Beowulf - Poetry - Folio Society - 2011 - Leather - Becca Thorne

Beowulf - Poetry - Folio Society - 2011 - Leather - Becca Thorne

£229.99
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Beowulf - Poetry - Folio Society - 2011 - Leather - Becca Thorne
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

Beowulf

£229.99
Edition year 2010
Printing year 2011
First edition No
Binding Leather
Illustrator Becca Thorne
Translator Seamus Heaney
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages xxvii + 218
Dimensions 28.8 × 20 cm
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. Water mark on slipcase, slightly foxed page edges.

Edition details

Beowulf, A Verse Translation. Introduced and translated by Seamus Heaney. 14 integrated footer illustrations and decorative page borders by Becca Thorne. Decorated title page and borders throughout. Side-by-side translation with Old English. Maroon endpapers. Quarter bound in dark brown leather with gold blocked maroon cloth sides. Gold top page edge. Gold slipcase with maroon front motif. xxvii + 218pp. 28.8x20cm. Fine edition

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About the book

Beowulf is the great Old English epic poem about a warrior who travels to Denmark to defeat the monster Grendel. After overcoming Grendel and the monster's mother, Beowulf later becomes king and eventually faces a dragon in his final battle. The poem explores heroism, loyalty, kingship, fate and mortality and remains one of the foundational works of English literature.

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