Item #36889 Cain's Book. Alexander Trocchi.

Cain's Book

New York: Grove Press, 1960. Very Good / Very Good. Item #36889

New York: Grove Press, 1960. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); 252pp. Shallow chips and small tears to jacket margins, most notably at spine ends, contemporary ownership signature to half title, else a Very Good, sound copy.

The Scottish beat author's rare autobiographical novel based on his own experiences as a heroin addict working on a scow in Hudson Harbor.

Price: $200.00