Beowulf. A Verse Translation. Illustrated Becca Thorn. London: The Folio Society, 2010. First Edition Thus. Pp 218. Quarter morocco with title lettered in gilt to spine, decorative Celtic design to cloth boards, housed in publisher’s slipcase. A fine copy.

A handsome Folio Society edition of Heaney’s translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem which includes a 22-page introduction.