Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Sweeney Astray : A Version from the Irish by Seamus Heaney in a new archival wrap. First American Edition stated, 1983 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with with clean, bright boards, moderate foxing on the page blocks, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear and no price on the front flap as issued. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Sweeney Astray (1983), is Heaney’s version of the medieval Irish work “Buile Suibhne.”.
Small volume ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
