New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "We hope we have provided readers with an interesting and enjoyable collection, valuable not only for the undeniable pleasure of these stories, but also as a testament to the keen judgments of the magazine editors who enabled these talented writers to get their first taste of professionalism." (final sentence, "Editors' Preface," pg. xii). First Fiction..... More

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: Rebel Inc., 1998. First Edition. Softcover. “Ally Masters was having a dream also. He was coming home with Denny McEwan and Bri Garratt through the city centre. Sole Fusion had been a good one but the fanny werenae biting and, if the truth be told, the E’s were a bit smacky. He was feeling them. Everything seemed to be slowing down. Then, through a burred haze Ally..... More

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Nelson Algren. "This book embodies some of the finest stories (or reports) ever written by Nelson Algren. It also offers one of the most remarkable appraisals of Ernest Hemingway ever written." (from front flap) An anecdotal memoir by Nelson Algren (1909-1981), the great, prize-winning American author of hard-boiled mid-20th century canonical novels including The man with the Golden..... More

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Nelson Algren. “Nelson Algren’s first writing was done when he was working as a migratory laborer in the Southwest. His first story was published in ‘Story Magazine’ in 1933, while he was living in an abandoned filling station outside of Rio Hondo, Texas….‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ wasn’t written until long after it had been walked,’..... More