The Snow Party. Oxford University press, 1975. First Edition. Pp, 38. A fine bright copy in pictorial wrappers.

Inscribed by the Author on the title page.

Derek Mahon’s third collection and is widely regarded as one of his most influential. Preceded by ‘Night Crossing’ (1968) and ‘Lives’ (1972).

The Snow Party helped solidify Mahon’s reputation as a major voice in Irish poetry, alongside contemporaries like Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley.