The Neon Wilderness
by Algren, Nelson
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light green cloth, edges browned. Original illustrated dust jacket, chipped, small piece missing lower front. A near fine copy i
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1947. First Edition. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light green cloth, edges browned. Original illustrated dust jacket, chipped, small piece missing lower front. A near fine copy in a very good jacket. First Edition. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is the author's third book and first collection of short stories. Later works include "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Walk on the Wild Side"
Synopsis
Recipient of the first National Book Award for The Man with the Golden Arm and lauded by Hemingway as “one of the two best authors in America,” NELSON ALGREN (1909-1981) remains one of our most defiant and enduring novelists. His body of work includes five major novels, two short fiction collections, a book-length poem, and several collections of reportage—one of the most substantial of any American writer.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31059
- Title
- The Neon Wilderness
- Author
- Algren, Nelson
- Format/Binding
- 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Light green cloth, edges browned. Original illustrated dust jacket, chipped, small piece missing lower front. A near fine copy i
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- American | Nelson Algren
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