Borstal Boy. London: Hutchinsons, 1958. First Edition. Pp, 343. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher’s mauve boards, title lettered in silver to spine in pictorial dust jacket designed by B.S. Brio. A fine bright copy.

Behan’s beautifully written account of his three-year stretch in a juvenile detention centre in England. He was arrested in Liverpool when he was caught in 1939, at age 16, carrying a suitcase full of explosive devices.