Young Adam.

Trocchi (Alexander)

Young Adam.

Description: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, pp. 162, crown 8vo, original maroon boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, mild traces of damp to boards, very minor knock to bottom corner of upper board, tiny waterstain to leading edge of rear free endpaper, dustjacket a little frayed with some light soiling to rear panel, good

Publication Details: Heinemann, 1961

Notes: Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'For Desmond O'Brien - a small & overdue token of my esteem - Alex. London, 1.1.65! (Tempus fuxit [sic])'. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed to a man Trocchi called a 'fellow traveller': O'Brien was an Old Etonian and Lloyd's underwriter who had founded the World Psychedelic Centre with Michael Hollingshead in the year of this inscription - his reputation as a psychedelic impresario already conferring upon him the title of 'Mr LSD' (enshrined by a sensationalist exposé in 'London Life' magazine)....moreInscribed by the author on the flyleaf: 'For Desmond O'Brien - a small & overdue token of my esteem - Alex. London, 1.1.65! (Tempus fuxit [sic])'. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed to a man Trocchi called a 'fellow traveller': O'Brien was an Old Etonian and Lloyd's underwriter who had founded the World Psychedelic Centre with Michael Hollingshead in the year of this inscription - his reputation as a psychedelic impresario already conferring upon him the title of 'Mr LSD' (enshrined by a sensationalist exposé in 'London Life' magazine). HIDE