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Seamus Heaney

32 copies for sale · $20–$3,500 · 5 first editions · 8 signed

Notable copies for sale

Beowulf (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,000
Field Work Seamus Heaney Signed 1979 First American Printing HC Dust Jacket FSG (signed, 1979) — eBay$250
Electric Light (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$350
Eleven Poems, housed in a custom Solander case (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$3,200
Door into the Dark (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$600
District and Circle (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$350
Wintering Out (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
Death of a Naturalist (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Beowulf (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,500
The Makings of Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$80
Door Into the Dark (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$350
Is Acher Ingaíth Innocht [Wind Fierce to-Night] — Jonkers Rare Books£500

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Works on the market

Death of a Naturalist2 copies · £1,500–£2,500
Door Into the Dark2 copies · £350–£450
Wintering Out1 copy · $3,500
Eleven Poems, housed in a custom Solander case1 copy · $3,200
Beowulf1 copy · $1,500
Beowulf1 copy · $1,000
Door into the Dark1 copy · $600
Fégaid Uaib [Look Far, Cast]1 copy · £500
Is Acher Ingaíth Innocht [Wind Fierce to-Night]1 copy · £500
The Haw Lantern1 copy · £450
District and Circle1 copy · $350
Electric Light1 copy · $350
Field Work Seamus Heaney Signed 1979 First American Printing HC Dust Jacket FSG1 copy · $250
BEOWULF: A NEW VERSE TRANSLATION - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY1 copy · $200
The Makings of Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats1 copy · $80
PREOCCUPATIONS: SELECTED PROSE 1968-1978 - REVIEW COPY1 copy · $65
Wintering Out1 copy · $65
CREDITING POETRY: THE NOBEL LECTURE By Seamus Heaney - Hardcover **Excellent**1 copy · $42
Station Island1 copy · $20

Market context

31 copies of Seamus Heaney's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $73 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):

Door into the Dark, first edition, 1969; and 5 others, similar (6) (forum, 2026-07-02)£200
Door into the Dark, 1st edition, 1969 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£650
Poems and a Memoir, limited edition signed by the author, artist and intoducer (Thomas Fla (forum, 2026-06-25)£200
Beowulf, one of 300 copies signed by the author, 1999. (forum, 2026-04-23)£700
Keeping Going, one of 100 copies signed by the author, artist and designer, Cambridge, Mas (forum, 2026-04-23)£500
Ted Hughes, P. J Kavanagh, Charles Tomlinson and others. Tenfold. Poems for Frances Horovi (forum, 2026-04-23)£400

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