New York: Doubleday, (1949). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 343 pp. Original octavo khaki cloth-covered boards, stamped in red, green, in original unclipped ($3.00) dust-jacket. Edge wear with trace browning to edges. Light curling to spine ends. Wear to tips and edges. Light shelf and handling wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges with typical fading to panel edges, particular to top edge. Spine lightly browned - particular to spine foot. Page edges with smudges and vintage toning. Light curling to spine ends. Signed by the author to the binder’s blank page.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Man with the Golden Arm is a novel by Nelson Algren, published by Doubleday in November 1949. One of the seminal novels of post-World War II American letters, The Man with the Golden Arm is widely considered Algren's greatest and most enduring work. It won the National Book Award in 1950. In 1955, the book was made into a film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Frank Sinatra. Though author Nelson Algren was initially brought to Hollywood to work on the screenplay, he was quickly replaced by Walter Newman. Algren felt negatively about his experiences in Hollywood, the lack of compensation he received, and the liberties taken by the filmmakers (which included an entirely different ending from the novel).”