THE DOOR STANDS OPEN: Czeslaw Milosz 1911-2004
by Heaney, Seamus
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- Signed
- first
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About This Item
Dublin: Irish Writers Center, 2005. First edition. Two poems and an essay by Heaney written in memory of Milosz. Number 8 of 250 numbered copies SIGNED BY HEANEY. (There were an additional 50 "special deluxe" copies.) 8vo stainless steel covers printed in black; wrapped in attached cloth illustrated with a silk-screened collage of articles published in Polish newspapers in the days following Milosz's death; designed by Pawel Tryzno and printed by the Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland. Housed in original folding black-cardstock case with dripping black-ink design on inside fold and author's facsimile signature on front. Fine. Quite scarce. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50591
- Title
- THE DOOR STANDS OPEN: Czeslaw Milosz 1911-2004
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Irish Writers Center
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 2005
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