The Door Stands Open: Czeslaw Milosz 1911-2004.
by HEANEY, Seamus
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About This Item
Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin, and Book Art Museum, Lodz., 2005. First edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Two poems and an essay in honour of Czeslaw Milosz. The book was conceived by Heaney and Cathal McCabe and designed by Pawel Tryzno. Printed on handwoven Polish paper by the Book Art Museum, Lodz. Stainless steel covers in a prepared mixed-media wrap featuring a silkscreen collage of articles from Polish newspapers in the days following the death of Czeslaw Milosz. A facsimile of Heaney's handwritten clear copy of the poem ''Saw Music'' accompanies the printed text.Out of a total edition of 300 copies this is one of 250 numbered and signed by Seamus Heaney. (The de luxe issue of 50 copies was an extraordinary production involving a structure with glass rods.)Fine in the very near fine, very slightly marked folding card case which shows a facsimile of Heaney's signature.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HEANEYSE015152
- Title
- The Door Stands Open: Czeslaw Milosz 1911-2004.
- Author
- HEANEY, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin, and Book Art Museum, Lodz.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- irish polish
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