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First Edition, Faber and Faber, 1966, London, pp.57, original green cloth boards with wrappers.
Scarce
Death of a Naturalist (1966) is Heaney’s earliest trade volume which characteristically incorpo-
rates vivid memories of his childhood in Northern Ireland. As with his later works, nature plays
a dominant role within this work. Heaney announces in the first poem of the collection that he
will figuratively “dig” with his poem, echoing the nurturing practice of his farming ancestors and
their own connection with the land.
€ 400 - 600
Pomes Penyeach
Shakespeare and Company Paris, 1927. First edition. Original
pale green paper covered boards lettered in green, 16mo,
12.25 x 9.75cm, with errata still present, no jacket, contains 13
poems, below each of which is given the place and the year in
which the poem was originally composed.
€ 250 - 350