Trainspotting

New York: Norton, (2002). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 344 pp. Original quarter black cloth over heather grey paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($23.95) dust-jacket. Trivial wear with light handling to gloss. Light rubbing to jacket gloss and a few dimples and scratches. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to panel edges. Light curling to spine ends. Page edges lightly toned. Interior clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, first published in 1993. It takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either Scots, Scottish English or British English, revolving around various residents of Leith, Edinburgh who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are effectively addictions. The novel is set in the late 1980s and has been described by The Sunday Times as "the voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent". The novel has since achieved a cult status and served as the basis for the film Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle. A sequel called Porno was published in 2002. A prequel called Skagboys was published in April 2012. "Trainspotting" was longlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize (and was apparently rejected for the shortlist after "offending the sensibilities of two judges". Welsh claimed that the book had sold over one million copies in the UK by 2015, and been translated into thirty languages.”