devlin polly heaney seamus (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No. 14 of a limited edition of 230. This copy comes with a loosely inserted prospectus for the book, and a compliments slip from The Old School Press. Printed and bound by hand on Zerkall paper; Quarter bound in cloth with marbled paper-covered boards (paper by Ann Muir). Printed paper labels on the front and spine. Teeny crease to corner of label, otherwise in as new condition.

Hardback. Etat : As new. No jacket. First and only edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Pp. 41, [1 (blank)]. Quarter-bound black cloth over black and gold marbled paper boards by Anne Muir, decorative printed labels to cover and spine. Illustration by Catherine Heaney, linocuts by Bert Eastman and title-page calligraphy by Diana Hardy Wilson. No. 106 of 230 copies handset in Garamond and printed on various Zerkall mould-made papers by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen of Incline Press. Backstrip cloth and marbled board colouring and patterning differed throughout the limited print run. With the original prospectus loosely inserted. Twenty-two poems or prose pieces by members of Seamus Heaney's extended family commemorating a midsummer gathering, with the poet himself contributing half of them. [Brandes & Durkan B230] 219.

Cloth. Etat : Fine. None (illustrateur). First edition. A signed presentation copy of this limited edition work by Seamus Heaney and his family, inscribed to publisher Carmen Callil, and with a loosely inserted signed photograph of the Heaney family. A signed association copy of this work.A limited edition work consisting of twenty-two poems or prose pieces by members of Seamus Heaney's extended family commemorating a midsummer gathering, with the poet himself contributing half of them.One of 230 copies produced, signed 'for Carmen' by Heaney to the limitation leaf.From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to"publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctivegreen spine synonymous with Virago.With Callil's bookplate loosely inserted.An additional loosely inserted photograph of the extended Heaney family is inscribed to the reverse 'Carmen: a few of the family at the feast - P (and a thank you letter)'.This is from Polly Devlin, the editor of the work, and Heaney's sister in law. In the publisher's original cloth backed marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardback. Etat : As new. No jacket. First and only edition. First and only edition. 8vo. Pp. 41, [1 (blank)]. Quarter-bound green cloth over multi-coloured marbled paper boards by Anne Muir, decorative printed labels to cover and spine. Illustration by Catherine Heaney, linocuts by Bert Eastman and title-page calligraphy by Diana Hardy Wilson. No. 11 of 230 copies handset in Garamond and printed on various Zerkall mould-made papers by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen of Incline Press. Backstrip cloth and marbled board colouring and patterning differed throughout the limited print run. Signed by Heaney to title page and with the original prospectus loosely inserted. Twenty-two poems or prose pieces by members of Seamus Heaney's extended family commemorating a midsummer gathering, with the poet himself contributing half of them. [Brandes & Durkan B230] 219. signed.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First edition. Octavo. 42pp. + four-page publisher's prospectus bound in. Green quarter cloth and hand-made marbled paper-covered boards with printed paper wrappers. A fine copy in custom cloth clamshell case. Laid in are a four-page, publisher's prospectus, and a promotional postcard. Limited to 230 numbered copies Signed by Seamus Heaney and Polly Devlin. Nicely printed by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen of the Incline Press. Seamus Heaney contributes ten poems, and a poetic tribute to Rose and Tom, family members whose wedding anniversary occasioned an extended family reunion and resulted in the publication of this book by Seamus' sister Polly Devlin.