Jesus and the Sparrows
Privately printed for Seamus Heaney by Peter Fallon, 1996.
A single bi-fold sheet of blue card, uncut at front fore edge, title and illustration to front cover. Inscribed by Seamus Heaney to Rosemary Goad, "To Rosemary, with love, as ever, Seamus + Marie". A fine example.
Seamus Heaney's Christmas Card for 1996. One of 175 copies.
This is the first appearance of Heaney's translation of the Old Irish poem. It was later published in the July-August 1997 issue of Spirituality.
PROVENANCE: From the library of Rosemary Goad (1928-2021), the first female director of Faber & Faber.
Brandes & Durkan AA51.
Stock ID: 44191
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