London: Michael Joseph, 1975

Small 8vo, pp. 220. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait to rear panel. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a little light edgewear.

First edition.

Barry Hines wrote A Kestrel for a Knave (Michael Joseph, 1968), filmed by Ken Loach as Kes in 1969 -- a British cinema classic. In 1980 Loach filmed The Gamekeeper for Associated Television, starring Phil Askham, and from a screenplay co-written with Hines.