Who Lost American by Algren Nelson (64 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Centennial ed. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. centennial ed. edition. 464 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 337p orange hardback with gilt lettering to spine, first edition, pages clean, very good, no names or stamps Language: English.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.28.

1st U.K. edition. 8vo. viii + 337pp. Original orange boards with gilt lettered spine. US$10.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.

Paperback / Taschenbuch. Condition: Befriedigend. 1. Auflage. --> Format: 18 cm (kl.8°), Seiten: 255, Gewicht < 500g, ; Papierbräunung, altersgemäße Lese-/Lagerspuren, sonst sauber und für das Alter noch gut erhalten, keine Eintragungen,.Paper browning, reading/storage marks consistent with age, otherwise clean and still in good condition for age, no inscriptions, . # INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping ( with Tracking number) available ! #.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.41.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.41.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Nelson Algren's two travel writing books describe his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. Algren at Sea brings them together in one volume.Notes from a Sea Diary offers one of the most remarkable appraisals of Ernest Hemingway ever written. Aboard the freighter Malayasia Mail, Algren ponders his personal encounter with Hemingway in Cuba and the values inherent in Hemingway's stories as he visits the ports of Pusan, Kowloon, Bombay, and Calcutta.Who Lost an American is a whirlwind spin through Paris and Playboy clubs, New York publishing and Dublin pubs, Crete and Chicago, as Algren adventures with Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Brendan Behan, and Juliette Gréco.

Condition: Good. 1963. Second Printing. 337 pages. Wrapped pictorial dust jacket over red paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Rough-cut pages. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Red pen inscriptions to half title page and page 31; text unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1/6/2009.

8vo, 337pp. A good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket.

Condition: New. One of the most neglected of modern American authors and also one of the best loved, NELSON ALGREN (1909&ndash1981) believed that &ldquoliterature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch wi.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 462 pages; 6 x 9" Rear cover top edge and corner is slightly worn, otherwise in fine condition.

Softcover. Condition: Gut. Rare and fine mass market paperback. Bit cocked, and crease on backstrip. Beside that in a fine condition. Firm and clean. Pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good hardcover first printing (so stated) in a Very Good, complete DJ with price of $5.95 present. DJ shows wear to top and toe of spine, light fading of color on spine, and some handling/shelf-wear on rear panel and is now protected by a Mylar sleeve. Book is also Very Good, red top-stain faded, light foxing to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers and a couple of small, stained spots on the spine. A great Algren read!

First edition. Hardcover. Top and fore edges slightly foxed, o/w very good in very good dustjacket with a few closed tears, rubbing and slight wear at extremities (sterling price intact). Travel writing by the American novelist.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. No jacket.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1963. 1st. Hardcover. First printing. Cloth, dj. Octavo. 337 pp. Some shelf wear, chipping, and moderate discoloration to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Larger, sturdy book, gray cloth spine and sides, purple boards, red, blue and black lettering very fine on spine, Some light smudges to spine bottom half, 337 pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, black background to front and spine with a colorful design and lettering on front, a photo of author at top back left. DJ has slight surface wear to front tips, tiny surface wear spots at spine top left and right edge, tiny rubbed spot at spine bottom, back lightly soiled, micronick at bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 337 pages; Description: 337 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Algren, Nelson (1909-1981) --Travel Literature. Notes: Author of 'The Man with the Golden Arm. ' 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 'Being a guide to the seamier sides of New York City, Inner London, Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, Seville, Almeria, Istanbul, Crete and Chicago, Illinois', according to the publisher; dedicated to Simone de Beauvoir Very good in dustwrapper. book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. First U.K. Edition. 337pp. By the author of "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "A Walk on the Wild Side". Red textured boards with gold lettering to spine. Tanning to pages.The edges of the text block are tanned and with light foxing to the top edge. FFEP has small rectangle cut from top RH corner. The jacket is not clipped and has small tears, chips and creasing along the edges. Rubbing along the spine and flap folds. Sticker pull has removed a piece of the black lamination from the lower mid-point of the jacket's front panel. The jacket also shows some general rubbing and light soiling to the white back panel. Jacket now looks fresh in a clear, removable protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).