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‘The Testament of Cresseid’, a re-tell-
ing of Robert Henryson’s poem, with
original print by Hughie O’Donoghue,
FIRST DE-LUXE EDITION, 22/75,
bound in dark green, book and
print contained in a slipcase, signed
by both Heaney and O’Donoghue;
together with the original publisher’s
prospectus and an invitation to the
book launch attended by Seamus
Heaney and Hughie O’Donoghue on
24 November 2004 in London.
€ 250 - 350
‘Columcille The Scribe’, a version of an early 11th cen-
tury Irish poem handwritten on vellum by Tim O’Neill
(in ancient Irish lettering) and signed by Seamus
Heaney, LIMITED EDITION, 39/150, The Royal Irish
Academy Dublin 2004, mounted and issued in linen
folder, simply lettered in black ‘Seamus Heaney ‘Colm-
cille the Scribe’’ and on reverse ‘Royal Irish Academy
Dublin 2004’.
This version was sold and issued to enable the Acad-
emy to establish a fund for special monograph and
manuscript acquisitions. This is a copy of the vellum
hand lettered poem Seamus Heaney presented to the
Academy on his enrolment on 9th June 1997.
€ 300 - 400
‘A Tribute to Michael McLaverty’,
FIRST SIGNED LIMITED EDITION,
133/250, Linenhall Library, 2005, in
marbled wrappers and contained
in black labelled envelope (folded).
This is the text of a tribute to Michael
MacLaverty delivered by Heaney
to celebrate the centenary of his
birth September 2004 and contains
the poem ‘An evening at Killard’ by
Heaney 1969.
€ 200 - 300
‘Stern (In Memory of Ted Hughes)’, LIM-
ITED EDITION, one of 26 lettered copies
on Stonehenge, lettered ‘U’, J. Howard
Woomer January 2005, published to hon-
our Lester Connor, white paper, signed by
Seamus Heaney.
€ 150 - 250
MASSIMO.
‘Fuori Campo’, FIRST EDITION, Novara 2005,
this edition contains the first publication of
‘Tates Avenue’ ‘Fiddleheads’ and ‘Planting the
Alder’ and others only previously published
in broadsheet format (Stern etc).
€ 80 - 120
‘A Shiver’, FIRST LIMITED EDITION,
12/300, Clutag Press 2005, in pb stiff
wrappers, this signed by Seamus Heany
(Heaney only signed 30 copies).
€ 150 - 250