Algren, Nelson - The Man with the Golden ArmNew York, Doubleday, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo. 343pp. beige cloth stamped green & red to the spine, green endpapers. A very good copy showing some light use, in a moderately worn supplied dustwrapper priced at $3.00 without mention of the National Book Award & free of reviews. A very personable inscription to friends in black fountain pen on the verso of the front fly leaf: "For Joyce and Ed, / the sort of people / to believe us / with good wishes / and pleasant / recollections / from / Nelson". Algren's highly regarded finest work and of the first realistic stories of the life of a heroin addict. NBA Winner, & basis to the Frank Sinatra & Kim Novak starring 1955 United Artists / Preminger movie. "You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain. " - Frankie Machine. A worthy item. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 385.00 [Appr.: EURO 354.75 | £UK 303 | JP¥ 60197] Book number 33331is offered by:
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