The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel , one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren's lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren's beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren's intensity but his diversity are revealed and celebrated.
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The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel , one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren's lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren's beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren's intensity but his diversity are revealed and celebrated.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. A bit of faint spotting on boards, thin dampstain at foot of spine and bottom edge of cover, very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing, a couple short tears, and an interior dampstain (that shows through a bit) and tape repair at the crown.
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Fine in fine jacket. 8vo, off-white cloth, d.w. New York: Putnam (1973). First Edition. Fine. Presentation copy, written on the flyleaf in heavy marker. Drawing of a cat on the half-title.
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Seller's Description:
A near fine copy in a nice jacket with some very slight use to the extremities of the spine. 435 pp. 8vo, A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. With a full-page inscription by Algren, including his characteristic drawing of a cat.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. 435 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Gamarello. Inscribed with Seasons Greetings by Algren to Carl Petersen in December 1973 with his cat drawing on the first sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
