ALGREN, Nelson

Chicago City on the Make

Garden City, New York: Doubleday& Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 92. Bound in black half-cloth over grey paper-covered boards, silver lettering stamped on spine. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows chips and a diagonal crease on the front panel. Fine / Good+. Item #3535

Akin to E. B. White's "Here's New York," also first published in a magazine, Algren's love-letter to Chicago takes on a masculine hue, celebrating the brawn of America's Western expansion. The year prior to publication Algren won the National Book Award. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.

Price: $50.00