Beowulf by Seamus Heaney, First Edition (119 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'The whole performance is wonderfully intermediate - poised between the Bible and folk wisdom, between the Light Ages and the Dark Ages - and at the same time pulverisingly actual in its language. Heaney has caught the balance of these brilliantly; he has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece.' Andrew Motion, Financial Times 'What characterises this Beowulf is its energetic, relentless driving forward.miraculous mix of the poem's original spirit and Heaney's voice.' Bernard O'Donoghue, Irish Times The oldest epic tale in the English language composed between the 7th and 10th century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First PB Edition, later Printing. Trade PB in illustrated Wraps. Near Fine w/bent front cover, else Fine and unmarked. xxx, 212pp + Family Trees. Bilingual Edition. 256 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This Is A Bilingual Edition. Pages are clean, tight and bright. The dust-jacket's original price is still intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Jacket bumped at head of spine, else fine. First bilingual edition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth century, is the elegaic 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. A bilingual edition of Heaney's prize-winning bestseller, Beowulf. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Head and tail of spine bumped and slightly faded beneath jacket, jacket bumped at head and tail, not price-clipped, with Whitbread Award sticker on front panel.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. More than one hundred glorious images, many of objects dating from the time of the story, enhance Seamus Heaney's masterful best-selling translation. Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. Drawn to its immense emotional credibility, Seamus Heaney gives the great epic convincing reality for the reader. But how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition, John D. Niles, a scholar of old English, brings Heaney's remarkable, best-selling translation to life. More than one hundred full-page illustrations Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, even a reconstruction of the Great Hall make visible Beowulf's world and the elemental themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion, and fame. Now this mysterious world is transformed into one that only becomes more amazing after viewing its elegant goblets, dragon images, finely crafted gold jewelry, and the Danish landscape of its origins. Seamus Heaney's best-selling Beowulf is now wedded to more than one hundred glorious images. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Seamus Heaney (Translator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good + copy. (see picture) 256 pages.All clean,tight and bright.

First Edition. Hardcover. 106pp. Near Fine in dustwrapper sunned on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A nice, bright copy. ; 8vo; 213 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Bilingual Edition stated with no additional printings listed. A lovely copy in black boards speckled with silver and black spine cloth with silver type. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped with liight edgewear. Winner of the Whitbread Award sticker to front panel. 1st Printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition softcover, French flaps. Bilingual edition. Sections include an introduction; a note on names by Alfred David; the Beowulf poem; family trees. 213 pages. M05251.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine first in dj.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fourth Printing. This is a Near Fine copy of the Fourth Printing of the First Bilingual Edition (stated). Speckled gray paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine, with silver titling on the spine. Clean text; xxxi, 213 pages, followed by Family Trees and Acknowledgements. Light rub to spine and slight splay, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped, with a faint crease on the spine. Sticker for "Winner of the Whitbread Award" on front panel.In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First bilingual edition. Text in both English and Old English. Fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket.

First edition thus. First trade paperback printing; published in the year following hardcover. Illustrated wraps. Small 8vo. 106 pp. Near fine unread copy.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and black/silver decoated paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxx, 213pp, (7pp). Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this highly-regarded translation, with circular silver foil "Winner / of the / Whitbread / Award" sticker at lower right of front jacket panel.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in original wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original jacket cover. xxx, 213 p.p. with [3] p.p. of family Trees and Acknowledgements. Text in Old English followed by English translation on facing page. Light rubbing to jacket and tail of spine, but otherwise in fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. # AS PICTURED # FIRST EDITION, First Printing Thus. Tight, bright and clean; no markings or inscriptions apart from a neat text-related note in pencil to top of final blank. A very nice copy of this important translation : 'he has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece' - Andrew Motion. FREE POSTAGE WITHIN THE U.K. Non-UK buyers quoted additional Shipping prior to purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unread copy. First PB edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers.

First Edition, 2000. First paperback edition. Nearly Fine in black wrappers, as issued. Bar code label removed from rear cover. Text clean and unmarked. 106pp with Introduction by Heaney.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($25.00 price intact). Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. A lovely copy of this landmark elegiac narrative, this translation by award winning writer Seamus Heaney. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First bilingual edition, sixth printing. Title-page printed in red and black, the poem printed with the Old English on the left and Heaney's new translation on the right, both within ruled lines. 8vo, in the original black cloth, lettered on the spine in silver, in the dustjacket decorated in a chainmail motifi. xxx, [1], 213, [4] pp. A very fine copy, the black paper jacket with just a hint of mellowing and crease, Whitbread Award Winner seal affixed. FIRST BILINGUAL EDITION, the award-winning modern Irish poet gives us a new translation of one the great Northern classic BEOWULF, a foundational piece of European literature. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Book of the Year, 1999.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Dust jacket is within protective film and is unmarked with sharp corners; boards are clean with gilt titling and sharp corners; binding is tight; pages are crisp and unmarked. Overall, this is a very good, first edition copy with no signs of previous ownership. ; Beowulf; 6 x 0.75 x 8.9 inches; 136 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First British Trade Edition. Later Impression. A Fine copy in a Fine second-state dustwrapper (with Whitbread Award noted on front panel), not price-clipped. 106pp. Modern English text only. Q09659.

First thus. Winner of the Whitbread Award. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf 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 then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it and then having to live on in the exhaused aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. 220 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. First edition. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year. A new translation of an Old English heroic epic poem of unknown authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th and the early 11th century, set in Denmark and Sweden. Commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature and has been the subject of much scholarly study, theory, speculation, discourse, and, at 3182 lines, has been noted for its length. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, battles three antagonists; Grendel, who has been attacking the resident warriors of a mead hall called Heorot in Denmark; Grendel's mother, and an unnamed dragon. The last battle takes place later in life, after returning to Geatland (modern Southern Sweden), where Beowulf has become king. In the final battle, Beowulf is fatally wounded, and, after his death, his retainers bury him in a tumulus in Geatland. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.