Collected Poems. London: MacGibbon, 1964. First Edition. Pp, 202. Oatmeal cloth boards, title lettered on blue background panel to spine, in publisher’s dust jacket printed in dark navy and pale grey, lettered in white. Jacket lightly worn, book in good condition, contents bright & clean.

Signatures of several people (possibly a retirement gift from staff at RTE) including the broadcaster John O’Donoghue & his wife Una, the academic Evelyn Mullay & Margaret McGeown.

“The poems have a force and a variety that justify the high place accorded to Mr Kavanagh’s work. There is the unmistakable expression of an individual voice and a rare capacity to treat both rural and urban themes.”