Author: SEAMUS HEANEY
Title: contributes his poem 'A Sofa in the Forties' to the anthology Poems for Alan Hancox.
Description: The Whittington Press, Herefordshire, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, number 47 of 300 numbered copies (out of a total edition of 350). Small 4to. Unpaginated. Cloth-backed patterned paper boards. Top edge gilt. With a title page wood engraving by Miriam Macgregor and an introduction by Melvyn Bragg. In fine state. No dust wrapper, as issued. Other contributors include Ted Hughes (his poem 'The Bear'), Laurie Lee (his poem 'from Paradise'), Jon Silken, John Fuller, D.J.Enright, Jon Stallworthy, Peter Levi, P.J.Kavanagh, Brian Patten, Charles Tomlinson, Michael Horovitz &c. This Heaney poem was subsequently revised for inclusion in 'The Spirit Level' (1996). Brandes & Durkan B136 / Oliver-Jones C36. Fine.

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