Collected Poems. London: Brian & O’Keefe, 1968. First Edition, Second Impression. Pp, 202. Linen boards, title label in blue stamped in gilt to spine, in publisher’s original glazed dust jacket printed in blue and white. Light toning & fraying to dust jacket, neat ownership name to front endpaper, 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)

This second impression of ‘Collected Poems’ is scarce, appearing shortly after Kavanagh’s death in November 1967.

“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.”