Collected Pruse. London: Macgibbon,1967. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait by Sean O’Sullivan. Pp, 287. Green cloth, yellow dust jacket printed in brown. Neat ownership name to endpaper, light shelf-wear to jacket, otherwise a nice bright copy.

An account of the life and sport of Monaghan – the setting of many of Kavanagh’s memorable poems.

There are aphorisms, criticism and gaiety in plenty. An account for the famous libel action that Kavanagh brought against the small-circulation journal ‘The Leader’ in 1954 is included.