Tarry Flynn. London: The Pilot Press, 1948. First Edition. Pp, 195. Orange cloth boards, title lettered in black to spine. In publisher’s pictorial jacket. Jacket worn along edges, with some loss, book in nice bright condition.

The scarce first edition of Kavanagh’s famous novel, which was banned in Ireland when first published in 1948.

‘Any man who wrote Tarry Flynn is entitled to throw down his hat and offer a challenge to the world. Tarry Flynn is a work of art.’  (Terence de Vere White, Irish Times).