ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). The Man With the Golden Arm. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949.

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ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). The Man With the Golden Arm. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949.

8o. Original tan cloth (some pale dampstaining); pictorial dust jacket (some minor dampstaining, some chipping and light wear); quarter morocco folding case.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Algren on a tipped-in page. Algren's novel became the basis of a 1955 film starring Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, the former heroin addict and poker dealer. Sinatra was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.

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