Man at Leisure
London: Calder & Boyars, 1972. First Edition. First impression; cloth issue. Small, slim octavo (20cm); pale green cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 90,[8]pp. A fine, unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped but with printed price overlaid with a U.S. price sticker ($9.95); mild rubbing and light soil to front and rear panels, Very Good.
Trocchi, a native Glaswegian, was Great Britain's most influential contributor to the literature of the Beats, author of the controversial, highly praised drug novel, Cain's Book (1960). This is his first (and only) collection of poems. Issued simultaneously in wrappers; the cloth issue is rather less common.
Price: $75.00