Oil by Upton Sinclair, Signed (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. B00K: Fair/, 16,300.14, Reduced From. 0IL! A N0VEL UPT0N SINCLAIR Published by the Author, UPT0N SINCLAIR Long Beach, California 1927 UnStated 1sT Edition Sun Faded And Soiled Grey Cloth Cover Spine, With Title In Fading Red Letters Soft Cover Book: Fair/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 527 Numbered Pages, Printed On Off White Paper, Browning On Outside Edges, In Good/ Condition, That Appear To Lightly Viewed And Are Otherwise Clean and Tight To The Spine. Signed By Author On The Title Page, Which Is Loose From The Spine, As Follows, 'To Gay Wilshire with best wishes, Upton Sinclair'. Using a Black Fountain Pen. Below That Inscription Is The Name Of Irene M. Kearns, Written In Light Blue Ink. D/J: None. No Tears. No Odors, No Other Writing, No Other Names, No Stains. SYNOPSIS: After writing "The Jungle," his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnets, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist. This lively and panoramic book, which was recently cited by David Denby in the "New Yorker "as being Sinclair's "most readable" novel, is now the inspiration for the Paramount Vantage major motion picture, "There Will Be Blood" It is the long-awaited film from Paul Thomas Anderson. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*. Signed by Author(s).

Early printing of Upton Sinclair's self-published social and political satire and the basis for the film 'There Will be Blood' starring Daniel Day Lewis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William McDougall with kindest regards UptonÂSinclair." The recipient, Professor William MacDougall who was a renowned 20th century psychologist, wrote the introduction to another ofÂSinclair's work on telepathy: 'Mental Radio: Does it Work, and How,' which documents Sinclair's test of the psychic abilities of his second wife while she was in a state of profound depression. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities, sunning to the spine. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. This sweeping panorama of Southern California provides a tremendously absorbing portrait of the early tycoons of the American oil industry through the eyes of Bunny Ross, son of a genial independent oil operator. "A splendid, honest, clean attempt at a real interpretation of our age" (Walter Prichard Eaton). The story served as the primary inspiration for the 2007 film 'There Will Be Blood,' written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, self-published by the author; cloth issue. Signed by Upton Sinclair and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in original red cloth stamped in black, with upper board ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends and corners, and light rippling and toning to contents. Sinclair's formerly banned third-person narrative which was later adapted into the 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson film There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Ahouse A40 b.