8vo, blue cloth silver titles, [xxiii], 134pp. First Edition. Review copy with tipped in publisher’s slip. Unclipped dust jacket (14.95) toned to flaps, light rubbing and toning to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Originally written in the 1950's as a sequel to Junkie, a semi-autobiographical novella about his years spent in Mexico City and traveling through Central America in an ensuing romance with an ex-navy officer. Adapted into a film in 2024 by Luca Guadagnino starring Daniel Craig. Dust jacket art by Georg Baselitz, author frontispiece photo by Allen Ginsberg. A nearly fine copy in mylar.