Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 65
Sale 532 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Dec 6, 2017
9:59AM
Live
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$150 -
250
Price Realized
$100
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). - Two foreign-language editions of Algren's A Walk on the Wild Side, INSCRIBED OR SIGNED BY ALGREN, comprising:
La Rue Chaude. Paris: Gallimard, 1960. 8vo. (Some light browning.) Publisher's wrappers printed in red and black (spine browned, some light chipping). First French edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ALGREN: "To Herman and Marilou For keeps and several days from Nelson." - Divlja Predgrada. Zagreb: Zora, 1959. (Some light browning). Publisher's cloth-backed printed boards; publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. First Yugoslavian edition. PRESENTATION COPY, TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED BY ALGREN: "For the two best zbivaa urednike in town, Herman and Marilou, from the leading najnoviji kojoj Nelson." - Together, 2 works presented to Herman and Marilou Kogan, long-time friends of Algren, and the dedicatees of the second edition of his Chicago, City on the Make.


