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Beowulf : Signed By The Nobel Laureate Author
de Heaney, Seamus
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
The First UK printing published by Faber, London in 1999. The BOOK is in Near Fine condition and appears unread. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with NO fading to the the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the Nobel Laureate author to the title page. Heaney's translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic, which he dedicated to the memory of Ted Hughes. The title won the 1999 'Whitbread Book of the Year' award. (Brandes & Durkan A72a). Increasingly elusive with such attributes. A very sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Sinopsis
Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255).
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Detalles
- Librería
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 125791
- Título
- Beowulf : Signed By The Nobel Laureate Author
- Autor
- Heaney, Seamus
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Faber, London
- Lugar de publicación
- UK
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Beowulf, Irish, Heaney, Nobel, Poetry
Términos de venta
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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Sobre el vendedor
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Sobre Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
