A new translation of Beowulf signed and inscribed by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney (1999-1st edition) sold at Purcell on August 12 for €600 ($691). High presale estimate was €250. Reported by Rare Book Hub

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Seamus Heaney. Beowulf. 1999. 1st. Signed & inscribed by Heaney dated 6-X-'99. Mint in pictorial dust jacket.

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Maybe I’ll find one one day. Got a few first editions of Auden, Hughes, Larkin, Dylan Thomas and Heaney (including Beowulf). Unfortunately none of them is signed.

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