Seamus Heaney
45 copies for sale · $20–$3,200 · 15 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
Beowulf (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,000
The Riverbank Field (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$750
Eleven Poems, housed in a custom Solander case (first edition) — Churchill Book Collector$3,200
Human Chain (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,200
NORTH (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$850
Forward into the Past. A Festschrift for May Sarton on her Eightieth Birthday, May 3, 1992 (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$650
Electric Light (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$350
District and Circle (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$350
The Spirit Level (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$250
The Haw Lantern Limited Edition, Signed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$500
STATION ISLAND (first edition) — Johnnycake Books$150
SWEENEY ASTRAY; A Version from the Irish (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$118
Works on the market
DOOR INTO THE DARK4 copies · £350–£950
SELECTED POEMS 1966-19872 copies · $73–$133
STATION ISLAND2 copies · $20–$119
FIELD WORK2 copies · $50–$100
Eleven Poems, housed in a custom Solander case1 copy · $3,200
Death of a Naturalist1 copy · £1,500
Human Chain1 copy · $1,200
Beowulf1 copy · $1,000
NORTH1 copy · $850
The Riverbank Field1 copy · $750
Forward into the Past. A Festschrift for May Sarton on her Eightieth Birthday, May 3, 19921 copy · $650
Fégaid Uaib [Look Far, Cast]1 copy · £500
The Haw Lantern Limited Edition, Signed1 copy · $500
Is Acher Ingaíth Innocht [Wind Fierce to-Night]1 copy · £500
District and Circle1 copy · $350
Electric Light1 copy · $350
The Spirit Level1 copy · $250
BEOWULF1 copy · $223
District and Circle1 copy · $175
Market context
74 copies of Seamus Heaney's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $100 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Squarings, one of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Felim Egan, (forum, 2026-09-03)£1,600
The Names of the Hare, number 196 of 250 signed by artist and poet, offset lithograph on t (forum, 2026-09-03)£220
The Whoseday Book. A Millenium Journal, one of 87 copies signed by Seamus Heaney, Dublin, (forum, 2026-07-23)£150
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
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