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.
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.
