SPARTACUS (SIGNED)

PUBLISHER'S BLACK CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY OTHER MARKINGS TO THE TEXT OTHER THAN THE AUTHOR'S NEAT SIGNATURE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. HAS OVERALL MODERATE SOIL MOSTLY TO THE REAR PANEL WITH MODERATE LOSS AT THE CORNERS AND, AND IS PRICE-CLIPPED. FAST SELF-PUBLISHED THIS BOOK DUE TO HIS HAVING BEEN PLACED ON MCCARTHY'S BLACK LIST FOR REFUSING TO NAME NAMES. MADE INTO A MOVIE IN 1960 BY DIRECTOR STANLEY KUBRICK WITH SCREENPLAY BY ANOTHER WRITER BLACK-LISTED, DALTON TRUMBO, AND STARRED KIRK DOUGLAS AS SPARTACUS. SPARTACUS IS CONSIDERED A MILESTONE IN THE BREAKING OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACK-LIST AND THE BOOK WAS REISSUED BY CROWN PRESS IN 1958 EFFECTIVELY ENDING HIS OWN BLACKLISTING WITHIN THE HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.