New York: The Swallow Press and William Morrow and Company, 1947.

First edition, first printing.

SIGNED, dated March 1957 and inscribed with the statement "For Roy, who was there when I wasn't..." to the front end-paper.

McGrath, an Oxford Rhodes Scholar, is most famous for his poetry about social concerns, injustices, and the working man.

This early collection is a prime example of his writing style, themes, country/folksy narratives, and expressions of his own life.

The proletariat poet was fired from teaching at Los Angeles State College in 1953 because of being an "unfriendly witness" before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Fading to the upper and lower spine ends, shelf-edges, and corners, mild binding pucker to the inside front cover, else very good in salmon linen with black titles to the spine; in an edge-chipped good to very good dust jacket with two small chipped holes to the front panel near the spine, shelf-edge tears, tears at the spine folds, and large pieces missing from the upper spine panel; original printed $2.00 price still intact to the front inner flap.

Octavo; 67 pages.

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