Midsummer Feast, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Poetry and prose for the Midsummer Feast at Cannwood House. Marbled paper boards, red cloth spine. Very nice copy. One of 230 numbered copies.Published to celebrate a family gathering with contributions from many of the extended clan. Heaney contributes ten poems. Published on variously coloured papers to differentiate between the authors. Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted.

Hardback. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 17 x 24cm 41pp near fine hardback with marbled boards, number 16 of a limited edition of 230 copies printed on Zerkall paper. Contributors include Polly Devlin, Catherine Heaney, Seamus Heaney, Veronica Horwell, Daisy Garnett, Barry Devlin, Marie Heaney, Patrick Kinmonth, Tess Hurson. Certain poems accompanied by a small illustration.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 45 of 230 copies handset in Garamond and printed in black on various Zerkall papers. Illustration by Catherine Heaney, linocuts by Bert Eastman and title-page calligraphy in blue by Diana Hardy Wilson. Ann Muir marbled paper-covered boards, predominantly olives, purple and mauve, maroon cloth spine, decorative printed labels on spine and front cover. A fine copy. A Heaney family get together. The contributors are: Catherine Heaney, Franny Harvey, Seamus Heaney (11), Polly Devlin (2), Veronica Horwell (2), Daisy Garnett, Barry Devlin, Marie Heaney, Patrick Kinmonth, Tess Hurson.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed presentation copy of this limited edition work by Seamus Heaney and his family, inscribed to publisher Carmen Callil, and with a loosely inserted signed photograph of the Heaney family. A signed association copy of this work.A limited edition work consisting of twenty-two poems or prose pieces by members of Seamus Heaney's extended family commemorating a midsummer gathering, with the poet himself contributing half of them.One of 230 copies produced, signed 'for Carmen' by Heaney to the limitation leaf.From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to"publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctivegreen spine synonymous with Virago.With Callil's bookplate loosely inserted.An additional loosely inserted photograph of the extended Heaney family is inscribed to the reverse 'Carmen: a few of the family at the feast - P (and a thank you letter)'.This is from Polly Devlin, the editor of the work, and Heaney's sister in law. In the publisher's original cloth backed marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 42pp. + four-page publisher's prospectus bound in. Green quarter cloth and hand-made marbled paper-covered boards with printed paper wrappers. A fine copy in custom cloth clamshell case. Laid in are a four-page, publisher's prospectus, and a promotional postcard. Limited to 230 numbered copies Signed by Seamus Heaney and Polly Devlin. Nicely printed by Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen of the Incline Press. Seamus Heaney contributes ten poems, and a poetic tribute to Rose and Tom, family members whose wedding anniversary occasioned an extended family reunion and resulted in the publication of this book by Seamus' sister Polly Devlin.

First edition, only printing. One of 230 copies. An exceptionally well produced, hand bound book. 22 poems or prose pieces by members of Seamus Heaney's family, with Seamus Heaney contributing 11 items. Signed by Seamus Heaney at one of his contributions. Several illustrations, also by the Heaney family. Each piece is printed on paper appropriate to it. Fine Each copy is bound in different marbled cloth. No dustjacket.

First edition, number 77 of 230 copies printed. 8vo., original quarter green cloth with hand-marbled paper boards in green, pink and blue by Ann Muir. Oldham, Incline Press. This delightful volume was commissioned by Marie's sister, Polly Devlin, on the occasion of a family gathering to celebrate a wedding anniversary. Heaney contributes 11 poems from 22 contributions. Given the private nature of the book, it is not surprising that most copies were reserved for family members. The marbled papers were individually created and only three covers were fashioned from each sheet, so the edition runs to about sixty diverse bindings according to the printers. A fine copy.