8 page introduction by Robin Skelton, in wrappers. 13 loose portrait etchings in separate wrappers, each with quotes of the portraited author's work. Illustrated are: W.B. Yeates, George Bernard Shaw, J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, James Joyes, Flann O'Brien, Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, Frank O'Connor, Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, Thomas Kinsella, John Montague. 11x10, drop-back cloth and morocco folding box. No. 90 of 100 copies. The broadsides accompanying the etchings are set in Centaur and Arrighi & printed on Arches paper.

Each plate is signed and numbered below the plate by the artist, Jack Coughlin. A related photocopied paper item, laid in.