Death of a Naturalist. London: Faber, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Pp, 57. Card wrappers faded & lightly scuffed along edges, neat ownership name to front free endpaper, stain to lower fore-edge corners. Contents pages in good condition.

Signed & Dated by Heaney on title page.

The authors first commercially published work which earned for Heaney the E.C.Gregory, the Cholmondeley and the Somerset Maugham awards as well as the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.

It has now come to be recognised as one of the most significant collections of poetry in modern times