The Barracks. London: Faber, 1966. Second Issue. Maroon cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Water stin to upper cover, with residual tape marks to endpapers. Contents in good condition.

Signed by the Author on the title page.

First published in London by Faber in 1963 (and banned from McGahern’s local library), The Barracks is a remarkably confident first novel by a man who went on to become a giant of modern Irish literature.