Four poets for St. Magnus
By: George Mackay Brown ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brown, George Mackay.; St. Magnus Cathedral (Kirkwall, Scotland); September Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Breckness Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Orkney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Magnus, Saint, Earl of Orkney, 1076?-1115? -- Poetry.; St. Magnus Cathedral (Kirkwall, Scotland) -- Poetry.; English poetry -- 20th century.; English poetry -- 20th century -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles.
Other titles: 4 poets for Saint Magnus.
Notes: "Published ... on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the founding of the Cathedral of St. Magnus, Orkney"--Colophon.
"This edition is limited to one hundred copies, of which fifteen bearing the letters A-O are not for sale; of the remaining eighty-five copies numbered 1-85, numbers 1-5 are individually bound"--Colophon.
Includes holograph text of each poem in facsimile.
LC has copy no. 19, signed by the authors.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / [George Mackay Brown]; title: The kirk and the ship / by George Mackay Brown; title: The zodiac in the shape of a crown / by Ted Hughes; title: In memoriam / by Seamus Heaney; title: Hymn at lauds / translated by Christopher Fry.