Collected Pruse. London: Martin Brian & O’Keeffe, 1973. Second Edition. Frontispiece portrait of Kavanagh by Sean O’Sullivan. Pp, 287. Maroon cloth boards in dust jacket. Jacket chipped & faded, otherwise a nice copy.

Publisher’s letter inserted to author Terence de Vere White requesting a review, dated September 1973.

An account of the life and sport of Monaghan – the setting of many of Kavanagh’s memorable poems. An account for the suit for libel is included. 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. An account for the famous libel action that Kavanagh brought against the small-circulation journal ‘The Leader’ in 1954 is included.