Nelson Algren - The Man with the Golden Arm

London, Neville Spearman, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this award-winning crime thriller novel by Nelson Algren. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by American author Nelson Algren, who was best known for this novel, which won the National Book Award and was later adapted into a film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra.This novel tells the story of a dealer in a gambling house named Frankie Machine, who is known as the man with the golden arm. Frankie spends his time in and out of prison, struggling with an addiction which came about after being given morphine during World War II. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities. Lacking front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and the odd chip. Slight loss to the head of the spine. Light rubbing to wraps, with sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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