About this title: This 1987 collection marked a new direction for Heaney, who moved away from his angry poems on political themes to more compassionate examinations of conscience and nationhood.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780571147816ISBN:057114781X
Description: Good. 1990 reprint; Ex College library usual library markings; internally text clean and binding tight; else All in good condition; read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780571147816ISBN:057114781X
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wraps have slight wear, spine unbent. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. read more
Edition: 1st U.S. Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Date Published: 1987
Description: Damaged front endpaper. Description: 51 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: Heaney, Seamus 1939-. A very good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Edges very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. 1. pp. 51. read more
Description: Reader copy. Exlibrary hardback with dust jacket covered in plastic, dj wrinkled under plastic, minor shelf wear & pages tanned, usual library stamps & markings, clear text & binding, isbn 0571147801, 51pp, published 1987 by Faber & Faber, will be despatched immediately. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber, London; Boston
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good. SIGNED by the author at the title page and dated 6/26/87. Pages lightly tanned; else as new. Widely and justly celebrated for his flawless handling of the lyric, Seamus Heaney is here shown venturing into new imaginative territory. Poems exploring the theme of loss, and in particular a sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother, are joined in The Haw Lantern by meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in an allegorical vein that will both surprise and ... read more
Edition: 1st U.S. Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Date Published: 1987
Description: Damaged front endpaper. Description: 51 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: Heaney, Seamus 1939-. A very good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Edges very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. read more
Edition: First American edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1987
Description: Owner's long ink inscription on second blank flyleaf, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. HEANEY, Seamus. THE HAW LANTERN [Poems]. Octavo, cloth, 52 pages. read more
Edition: First American edition, clothbound trade issue.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1987
Description: Owner's four-line, dated ink inscription on front flyleaf; a fine copy in near fine dust jacket. HEANEY, Seamus. THE HAW LANTERN [Poems]. Octavo, cloth, 52 pages. read more
Edition: First American edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1987
Description: A fine copy in near fine dust jacket; jacket has very slight fading on spine, else fine. HEANEY, Seamus. THE HAW LANTERN [Poems]. Octavo, rust-colored cloth, 52 pages. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780374168377ISBN:0374168377
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book has a stamped P on front loose end paper, otherwise Fine. Dust jacket has a 1/2 inch closed tear at bottom corner of front. There is a small black dot next to the second "S' in Seamus that appears to be from the printing of the jacket, otherwise Fine. Protected by Archival Brodart cover. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: FSG, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780374168377ISBN:0374168377
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st American printing, p.o. 's name on top of ffep, author signed only on title page collection of 31 poems read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780571147809ISBN:0571147801
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed & Dated by Author First edition, first prnt. Signed and dated "23. vi.87" by Heaney on the title page. Beginning page toning (common for this title); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo. read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. Dj and boards have light rubbing and edge wear. No markings noted. A REAL Used Bookstore since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied. read more
Description: Good in G jacket. Dj has mild rubbing, fading in places and light edge wear. Light wear to boards. Clean pages. A REAL Used Bookstore since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied. read more
Edition: First American Print
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Date Published: 9/1/1987
ISBN-13:9780374168377ISBN:0374168377
Description: Good. 0374168377 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 29, 195r. read more
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