The Poor Mouth (An Béal Bocht). A Bad Story About The Hard Life. Translated by Patrick C. Power and Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. London: Hart-Davis, Macgibbon, 1973. First Edition, First Issue (without the incorrect ‘limited edition’ to title page). Pp, 128. Very good copy in pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped).

The first English language edition of Flann O’Brien’s celebrated satirical novel ‘An Béal Bocht’ (published in 1941).