The Third Policeman. London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1967. First Edition. Pp, 200. Brown paper boards, title in gilt to spine, in pictorial dust jacket, jacket lightly browned along margins, contents in nice bright condition.

Voted novel of the year, it received rave reviews as a ‘triumph of a book’ and ‘The magical stimulation of this superbly alert humor, delivered in a prose style of wonderful clarity and full of charm.’

The Observer commented ‘I think, even with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake behind him, James Joyce might have been envious!’