Birchwood. London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. First Edition, First Issue. Pp, 171. Brown cloth boards, original pictorial dust jacket. Light chipping to head of jacket with a closed tear to upper margin. The book in fine bright condition.

Scarce work from the Man Booker-prize winning author of ‘The Sea’ blending elements of historical fiction, absurdist tragedy, and Irish grotesque.

John Banville’s third novel, and a pivotal early work in his career.