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Hallaig

First edition of MacGill-Eain's Hallaig, signed and dated by Seamus Heaney

Somhairle MacGill-EainSorley MacLean; translated by Seamus Heaney

Limited first and only edition. 8vo. [8] pp. Publisher's stapled, pale green card covers. Limited to 150 copies, from a total edition of 200, the first fifty of which were signed by the Author.
This copy was signed and dated (15.viii.'02) by Heaney on the title page, at the book's launch at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival.
Parallel Gaelic text, with Heaney's English translation on facing pages. Named after a depopulated township on the Hebridean island of Raasay (the Scottish poet's birthplace), it is a reflection on the passage of time and the historical impact of the Highland Clearances. According to the publisher, Heaney "has been a huge admirer of Sorley MacLean for many years and felt that Sorley should have been awarded the Nobel Prize."
[Brandes & Durkan A80]
special feature
signed
edition
first and only
format
pamphlet, limited edition
scarcity
scarce
publisher
Urras Shomhairle / The Sorley MacLean Trust
published in
N.p.
publication year
2002
ISBN
not assigned
height × width
21 × 14.5 cm
genre
poetry
language
Gaelic, English
binding state
original binding
condition
fine
GBP£ ​700
EUR€ ​844
USD$ ​885
ref.73L YQ7