A SNAIL IN MY PRIME: SELECTED POEMS

First edition, first printing of this paperback edition. Inscribed by the author. Original illustrated card wrappers. A fine copy, tight and square, immaculate except for one or two barely visible scratches to the (very easily scratched) wraps.

Inscribed in black ink to the title page, "to Shirley / Warmest wishes / Paul Durcan / Middlesborough 22. 11. 01". "The present selection serves to confirm his almost iconic place in contemporary Irish poetry" (Derek Mahon, "Irish Times").