The School Bag. London: Faber & Faber, 1997. Limited Edition. Red cloth boards, title label lettered in gilt to spine. A fine bright copy.

Limited Edition of 200 Numbered Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes.

This edition was specially published for presentation by Faber and Faber at the Gala evening for the Arvon Foundation on Sunday 2nd March 1997 at the Duke of York’s Theatre (Royal Court Theatre) London.

The School Bag (1997), edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, is a rich poetry anthology designed as a companion to their earlier volume The Rattle Bag, offering a vibrant and eclectic introduction to poetry for students and general readers alike.

Friends for many years, Heaney spoke at Ted Hughes’ funeral in Devon on 3 November 1998, he said that no death had been as devastating to poetry as Hughes’ death, and no death outside his family had hurt him as much.