Collected Pruse. London: Macgibbon,1967. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait by Sean O’Sullivan. Pp, 287. Green cloth, yellow dust jacket printed in brown. A fine bright copy.

An account of the life and sport of Monaghan – the setting of many of Kavanagh’s memorable poems.

There are aphorisms, criticism and gaiety in plenty. With an account for the famous libel action that Kavanagh brought against the small-circulation journal ‘The Leader’ in 1954. included.