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The Spirit Level

The Spirit Level

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The Spirit Level

by Heaney, Seamus

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ISBN 10
0571177603
ISBN 13
9780571177608
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London: Faber and Faber 1996. 8vo. First edition. 70 pp. Green hardback in dust jacket. Book in fine condition, dust jacket has light scratching to panels and minimal rubbing to spine ends. This book won the poetry prize for the 1996 Whitbread Awards, by the 1995 Nobel Prize laureate, Seamus Heaney. 9780571177608 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1996.

Synopsis

An irresistibly coherent book which celebrates the rising and the raising of the human spirit.' Michael Hofmann, The Times'If any poetry written today can have this 'redemptive effect' - as Heaney in his critical writing has begun to claim it can - then this is it.' Mick Imlah, Independent on Sunday

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
72026
Title
The Spirit Level
Author
Heaney, Seamus
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0571177603
ISBN 13
9780571177608
Publisher
Faber and Faber 1996
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1996
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Seamus,Heaney,Whitbread award,Nobel Prize in Literature,Irish , literature,Irish poetry
Bookseller catalogs
Modern First Editions; Poetry; Irish Interest;

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