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Four poets for St. Magnus
- Title
- Four poets for St. Magnus / George Mackay Brown ; Ted Hughes ; Seamus Heaney ; Christopher Fry.
- Publication
- Orkney : Breckness Press, 1987
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll+ Heaney ZC6 F68 1987 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Rare Books+ 20-222 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Description
- [24] leaves : ill.; 33 cm.
- Alternative Title
- 4 poets for Saint Magnus
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Limitation statements (Publishing).
- Authors' autographs (Provenance).
- Note
- In green cloth slipcase; imprint, manufacture, limitation, and design statements from colophon.
- "Published in 1987 on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the founding of the Cathedral of St. Magnus, Orkney by Elizabeth Graham Scarth at The Breckness Press, Orkney."--Colophon.
- "This edition is limited to one hundred copies, of which fifteen bearing the letters A-O are not for sale; of the remaining eighty-five copies numbered 1-85, numbers 1-5 are individually bound"--Colophon.
- Designed by Ron Costley.
- Printed in England by The September Press, Wellingborough, Northants and Smith Settle, Otley, West Yorkshire.
- Includes holograph text of each poem in facsimile, tipped-on.
- Provenance (note)
- Copy in Rare Books+ 20-222, signed, in ink, on colophon: "George Mackay Brown", "Ted Hughes", "Seamus Heaney" and "Christopher Fry" ; publisher's advertisement for book laid in front.
- Binding (note)
- Copy in Berg Coll. bound in quarter vellum with gold titling on spine and printed paper covers; housed in slipcase with inset paper label.
- Copy in Rare Books+ 20-222 bound in publisher’s decorative brown paper boards with quarter vellum gilted spine; housed in green cloth slipcase with inset decorative label.
- Contents
- Introduction / [George Mackay Brown] -- The kirk and the ship / by George Mackay Brown -- The zodiac in the shape of a crown / by Ted Hughes -- In memoriam / by Seamus Heaney -- Hymn at lauds / translated by Christopher Fry.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll+ Heaney ZC6 F68 1987
- LCCN
- 89115495
- OCLC
- 20671960
- Title
- Four poets for St. Magnus / George Mackay Brown ; Ted Hughes ; Seamus Heaney ; Christopher Fry.
- Imprint
- Orkney : Breckness Press, 1987 (Wellingboro, Northants : September Press ; Otley, West Yorkshire : Smith Settle)
- Binding
- Copy in Berg Coll. bound in quarter vellum with gold titling on spine and printed paper covers; housed in slipcase with inset paper label.
- Local Note
- Berg Coll. copy is no. 53; signed in ink by the four poets.
- Provenance
- Copy in Rare Books+ 20-222, signed, in ink, on colophon: "George Mackay Brown", "Ted Hughes", "Seamus Heaney" and "Christopher Fry" ; publisher's advertisement for book laid in front. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Rare Books+ 20-222 is no. 67 of 100 copies.
- Binding
- Copy in Rare Books+ 20-222 bound in publisher’s decorative brown paper boards with quarter vellum gilted spine; housed in green cloth slipcase with inset decorative label. NN
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Brown, George Mackay, author The kirk and the ship.Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998, author. The zodiac in the shape of a crown.Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013, author In memoriam.Fry, Christopher, 1907-2005, translator, autographer.Costley, Ron., book designer.Wilson, Bryce, illustrator.Breckness Press, publisher.September Press, printer.Smith Settle (Firm), printer.St. Magnus Cathedral (Kirkwall, Scotland)Brown, George Mackay. signer.Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998. signer.Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. signer.Fry, Christopher, 1907-2005, signer.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll+ Heaney ZC6 F68 1987Rare Books+ 20-222