![]() ![]() ![]() 8-3/8" tall 363 pages one- piece medium-brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine (title & author only), front board plain plain ivory end pages untrimmed fore edge. ![]() ![]() Stated First Edition ("Published December 1951 / First Edition"), presumed First Printing (because the price printed on front dj flap is"$5.00", indicating that this was part of a limited signed first edition because the first trade printing was priced $2.50). Self published by Howard Fast, New York, 1951. Although complete (unclipped this copy has the $5.00 price)) it has edgewear, with some nicks and chips the chips at the head and foot of the spine are the culprits causing the sunfade on the book. The striking dustjacket features a drawing by the great African-American artist Charles White, and is in Very Good condition. Very lightly bumped sunning around the margins, particularly at the head and foot of the spine. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the FFEP. Clean text 363 pages, very bright and fresh. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Printing of this famous novel, basis of Stanley Kubrick's film (screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, and starring Kirk Douglas) - not only a great film, but historically important because it broke the Hollywood Blacklist. ![]()
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