Seamus Heaney
84 copies for sale · $20–$3,500 · 29 first editions · 26 signed
Notable copies for sale
Hedge School. Sonnets from Glanmore (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,500
A Tribute to Michael McLaverty (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$850
The Sounds of Rain Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$750
The Haw Lantern Limited Edition, Signed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$500
The Loose Box (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$450
Wintering Out (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
North (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
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
Beowulf (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,500
Human Chain (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,200
AN OPEN LETTER A Poem in Twenty-Eight Stanzas (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$350
Works on the market
DOOR INTO THE DARK4 copies · £350–£950
STATION ISLAND3 copies · $20–$119
Death of a Naturalist2 copies · £1,500–£2,500
SWEENEY ASTRAY: A VERSION FROM THE IRISH2 copies · $30–$400
AN OPEN LETTER A Poem in Twenty-Eight Stanzas2 copies · $300–$350
BEOWULF; A New Verse Translation2 copies · $148–$153
SELECTED POEMS 1966-19872 copies · $73–$133
FIELD WORK2 copies · $50–$100
Wintering Out1 copy · $3,500
Wintering Out1 copy · $3,500
Eleven Poems, housed in a custom Solander case1 copy · $3,200
North1 copy · $2,500
Beowulf1 copy · $1,500
Hedge School. Sonnets from Glanmore1 copy · $1,500
Underground Two Copies One Signed1 copy · $1,500
Human Chain1 copy · $1,200
Beowulf Signed1 copy · $900
NORTH1 copy · $850
A Tribute to Michael McLaverty1 copy · $850
The Riverbank Field1 copy · $750
Market context
40 copies of Seamus Heaney's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $59 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Names of the Hare, number 196 of 250 signed by artist and poet, offset lithograph on t (forum, 2026-09-03)£220
Squarings, one of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Felim Egan, (forum, 2026-09-03)£1,600
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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