Beowulf. London: Faber & Faber, 1999. First Edition, Ninth Issue. Pp. 106. Black paper boards, lettered in gold along spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket featuring ‘The Rain’ by Barrie Cooke. A fine bright copy.

Inscribed by Seamus Heaney on title page to musician George Melly.

‘George– Great man- “there was Singing and Excitement” (p67), Seamus Heaney’

George Melly (1926-2007) was a flamboyant English jazz and blues singer, writer, and critic, best known for his witty stage presence and lifelong passion for surrealist art.