Collected Poems. London: Brian & O’Keefe, 1964. First Edition. Pp, 202. Linen boards, title label in blue stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket printed in blue and white. Light toning to dust jacket, scattered spotting to preliminary leaves, otherwise a nice bright copy.

The complete collection of Kavanagh’s poems which first appeared in Ploughman & other Poems (1936) ‘The Great Hunger (1942) A Soul for Sale (1947) Come Dance With Kitty Stobbling (1960)

“The poems have a force and a variety that justify the high place accorded to Mr Kavanagh’s work. There is the unmistakable expression of an individual voice and a rare capacity to treat both rural and urban themes.”