Garden City, Doubleday, 1949. Algren's best-known work, a tale of a recovering drug addict and the drug culture that was the first winner of the National Book Award and was later made into an acclaimed film, which earned three Academy Award nominations, including one for Frank Sinatra for Best Actor, in a performance some think was his finest ever. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Foxing to boards and edges of text block; near fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed and graying dust jacket with a couple of very small corner chips. [#914704] SOLD