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SPARTACUS
by HOWARD FAST
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NEW YORK: HOWARD FAST. Novel. First printing. Basis for the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film. This is the self published First Edition. The author had been blacklisted at the time and could not publish otherwise. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Small area of surface damage on DJ spine, where a label has been removed. Small closed tear on bottom inside/outside edge of DJ. Not price clipped($2.50 price). Slight wear/small nicks on DJ edges. Side edge of DJ is rather creased. Yellow boards. Tape residue on front pastedown. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Side edges of pages are rough edged. Thumb nail wear/distortion mark on a small area of the side edge of one page. Previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1951.
Synopsis
Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by the author himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his Communist Party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immensely popular, has sold millions of copies, and has gone through nearly a hundred editions. The appearance of this title brings back into print a book that many regard as a classic, and is enhanced with a new introduction by the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012142
- Title
- SPARTACUS
- Author
- HOWARD FAST
- Illustrator
- CHARLES WHITE(JACKET ART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- HOWARD FAST
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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- Foxed
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