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North.
by HEANEY, Seamus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd,, 1975. First edition, first impression. One of the poet's most controversial and passionate works, this collection reflects on a particularly violent period of the Troubles through the lens of myth. Despite the contentious subject, "it's the brilliant reconciliation of art with politics that sets North apart from the rest of Heaney's oeuvre and gives it a kind of dark majesty" (McCrum). Octavo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. With dust jacket. Small bump to head of spine, cloth bright, front endpapers browned; jacket spine panel and edges a little sunned, small nick to head of rear flap, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket. Brandes & Durkan A12a. Robert McCrum, "The 100 best nonfiction books: No 11 - North by Seamus Heaney", The Guardian, 11 April 2016, accessible online.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170523
- Title
- North.
- Author
- HEANEY, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Faber and Faber Ltd,
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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