Heaney, Seamus

Ballynahinch Lake; December 31, 1999

N.p. Ballynahinch Castle, 1999. First Separate Printing. no binding. Single sheet folded to make a decorated card of four pages; 8vo. Privately printed for Ballynahinch Castle, a hotel in Connemara, County Galway. Originally published in Milan in an edition of 70 copies to celebrate the poet's 60th birthday in April. This printed to be read on December 31, 1999, at the castle at midnight. The popular poem was published in the 2001 volume ELECTRIC LIGHT. One of 500 numbered (in red) copies. Unaccountably scarce with five copies (all in the US) listed on WorldCat. Fine [Brandes A74b.]. Fine. Item #13207

Price: $185.00