Heaney, Seamus

BEOWULF: A NEW VERSE TRANSLATION - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. First American Edition. Item #7746

First Printing. Octavo (21cm); publisher's original laminated white card wrappers, printed in black; xxxii,220,[2]pp. A Fine copy. Heaney's Whitbread Award-winning translation of the epic Anglo-Saxon hero poem – one of the Nobel Laureate's greatest achievements. The first print run for the American edition was 17,000 copies, quickly reprinted numerous times shortly after publication. Uncommon in the proof state, which is not mentioned by the bibliographers. cf.Brandes & Durkan A72c.

Price: $200.00