A Walk on the Wild Side. by ALGREN, Nelson - 1956

New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy,, 1956. First edition first printing, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A Walk on the Wild Side is a classic down-and-out novel, and the source for Algren's three rules of life: "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." Octavo. Original blue boards with yellow spine, titles to front board and spine in blue, yellow and black. With the photographic dust jacket by Arthur Shay. Splitting along front spine edge, soiling to spine, light staining to the title page, in the dust jacket with mild soiling to rear panel. A very attractive copy.