unforgettable single volumes published in English since the modernist era" (Helen Vendler). A nice copy of a major book.
Read more: Vendler, "Books: Echos, Soundings, Searches, Probes," The New Yorker, Sept. 23, 1985, 108.
First printing. London: Faber and Faber Ltd, (1975). 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original full blue cloth. In original unclipped (£2.95 net) pictorial jacket. [2], 74 pages. Jacket with some sunning (as common). Tiny corner crease to front flap. Penned gift inscription to front endpaper. Front pastedown and endpaper toned, also as common. Overall, clean and sharp.
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