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FAST, Howard (1914-2003). Spartacus. New York: Published by the Author, 1951.
8o. Original navy blue cloth (some very minor rubbing); pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping along edges and spine ends; spine slightly darkened); quarter morocco folding case.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Fast on the front free endpaper. Fast, who was blackballed by all major publishers because of his Communist leanings, ended up publishing Spartacus himself. Ironically, the novel became a best-seller, and was the basis for a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Naughton, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov, the epic drama was nominated for six Academy Awards.
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FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Fast on the front free endpaper. Fast, who was blackballed by all major publishers because of his Communist leanings, ended up publishing Spartacus himself. Ironically, the novel became a best-seller, and was the basis for a 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Naughton, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov, the epic drama was nominated for six Academy Awards.