SPARTACUS

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original yellow cloth with red titles to the spine, in the Charles White illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping and rubbing to the spine tips and corners, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a short closed tear to the rear panel and mild toning to the extremities. An attractive example.

Written and self-published by Howard Fast during the McCarthy era as a reaction to to his blacklisting and imprisonment for charges stemming from his involvement in the Communist Party. The book was adapted by Dalton Trumbo for the 1960, multi Academy Award winning Stanley Kubrick directed film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov and Tony Curtis.