About this title: Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney's first collection of prose, "Preoccupations," begins with a vivid account of his early years on his father's farm in Northern Ireland and his coming of age as a student and teacher in Belfast. Subsequent essays include critical work on Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Robert Lowell, William Butler Yeats, John Montague, Patrick Kavanagh, Ted Hughes, Geoffrey Hill, and Philip Larkin.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0374237034 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780571133123ISBN:0571133126
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First American Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780374237035ISBN:0374237034
Description: Very Good+ in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very slight wear at spine top & top edge of frt. cvr, o/w Fine. Jacket has two 1.5" tears on frt. & back, sm. tears at spine top, liottle rubbing on back, spine darkened a bit w/sm. stain, light stain & soil on frt., strip of frt. flap torn off. Name on FEP. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1980
Description: First American Printing (Stated). Hardcover. DJ in new mylar. 224 pages plus bibliography. 6 page numbers written on ffep with tiny margin notations on those pages. Age freckling to top edge of block of pages. Very good/Fine. Binding tight and square. Pages crisp, clean and bright. Cover and DJ like new. read more
Edition: First American Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press Inc, New York
Date Published: 1980
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Used: Like New. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A vivid account of Heaney's early years in Northern Ireland and his coming of age as a student and teacher in Belfast...peculiar insight into the work of several major poets, including his own. Publisher's original orange boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. A pristine book without DJ. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux [1980].
Date Published: 1980
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First American edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Author's 2 page foreword. Dust jacket designed by Cynthia Krupat (unclipped). Very good. 224 pages + 2 page selected bibliography at end. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. 1980 Farrar Strauss Giroux hard cover-stated first edition-owner's name cut out of 1st page-very slight wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover)-some foxing to page edge-otherwise cover and binding like new contents clean-enjoy. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1980 Farrar Strauss Giroux hard cover-stated first edition-owner's name cut out of 1st page-very slight wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover)-some foxing to page edge-otherwise cover and binding like new contents clean-enjoy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780374237035ISBN:0374237034
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed and Dated by Author First US edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the front free endpage. "for Morgan Seamus Heaney April 1982. " Faint beginning foxing on the topedge; duatjacket with toning on spine and flaps' top edges, two small closed tears, small chip at spine topedge and short stray ink line on front panel. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with a Durafold archival cover. Heaney's first prose collection. Actual image of the book; not a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1980
Description: Selected Prose 1968-1978. Octavo. Original blue cloth gilt titles to spine. With the dust jacket. Inscribed on the free front endpaper “To George Norris / all good wishes / Seamus Heaney / 12 March 1994”. In fine condition. First Edition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780374516505ISBN:0374516502
Description: Good. Used Condition-GOOD can be a well cared for Book that is in great condition to a Book that may show some signs of wear. GOOD Books sometimes are permanently marked; have some spine or page creases; exibit signs of aging or an ExLibrary copy. ** Sometimes grease pencil or permanent marking on cover. May contain limited notes and or highlighting. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed on all purchases. ** SHIPS FROM USA-Domestic Delivery takes 5-14 days ** read more
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