{"product_id":"one-clear-call-upton-sinclair-1st-edition","title":"One Clear Call, Upton Sinclair — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"49\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [iv], 711.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. Original dust jacket presents remarkably well for its vintage, retaining bright, unfaded colours across the  front panel, with only minor rubbing and faint creasing to the top and bottom extremities. The underlying red cloth binding remains tight and square, featuring sharp corners and bold, unoxidized black lettering along the spine. The text block exhibits mild, uniform age-toning and light dusting to the top edge, but remains internally clean and free of substantial foxing, hinge weakness, or discernible damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First UK edition. The ninth instalment in the author's ambitious, Pulitzer Prize-winning 'World's End' sequence (often referred to as the Lanny Budd series). While the American edition was published slightly earlier in 1948 by Viking Press, this T. Werner Laurie edition remains highly sought after for its distinctive dust jacket artwork. Credited simply to 'Foley,' the cover provides a striking allegorical representation of the era's geopolitical struggles, depicting an eagle bearing an olive branch triumphant over a swastika and the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eComplete, well-preserved copies in their original dust jackets have become increasingly scarce on the open market, particularly those lacking the heavy paper browning or substantial jacket loss that frequently afflicts late 1940s British publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eOne Clear Call\u003c\/i\u003e, Upton Sinclair plunges his protagonist—presidential agent Lanny Budd—into the tumultuous heart of the Second World War. Covering the critical years of 1943 and 1944, Lanny serves as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secret emissary across a war-torn Europe. From evading Gestapo capture and narrowly surviving a harrowing escape, to encountering key historical figures like Adolf Hitler and General Patton, Lanny's perilous espionage mission culminates in the tense run-up to the D-Day invasion. Blending exhaustive historical authenticity with breathless narrative tension, Sinclair delivers an epic, action-packed instalment of wartime resilience and espionage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53978492666195,"sku":"4207-RM-F-VG-6","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260605_163358.jpg?v=1781181257","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/one-clear-call-upton-sinclair-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}