Patrick Kavangh (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A fantastic third printing of this evocative poem on Irish rural life by Patrick Kavanagh. The third printing of this poem. First published in 1942 by Cuala Press.In the original stapled wraps, laid in with the unclipped dust wrapper.This melancholic poem depicts the everyday life of an Irish man named Maguire, examining the mundane conditions and often repressive nature of his rural life.From Patrick Kavanagh, who is considered one of the foremost Irish poets of the 20th century and is well-known for his powerful accounts of Irish life through reference to the everyday and commonplace. In the original stapled wraps, laid in to the unclipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper has minor sunning and bumping to the spine, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean, with a few spots to the title and first page. Near Fine. book.