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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Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $26.15, good condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincolnwood, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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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.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $47.00, like new condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Putnam.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $132.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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8vo. Ivory cloth with red and blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 435pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear and rubbing. Attractive and tight first edition of Algren's short stories and short nonfiction. The author inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in black and then blue fineline: "With best wishes / to / Mrs. Philips / from / Nelson Algren / SAG Harbor / September / 1980." (The black fineline with which Algren began grew lighter at "Mrs. Philips from, " so he switched to a bold blue fineline, rewriting those three words and continuing from there! ) This title is seldom encountered signed. Scarce. BRUCCOLI A 11.1.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $136.99, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $157.00, like new condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Putnam.
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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.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $167.00, like new condition, Sold by Books Of Choice rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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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!
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $182.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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8vo. Ivory cloth with red and blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 435pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and single archivally mended (on verso) tear. Tight and nice first edition of Algren's short stories and short nonfiction. The author inscribes and signs the front flyleaf in blue and green marker (one atop the other) quite large and bold: "Best wishes of / the / Season to / Phil Gerber / from / Nelson Algren / 1980, " adding a sketch of his trademark back side of a seated cat in blue, green and yellow markers. Philip L. Gerber (1923-2005) was a noted English professor at the State University of New York at Brockport and author of several academic titles, including studies of Theodore Dreiser and Willa Cather in the popular "Twayne's United States Authors Series." Signed copies of this title are rarely encountered. Very scarce. BRUCCOLI A 11.1.
Add this copy of The Last Carousel to cart. $22.14, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
