Click for full-size.
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
by Algren, Nelson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 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.
A worthy item.
Synopsis
Nelson Algren was an American writer. He wrote his first story in 1933 while he was in Texas working at a gas station. Before returning home one evening, he was caught stealing a typewriter from an abandoned classroom. For this, he spent nearly five months behind bars. The incident made a deep impression on him. It enhanced his identification with outsiders, has-beens, and the general failures that later populated his fictional world. His novel, The Man With The Golden Arm won the National Book Award in 1950. The novel tells the story of Frankie Machine, an addict who gets clean while in prison. This complex tale takes place in mid-century Chicago and explores the circumstances that led to Frankie’s addiction as well as the stories of the community of swindlers, tenement housing dwellers, and drunks that he takes up with. As his life spirals downward, Frankie does not believe that he is worth saving. One of Algren’s accomplishments is that he has the reader cheering for Frankie, and his friends as well. A relentless evocation of life in the inner-city, its victims and survivors.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33331
- Title
- THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
- Author
- Algren, Nelson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Electronic List TBCL;
Terms of Sale
TBCL The Book Collection Library
CONFIRMATION REQUIRED: by Phone or Email: All Items Offered Subject To Prior Sale. 10 Days Hold Pending Receipt Of Payment Unless Credit Established Beforehand. All books are American & British FIRST EDITIONS unless otherwise stated. All items are offered subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed to be in condition described. Net To All Except For Reciprocal Trade Discounts. PAYMENT: Payments by PAY PAL [CLICK: https://www.paypal.com/ ], International Postal & Bank Money Order in US, Cdn, & Sterling/Euro accepted. Bank Draft or Bank Transfer of Funds. Corporate & Personal Cheques Accepted On A Hold Until Cleared Basis. Institutional Billing Procedures Will Be Accommodated. RETURNS: All books are guaranteed as described. Returns with cause are accepted within 3 days after receipt by Buyer. Prior notice of Return required in advance of Return.
About the Seller
TBCL The Book Collection Library
Biblio member since 2005
Montreal, Quebec
About TBCL The Book Collection Library
Description of Business: TBCL, The Book Collector's Library Is An International Specialty Mail Order Business With Over 30 Years Of Experience In Providing Interesting Books & Documents To An Eclectic & Discerning Clientele.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Is your family bible valuable?
While they may have sentimental value, bibles passed down through the family are not often worth a lot of money. Learn more...
