Ark of the North. For Francis Stuart on his Eightieth Birthday April 28 1982. Dublin: Raven, 1982. First Edition. Pp 24. Dark navy Rexene boards, title lettered in gilt, in publisher’s dust jacket. A nice bright copy.

Signed by Paul Durcan on the title page.

According to the publisher Dermot Bolger, only a small number of copies were issued in hardback.

Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart, Irish writer, essayist & poet, died at the age of 98 in 2000.