HEANEY, Seamus. Door into the Dark. London: Faber, 1969. First edition

First edition, first printing. Octavo. pp. 56. Black linen, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket.

Brandes and Durkan A5. “Heaney still has the gift of finding a new and consummate phrase to evoke physical qualities, and when these take on a symbolic resonance the result is superb ... the collection as a whole is a splendid
achievement, confirming Heaney’s reputation as one of the best of the younger poets on either side of the Irish sea” Richard Kell in the Guardian.