Heaney, Seamus. — North. [First edition].

London, Faber and Faber, 1975, 1st ed., 73 pag., original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver with dustjacket. = Vey fine copy, with the dustjacket faded just a hint. First endpapers yellowed and first free endpaper with owner's entry in pen. With references to press-reviews in light pencil on divisional title (erasible). North is widely regarded as a cornerstone of Heaney’s career and a key work in 20th-century poetry. It is also regarded as a politically charged collection of poems, written during the height of the Troubles. It contains some of Heaney's most studied poems, including the “bog poems.