Sinclair Presents William Fox by Sinclair Upton: Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a color photocopy of a less-than-perfect example of same (don't blame me, it's how it came to me); see 2nd scanned image with this listing) [a somewhat worn copy, with some soiling to the covers and age-toning to the edges of the text block, tiny stain at edge of rear endpaper]. (B&W photo frontispiece) SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the front endpaper. For what he called "A Feature Picture of Wall Street and High Finance," the ever-crusading author co-opted the rise-and-fall tale of cinema pioneer Fox (then recently ousted from the company he founded and that still bore his name) in order to deliver one of his trademark fulminations, this one directed against the powers-that-be ("Politics and Finance -- Statesmen and Financiers") in the movie industry. Much of the story is told in Fox's own words -- he reportedly sought Sinclair out and came to his home every day for five weeks to pour out his woes -- and whether or not his narrative holds up to historical scrutiny, there's no denying that its savagely bitter exposure of the inner workings of show-biz finance was without precedent at the time. Also laid in is a small 8-page printed pamphlet entitled "A Letter from Mary Craig Sinclair to Eve Fox"; the letter, dated January 24, 1933, is claimed to have been written "shortly before the book went to press," and in it Mrs. Sinclair asks Mrs. Fox to join with her husband in coming to the realization that they have been complicit in the development of the movie industry along captalist lines, and urges them to support Sinclair's idea that the film business should be nationalized by the U.S. Government and thus "transformed from an instrument of private profit to one of public service." (Is it any wonder that the Hollywood studios fought so viciously to defeat Sinclair when he ran for Governor of California the following year?) Signed by Author.…

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. first edition. Octavo, orange cloth covers with black titles. vii [1] 377 pages + 1 page of ads. Laid in is a pamphlet " Letter From Mary Craig Sinclair to Eve Fox." Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has a little chipping at edges, split at front fold (partially held with a bit of archival tape). Small tear / hole on rear panel. "The 'inside' story of the ousting of William Fox from the picture business by a conspiracy of Wall Street bankers." 110504A.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Privately Printed. Signed & Inscribed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hinges weak. slight moisture damage. faded covers. Owners sticker. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A fine and entertaining typed letter signed from Upton Sinclair to Albert Hergesheimer ("Dear Comrade"), reporting that he has begun work on "a big Wall Street exposure" (Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox [1933]. 1 page on personal stationery. Pasadena, 7 June 1932. Offered with a first edition copy of the big exposure being referrenced. 8vo. 377pp. Original cloth in a worn and chipped jacket.…