Patrick Kavanagh 1904-1967. A Life Chronicle. New York: Peter Kavanagh Hand Press, 2000. First Edition. Pp, 440. Black paper boards, lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine bright copy.

Illustrations with photographs. 1000 copies printed.

His first major accomplishment as the publisher of the Peter Kavanagh Handpress was to print, publish, and copyright a selection of Patrick’s poetry in a work entitled, Recent Poems. After the death of Patrick Kavanagh in 1967, Peter Kavanagh ended his career as a Professor of Modern Poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and began publishing a series of books on the poet’s life.