BEOWULF. A New Translation.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, lightly toned to the paper stock, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 to the lower front flap). Loosely laid in is a ticket for the October 6th 1999 reception and reading event at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Signed by Seamus Heaney in black ink on the title page. Dedicated to the memory of his friend, Ted Hughes, Heaney's line-by-line translation from the original Anglo-Saxon of this great Northern epic and foundational work of English and European literature was winner of the 1999 Whitbread Poetry Prize. (Brandes & Durkan A72a).